a selection of late 19th and early 20th century postcards from the bldg. 51 museum archive

i set aside time this weekend to resume scanning piles of postcards amassed over the past year. 
i’ve included a few real photo post cards (rppc) of early 20th century residential streetscapes, and a seldom seen photographic view of schmidt, garden, and martin's michael reese hospital (1907, demolished 2010). 

the other two show louis h. sullivan's gage building (1899) as it appeared prior to the four additional stories added in 1902, and montgomery ward (also schmidt, garden, and martin) shortly after it opened in 1908.

in addition to the postcards posted today, i decided to include others scanned over the past few months. like everything else in the bldg. museum archive, digitizing it all (e.g., artifacts, objects, photographs, letters, etc.) will be a life-long project. when time permits, i will provide brief descriptions to the postcards listed below.

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