Chicago B&W during 1940s

[Taffy]

Given how often I post images from Chicago today, I thought some might find these images of Chicago during WWII interesting. A lot is street photography. As you scroll, you'll also see photos of the skyline, and one of set of railroad tracks with the skyline behind -- those tracks are now the location of Millennium Park with the tracks now beneath a beautiful city park.

http://www.vintag.es/2014/10/interesting-black-and-white-photos-of.html

[Simply Amanda]

Awesome...looking for my grandparents in the shots!

[Pam Knowler]

Wow what a wonderful collection of photos!! Love the fashions especially the hats!! Thanks for sharing - I really enjoyed looking through them.

[Marilyn]

Those were very interesting.. I went further and looked at the photos of Marilyn Monroe, she was a real beauty. Thanks for the link.

[Tori]

Great photos! Thanks for sharing!

[Leslie]

Amazing captures.... Someday someone will be looking at ours in this way.

[Elyse Klemchuk]

The building with the Emile Zola sign - is the Fine Arts Building at 410 S. Michigan Avenue (Solon Beman, 1886)- it is still open and home to artists and musical studios :) My mom took dance classes there in the '40s. These are amazing!

[Taffy]

@kchuk I also had fun figuring out where difference images had been taken. It's amazing to me that we can recognize any of the buildings! And they all look so small and spaced compared to today, don't they?

[Ukandie!]

I found these so interesting. Thanks for sharing them.

[Jen Hudson]

@taffy Thanks for the share, really interesting to see these past shots.