A Sunday on Le Grande Jette 1884, 1884-1886
Georges Seurat, French 1859-1891
Georges Seurat
Edward Hopper
Nighthawks, 1942
Edward Hopper, American 1882-1967
Marc Chagall
America Windows, “Music” and “Art” (panels 1 and 2), 1977
A gift of Marc Chagall, the City of Chicago, and the Auxiliary Board fo the Art Institute of Chicago, commemorating the American Bicentennial in memory of Mayor Richard J Daley,
The Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Klee
February 2000 – Chicago
First day was great – even took a class in drawing! 38 of us – stool provided for lectures (thank goodness) but time flew by today. The Athletic Club is a bit old but comfy – has a great bar. We had lunch yesterday at Russian Tea room with Gerard and a nice chat. He took us to his office in a big Travel agency across from the Institute. The ride down was delightful – relaxing and beautiful. My cold left as mysteriously as it began.
Cheers and lots of love, Va.
Paul Klee (Swiss 1879-1940) Sunset, 1930
Chicago, Illinois
1998
Hello! I hope your trip was enjoyable and that you are safely back in St Paul. As you can see, I did get my work done in time and went to Chicago. It was a lot of fun. We went to the top of the Hancock Tower, Navy Pier, the Bahai Temple, Northwestern and Amistad. It was a busy weekend! Besides all that, it was really nice just to be in Chicago. I like it a lot, and it was great to walk around and take the El. Well, I hope you are well, and I will talk to you soon.
Love, Val
Chicago
1994
We are having a great time in Chicago. Not enough time to do everything on our list – so will have to come back! Celebrated Bron’s birthday today at the Hard Rock Cafe. It was fun. Then went up to the top of the Hancock Building for a view of the night sky. See you soon.
Love, Tom, Jen, Bron, Kelly
Chicago, Illinois
1967
Arrived safely Union Station. Hope you are home ok. I’ll buy a book and find a cool corner. Was great being with you all.
Love, Bill
Chicago’s Marina Towers. An old and new landmark looking northwest from Wabash Avenue.
Chicago, Illinois
O’Hare 1982
A comfortable trip – right on time. Poured rain most of the way but seems to be clearing now. I’m struggling with the decision to eat the rest of my choc. bar – or not. It was so good being with you as always. I look forward to summer, hopefully to the music festival.
Thanks for all, Love, Va
(same postcard to different person) 1982
I arrived comfortably on the ALCO bus from Madison – even napped a bit. Am trying to decide if I should eat my candy bar or just skip food entirely! Hope the apt. is becoming “home” by now. It is nice, I think.
Love, Va
A bird’s-eye view of Soldiers Field, the home of Chicago Bears of the National Football League. To the north is the dramatic Chicago skyline along the shore of beautiful Lake Michigan.
Chicago, Illinois
June 2006
Hello!! Isn’t the dinosaur cool? I saw it when the Ichthyology class went on a field trip to Chicago. I got off the boat 1 week ago – this time I was on it for 21 days. That was a long time to not be able to leave or get away from everyone. But – we cut out lots of fish stomachs and no one fell overboard – so that was good! Right now I’m waiting for the Subaru place to finish up an oil change of my car. Very exciting. I don’t get back on the boat until July 25. So I have time to enjoy some summer and play some tennis with Val. I hope you’re both doing well and doing fun things.
Lots of love, Allie
Sue, the largest, most complete, and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found, was discovered in 1990 near Faith, South Dakota by fossil hunter Susan Hendrickson. Sue’s mounted skeleton was unveiled at The Field Museum on May 17, 2000.
Chicago, Illinois
September 1975
We got in late so am hurrying. Jenny today learned that she got in to nursing school and we are all elated. Tom also has got an internship in library and journalism which he wants much. So we are happy for them.
Love to you, Dede
Concourse and News-stand, O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois. View shows the entrance to one of the numerous concourses leading to the planes. Approximately 34 million passengers pass through O’Hare annually making it the world’s busiest airport.
2022 – Apparently Atlanta has now jumped into first place as the world’s busiest airport. It is followed by Dubai and Delhi.
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