Jackson Park Lagoon (1942): A soldier photographs his fiancee. Click photos to enlarge.
Jackson Park Lagoon, 1940.
And at the Beach...
Friends picnic on the South Shore. Click photo to enlarge.
Swimmers, 55th Street (1941). Click photo to enlarge.
Sunbathers on the rocks (1945).
South Shore of Lake Michigan (1941).
End of the War (1945). Click photo to enlarge.
On the left: a 1941 boombox.
More photos by Charles Cushman: Circus in Chicago; San Francisco, 1967; Emmett Lynn; Native Americans, 1940; Vicksburg Mississippi 1959; South Shore of Chicago, summers 1941-42; Fishermen's Wharf; Kids: skipping rope and mowing lawn (1940s); More circus photos; Train Wreck, Naperville (1946);
I love the aged colors. It amazes me that photos of mundane life taken a few decades ago have such an effect when we look at them today. I'm sure a few of the younger subjects in these photos are still living.
I wonder if any of them remember when they were taken, like the soldier and his fiancee. Wouldn't it be something if they (or their children) still had the photo he was taking? They would have to be in their middle to late 80s if they're still around.
Posted by: Reggie | Monday, April 28, 2008 at 08:58 PM