Tagged: Chicago

13 March 2010

Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago

My new friend and fellow bibliophile Linsey found this great vintage postcard of Chicago’s Conrad Hilton Hotel (now just the Hilton...

27 July 2009

“On June 4, 1944, a German submarine known as the U-505 was prowling off the coast of West Africa on...

4 May 2009

I picked up this card at the Museum of Science and Industry, when I went to Chicago in 1988 to...

9 March 2009

“Although known as the Windy City for over a century, Chicago was not named for its weather. The name was...