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Chicago, Public Library
A disjointed and hard-to-read message that probably made perfect sense to both sender and recipient, but not to us. Moreover, the card (mailed in 1915, one stamp) was forwarded and has two postmarks, one of which is not from the sending or the receiving location. A mystery for the ages. Grade: 4

Code: 10114084
Price: $1.00
Chicago, Coliseum
Unused B. Sebastian card No. 108. Grade: 3

Code: 10114085
Price: $2.00
Busy Person’s Correspondence Card
Within deltiology, there must be a term for this kind of card, but we haven’t run across it yet. (To be honest, we haven’t looked very hard.) It’s a linen card, mailed in 1940 with stamp and postmark. The writer was so happy that his hotel had a radio … Grade: 4

Code: 10114086
Price: $1.00
Chicago, Looking north over North Michigan Avenue
“Real photograph” card from “G.M.G. Publishing Co. (Not Inc.)” of Chicago, unused. Real photograph, and the Real Chicago. Grade: 1

Code: 10114087
Price: $4.00
Chicago, Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum
Unused card but it has a number inked above the postage area. Grade: 3

Code: 10114088
Price: $1.00
Chicago, Driveway in Union Park
Unused, but the reverse in particular is in terrible condition. Grade: 5

Code: 10114089
Price: $0.50
Chicago, Marshall Field & Company, exterior
Unused Plastichrome card P38533 of Chicago, “The City Beautiful”. Grade: 2

Code: 10114090
Price: $1.00
Chicago, Marshall Field & Company, Oriental Rug Section
Somehow this B&W card just seems unusual, describing as it does “One of the most comprehensive collections of fine Oriental rugs in America.” Mailed in 1940, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10114091
Price: $2.00
Chicago, Congress Hotel, Annex and Auditorium
Unused V.O. Hammon card, heavily aged. Grade: 3

Code: 10114092
Price: $2.00
Chicago, Y.M.C.A. Hotel, main lobby
Unfortunately for the Y.M.C.A., a highly reputable organisation, all we think about when we hear the name are the Village People. They do not appear anywhere in this card, mailed in what looks like 1962 (postmark not quite clear). Grade: 1

Code: 10114093
Price: $1.00
Welcome to Galesburg, Railroad Days
“Local” card mailed in 2012 with three different stamps but no legible postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 10114094
Price: $3.00
Chicago Detours
Promo card issued by this tour company, mailed in 2012 with three stamps and partial postmark. Had been folded vertically through the middle. Grade: 4

Code: 10114095
Price: $0.50
Evanston, Grosse Pointe Lighthouse
Construction was completed in 1873, lenses installed in 1874, and with some interruptions it’s still operating. Unused Curteichcolor card 8C-K1562 (and GP-I). Grade: 1

Code: 10114096
Price: $3.00
(Rock Island), Home of Col. Davenport
We put Rock Island in parentheses because the unused card itself does not give the location, really only telling us that Col. Davenport “was murdered in this house July 4, 1845” and that “Picket fence marks the site of his original grave.” The Colonel in question is George Davenport, a settler, fur trader, and mediator between American Indians and the U.S. Government. And don’t feel badly if you don’t see the picket fence. We don’t, either. Grade: 1

Code: 10114097
Price: $1.00
First Berry-Lincoln Store and U.S. Post Office, New Salem State Park, Lincoln’s New Salem
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 7B-H1256. Grade: 1

Code: 10114100
Price: $2.00
Chicago, 1934 World’s Fair, Ford Exposition Building
Mailed from Chicago in 1934 with stamp and full postmark. Nice addition to your collection of World’s Fair postcards. Grade: 1

Code: 10114101
Price: $3.00
Chicago, Greyhound Depot
1960’s-vintage unused postcard of “One of the world’s largest terminals.” Plastichrome card P54372. Grade: 1

Code: 10114102
Price: $2.00
Springfield, Abraham Lincoln’s Home
Unused old C.T. American Art card 88492, showing a bit of handling over the years. Grade: 2

Code: 10114103
Price: $1.00
Springfield, Abraham Lincoln statue, State Capitol Grounds
Unused E.C. Kropp card 8008 N, with that stain on the upper left corner. Grade: 4

Code: 10114104
Price: $0.50
Chicago, Illinois Central Depot
Mailed in 1928: the postmark is (mostly) there, and the stamp is torn off. Grade: 4

