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Merged image of 1954 postcard and 2021 photo

Aug 20, 2024 Chicago From the archive Illinois

Chicago Metropolitan Mutual Assurance Co. and the Parkway Ballroom

The rise of Black insurers like the Chicago Metropolitan Mutual Assurance Company embodied “making a way out of no way”. Having made their way, CMMAC opened their new Bronzeville headquarters here in 1940, with a unique asset for the community on the second floor–the Parkway Ballroom.

Merged image of the 1940s postcard of the Portland Central Bus Depot and the 2022 photo

Aug 13, 2024 Portland Oregon

Portland Central Bus Depot, Oregon

From 1938 until 1985, this handsome Streamline Moderne bus terminal kept waiting passengers out of the Portland rain. Now, it’s the coldest city in the US without an intercity bus terminal–travelers today must wait outside after this station’s successor closed in 2019.

Merged image of the 1910 postcard and 2021 photo

Jul 30, 2024 Illinois From the archive

A Few Business House of Apple River, Illinois

Pretty shocked that some of these buildings were 1) still standing, and 2) that I could find them...but there are only so many buildings in a town of 366.

Merged image of a 1910 postcard and 2021 photo of 123 Lexington Avenue

Jul 24, 2024 NYC New York From the archive

Home of Chester A. Arthur / Kalustyan's, New York City

An inauguration, a dead president, and now a beloved international ingredient emporium with a specialty in South Asian & Middle Eastern spices–this is the New York I love.

Merged image of the 1907 postcard and 2024 photo

Jul 18, 2024 Chicago Illinois

Zymotechnic Institute and Siebel's Brewing Academy, Chicago

Postcards as an unreliable depiction of an idealized past, an old-timey archaic science, and a plucky Chicago survivor that’s housed a wild variety of tenants–this is a fun one.