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Chicago, Hotel La Salle, Office and Clerk’s Desk
Even for the era, that’s One Fancy Office. Unused card with minor age staining on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 10114249
Price: $2.00
Chicago, Scene in Lincoln Park
We might observe that the value of this card is in the message. In 1908, Nora posted this to Pearl (stamp and full postmark), observing what a good time she was having but how much she hated Chicago. We wonder what she would think of it now … clearly the back of the card did not give her enough room to express herself. Grade: 3

Code: 10114250
Price: $2.00
Greetings from Chicago O’Hare International Airport
Unused Dexter Press card DT-12485-D, serrated edges, dated 1974. It’s probably true that O’Hare was the busiest airport then, but now it only ranks sixth by one measure (behind Atlanta and Beijing, among others), even though measuring “busiest airport” is as thankless a task as measuring “tallest building”. Grade: 1

Code: 10114251
Price: $2.00
Chicago, Museum of Science & Industry
Unused, somewhat aging Curteichcolor Art-Creation card CK-196 (5C-K438), distinguished mostly by its odd caption: “The Museum … at night illuminated by firing 1,000 Sylvania flash bulbs simultaneously”. Really? Imagine doing the same thing with 1,000 iPhones. Grade: 1

Code: 10114252
Price: $2.00
Chicago, Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum, chamber
Unused old card with a nicely articulated caption. Grade: 1

Code: 10114253
Price: $1.00
Hillsboro, National Postcard Week 2000
If you’re looking for that missing National Postcard Week card for your collection, here it is! Unused, from 2000. Grade: 1

Code: 10114254
Price: $0.50
Chicago, aerial view
Mailed from Taiwan (not Chicago!) in 2014 with three stamps, two postmarks, and one trilingual airmail sticker. Good condition, just mailed from a different place. Grade: 3

Code: 10114255
Price: $3.00
Chicago, The Fourth Presbyterian Church
Unused Curteich-Chicago card 7B-H382 (or 392, it’s blurry). Grade: 1

Code: 10114256
Price: $1.00
Illinois White Pines Forest State Park
Unmailed old card with two significant tape remnants on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 10114257
Price: $1.00
Rockford, Rock River from Black Hawk Park
In August of 1948, Irma wrote a nice message to Bertha, and addressed the card, but there was never a stamp so we don’t know if Bertha ever saw it. Because the caption says Black Hawk Park is one of Illinois’ “most traveled park areas,” at least Irma was happy. Grade: 4

Code: 10114258
Price: $2.00
Chicago Historical Society, French Breton Kitchen
This scene from Mrs. Thorne’s Miniature Rooms, on an unmailed card. Apart from the notation about interior decoration on the upper front edge, there’s a round rubber-stamped “chop” on the back, dated 17 Feb 1943, from the St. Louis Public Library. (If ever we wondered how a card wound up with us, this would be a good example.) Grade: 4

Code: 10114259
Price: $1.00
Chicago, Museum of Science and Industry, Atomic Reactors
An “Atoms for Peace” exhibit on this unused Plastichrome card P30656. Grade: 1

Code: 10114260
Price: $5.00
Ottawa, Mathieson State Park
The caption on this unused “local” card is a bit defensive. We find it amusing, so, exceptionally, we’re going to let you see it all here. (Don’t blame us!): “Just west of OTTAWA and east of LA SALLE-PERU, ILL., easily reached by U.S. Rt. 6 and Interstate 80. The magnificent scenery in this park proves the fallacy of the opinion that Illinois is just a flat agricultural state.” Personally, we find agriculture to be quite beautiful, and necessary. Grade: 1

Code: 10114261
Price: $2.00
Springfield, Abraham Lincoln’s Home
One might say the caption in this unused Curteichcolor card 8C-K616 is actually too long, too detailed for most people: costs, dates, reasons, an so on. But there it is, and it can all be yours. Grade: 1

Code: 10114262
Price: $2.00
Springfield, Abraham Lincoln’s Tomb
For some reason, we have four of these unused, aging Curteichcolor cards 9C-K577. The caption makes the tomb sound like a monumental version of the Golden Gate Bridge: they start working on it, then when the work is finished, they start over again. Several of Lincoln’s family are interred there. Grades: 1

Code: 10114263
Price: $2.00
Petersburg, Lincoln’s New Salem, Hill’s Carding Mill and Wool House
The caption on this card mailed in 1962 (with 4-cent stamp and postmark) doesn’t mention Petersburg, so we looked that up for you. But it tells a lot about this carding mill and wool house, and how it worked. The card’s sender was enjoying her trip very much. Grade: 1

Code: 10114264
Price: $2.00
Chicago, River boat tour
An attractive card promoting Wendella Boat Tours, mailed in 2021 with two stamps and postmark. We’re not cetain whether some faint orange swirls on the reverse were originally part of the card or not, but must assume not. So, Grade: 3

Code: 10114265
Price: $2.00
Mississippi Palisades State Park
Confusing if you don’t already know where this is: it’s not in (or even close to) Mississippi. This card is a view of the Palisades and the Mississippi River from the Savanna (Illinois) and Sabula (Iowa) Bridge. Someone had written “1960s” into the postage area, but otherwise unused. Grade: 3

Code: 10114266
Price: $1.00
Hinsdale, Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital
Unused Curteichcolor card 8C-K2937 from (we’re guessing) the 1960s. Grade: 1

Code: 10114267
Price: $2.00
Chicago, Field Columbian Museum
This card was mailed in Chicago in 1911 and shows every day of it, yet manages to be still in decent condition. The stamp and postmark are there; the message is in a language of which we have absolutely no idea. Grade: 2

Code: 10114268
Price: $3.00
Chicago, O’Hare Airport
We’ve always been transfixed by the rainbow lights and mechanical voice following us through the underground moving walkways between terminals at O’Hare, though it’s been awhile now and all that may have changed. As we were living nearby when the whole facility was being built out of nothing, to see the entirety of it on this postcard is impressive to say the least. Mailed in 1985 with clear postmark and 14-cent stamp. Grade: 1

Code: 10114269
Price: $4.00
Chicago Metra Trains
The 2024 postmark is at the bottom reverse of this card, so the Global Forever stamp was not cancelled. Minor creasing at lower left corner. Grade: 2

Code: 10114270
Price: $1.00
Arlington Heights, Arlington Park Race Track
It operated between 1927 and 2021, and Wikipedia reports that the Chicago Bears NFL football team bought it for space to develop a new stadium. Unused Curteichcolor card 6ED-481 (AR.1). Grade: 1

Code: 10114271
Price: $3.00

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