From a collection of 'Picture Story Cards' put out by the Singer corporation's 'Society for Visual Education' division in 1966. Owing to the size of these I had to tkae them outside to photograph them so excuse the bits of reflectivity. This second of three sets that I own is titled 'Police Department Helpers'. Card one: Roll Call Card two: Squad Car Officers Card three: Adminstering First Aid Card four: Traffic Control Officer Card five: Crossing Guard & Patrol Boy Card six: Crime Laboratory in Operation Card seven: Police Canine Patrol Card eight: Target Practice

Neighborhood Friends & Helpers

author: Franny Wentzel : Chicago, IL

From a collection of 'Picture Story Cards' put out by the Singer corporation's 'Society for Visual Education' division in 1966. Owing to the size of these I had to tkae them outside to photograph them so excuse the bits of reflectivity. This first of three sets that I own is titled 'Neighborhood Friends & Helpers'. Card one: Neighborhood Librarians Card two: Delicatessen Operators Card three: Coin-Op Laundry Users Card four: Shoe Repair Helpers Card five: Beauty Salon Operators Card six: Parking Lot attendant Card seven: Gas Station Attendant Card eight: Denist & Dental Assistant

The Glimmering World

author: procyon : Chicago, IL

Drinks at the Hancock building before leaving town again. Je suis touriste. serve me the sky with a big slice of lemon

Lake Park Ave.

author: procyon : Chicago, IL

There's a mural here, across from Kenwood Academy h.s., that I've always loved but never had a camera on hand when I passed it. Tuvok? Also, Hyde Park

Chicago Red

author: procyon : Chicago, IL

across the street from here about a year earlier

Physics Building

author: procyon : Chicago, IL

if you hit the roof button on the elevator three times in a row, it takes you up but i never actually tried hitting it just once so that could just be a thing people say to make each other look like dorks or because they're superstitious. it works better in worse weather, but i always thought if you looked straight out horizontally from the third floor it was easy to pretend you were walking 100+ stories from the ground in some futuristic city of science. and as my camera and i get older and more beat up we remember things differently from how they...

All Things Go

author: procyon : Chicago, IL

This summer I moved from Chicago to Honolulu. I'm homesick as hell. This was home--the castle-like, multi-ballroomed, in some places disintegrating former Hotel Shoreland, also featured in this post. After this school year ends, it becomes condos. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoreland_Hall (1926 Trib ad) This is a sculpture in the middle of the street. I read that it was declared an eyesore some time ago and the only reason it was still around when I left (or even when I got there) is that because it's in the middle of the street, it's on the border between two aldermen's wards, and they couldn't agree on...

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