Description
This vintage postcard showcases a vibrant downtown Chicago street scene, brimming with mid-century cars and buses navigating between tall buildings. The image captures the energy of State Street, looking south from Randolph, with Washington and Madison streets visible in the distance. This beautiful Plastichrome postcard, published by Cameo Greeting Cards, Inc., is from approximately the 1950s.
Front Text (cleaned):
SUAL FIES
LANCING
INNS
NOI
ADAMS
X PSY VOLT
Back Text (cleaned):
Pub. by Cameo Greeting Cards, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
DOWNTOWN CHICAGO
Looking south on State Street from Randolph, the intersections of Washington and Madison are seen.
State and Madison, in the distance, is the world's busiest street corner.
P9150
1-100
PUT
Plastichrome
by COLOURPICTURE PUBLISHERS, INC., Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.
POST CARD
Color by Egon Berka, Chicago, Ill.
CHICAGO, "The City Beautiful"
STAMP
HERE