Code: 10114105
Price: $0.50
Starved Rock State Park, St. Louis Canyon
Unused Curteichcolor card 0DK-611, significantly aging. Grade: 2

Code: 10114106
Price: $1.00
Springfield, State Fair Grounds, Race Track
Unused, aged V.O. Hammon Pub. Co. (Chicago) card No. 916. Grade: 2

Code: 10114107
Price: $7.00
Rockford, Wesley Willows Retirement Home
The facility opened in 1966, and we suppose this unused Dexter Press card 15190-C came out shortly afterward. Meaning no disrespect whatsoever to Wesley Willows, which is still there and also a nursing home, the card itself is … umm … lifeless. Grade: 2

Code: 10114108
Price: $0.50
Shawnee Hills, cantilever bridge
Not just A bridge, but “This world’s longest span cantilever bridge” crossing the Ohio River at Old Shawneetown, Illinois. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 10114109
Price: $2.00
Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, Waller’s Gazelle
Unused old card from the Museum. We just feel like telling you, via Wikipedia, that the gerenuk, Litocranius walleri, also known as the Waller’s gazelle, is a long-necked species of antelope found in dry thorn shrubland and desert in the Horn of Africa and the African Great Lakes region. So there. Grade: 2

Code: 10114110
Price: $1.00
Chicago, Grant’s Monument by Searchlight
A structure by L.T. Rebisso; an unused card from long ago. Creased through lower right corner. Grade: 3

Code: 10114111
Price: $1.00
Springfield, Abraham Lincoln Tomb
Unused Curteichcolor card 7C-K2800. Aging. Grade: 2

Code: 10114112
Price: $1.00
Springfield, The Lincoln Tomb
Unused Curteichcolor card 3C-K1068. The fine-print caption takes up more than half of the message space. Aging. Grade: 2

Code: 10114113
Price: $1.00
Chicago, Wrigley Field
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 10114114
Price: $2.00
Chicago, Eitel Old Heidelberg
The restaurant is very long gone. What’s there now? It’s hard to tell from Google’s street view. But this unused postcard lives on. Grade: 1

Code: 10114115
Price: $4.00
Chicago, Masonic Temple
Unused Max Rigot card R-50202. Grade: 2

Code: 10114116
Price: $4.00
Chicago, International Flags at O’Hare
Mailed in 1970 with 6-cent commemorative stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10114117
Price: $1.00
Springfield, Abraham Lincoln’s Home, The Maids Room
Whoever wrote the laconic caption was not a big fan of Lincoln, that’s for sure. The card was mailed in 1969, with 5-cent stamp and postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 10114118
Price: $1.00
The University of Chicago, College Residence Halls for Men
This card was written by a student to his friends in 1947. The stamp and postmark are there, and he said that he put an arrow on the front to point to his room. We’ve looked but we can’t find the arrow. So if it is even there, it’s very well hidden. Grade: 3

Code: 10114119
Price: $2.00
Chicago, County Hospital
Very early 20th-century B&W postcard, stamp and postmark are there but the year is hard to read. Grade: 2

Code: 10114120
Price: $4.00
Chicago, O’Hare Airport, United’s Underground Walkway
Though it completely blends into the photo, there is a sizable abrasion on the lower left front photo. Unused card. Grade: 5

Code: 10114121
Price: $0.50
Chicago O’Hare Airport, multiple views
Unused card with a patch of glue on the lower right front where a price sticker had been. Grade: 5

Code: 10114122
Price: $0.50
Quincy, 1935 Bentley – Sedanca
The automobile is in the Quincippi Island Antique Car Museum, and the card was mailed in 1976 with 9-cent stamp and postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 10114123
Price: $1.00
University of Chicago, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Unused, aging card. But still, Grade: 1

Code: 10114124
Price: $2.00
Chicago, La Salle Hotel
We promised to tell the stories. First, this card was mailed in 1909, with stamp and postmark. 1909 happens to be the year the La Salle, one of Chicago’s premier hotels, opened. But in 1946, as the Chicago Tribune wrote, “a devastating blaze swept through the supposedly fireproof building, reducing its magnificent lobby to a charred cavern, taking the lives of 61 people and leaving more than 200 injured.” The hotel was rebuilt and lived on until 1976, when it finally closed. Grade: 1

Code: 10114125
Price: $9.00

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