Description
Experience Chicago’s Union Loop in the 1910s, with its elevated trains traversing brownstone buildings along Wabash Avenue. Discover the bustling city life, complete with shops like Rothschild & Company and Malz Co., offering home furnishing discounts. This vintage postcard, published by Gerson Bros., captures the era’s unique charm in muted browns, reds, and greys.
Front Text (cleaned):
8217 Rothschild & Company
37 RUBFIS ELECTRIC SHOP
Malz Co. NOW OPEN
The Western Home Green Trading Stamps
DISCOUNT ON Furnishings For Your Home
Easily & Quickly obtained
WITHOUT ONE CENT OF COST
Union Loop, looking down Wabash Ave., Chicago.
Back Text (cleaned):
101 Published by Gerson Bros., Chicago.
For Correspondence
POST CARD
For address only
POSTAGE
DOMESTIC 1 CENT
FOREIGN 2 CENTS
