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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

OUR THIRD AND LAST SOUTH SHORE APARTMENT - 7802 COLFAX AVE CHICAGO - 1ST FLOOR OVER DOOR ON RIGHT - STILL SMALL (A ONE-BEDROOM) BUT WE THOUGHT THIS BUILDING VERY CLASSY AND LIKED ITS BEING NOT OVER STORES - MOM WAS HAPPY BEING AWAY FROM WHITE CASTLE - I REMEMBER FEELING THE GREATEST SENSE PRIDE IN THE HANDSOME COURTYARD - THOSE OLD APARTMENT BUILDINGS DID THAT TO YOU, MAKE YOU FEEL MUCH THE SENSE OF PRIDE HOMEOWNERS FEEL - TAKEN ON VISIT OCTOBER 11, 1968 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN PHOTO

OUR THIRD AND LAST SOUTH SHORE APARTMENT - 7802 COLFAX AVE - 1ST FLOOR OVER DOOR ON RIGHT - STILL SMALL (A ONE-BEDROOM) BUT WE THOUGHT THIS BUILDING VERY CLASSY AND LIKED ITS BEING NOT OVER STORES - TAKEN ON VISIT OCTOBER 11, 1968 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN PHOTO
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  • A YOUNG BILL CHUCKMAN HAVING A SHOT OF WHISKY GIVEN TO HIM BY GRANDPA
  • BILL AS A BABY HELD BY DAD WITH GRANDMA (MY MOM'S MOTHER)
  • BILL CHUCKMAN AND MOM AND WAYNE ON THE COUCH
  • BILL CHUCKMAN COMING OUT OF WATER AT PERCE ROCK IN QUEBEC
  • BILL CHUCKMAN FIXING SOMETHING IN THE TRUNK OF HIS 1958 CHEVY
  • BILL CHUCKMAN GIVING ONE OF OUR SNOWMEN A LAST TOUCH
  • BILL CHUCKMAN IN A BED AT GRANDPA'S CHICAGO APARTMENT ON KEELER AVE STICKING HIS TONGUE OUT AT ME
  • BILL CHUCKMAN IN COURTYARD OF OUR APARTMENT AT 7802 COLFAX
  • BILL CHUCKMAN IN OUR BEDROOM AT 7904 ESSEX 3RD FLOOR CHICAGO READING "EXPLORING THE OLD WORLD"
  • BILL CHUCKMAN IN SHORTS STANDING IN THE COURTYARD OF AUNT WILMA'S
  • BILL CHUCKMAN ON A VISIT FROM CHICAGO PLAYING WITH THE SPITTOON
  • BILL CHUCKMAN ON KEELER AVE OUT IN FRONT OF GRANDPA'S CHICAGO APARTMENT BUILDING
  • BILL CHUCKMAN PAUSES FROM TYPING WITH TWO FOREFINGERS
  • BILL CHUCKMAN SITTING (SORT OF) IN ONE OF THE TWO TUB CHAIRS
  • BILL CHUCKMAN SITTING BY A WINDOW AS THE PENSIVE BEAST
  • BILL CHUCKMAN SITTING IN HIS 1957 CHEVY AND LOOKING OUT THE OPEN DOOR
  • BILL CHUCKMAN SITTING UP ON HID-A-BED IN THE PRISON PAJAMAS
  • BILL CHUCKMAN STANDING BY HIS 1957 CHEVY CONVERTIBLE IN TROPICAL BLUE AND WHITE
  • BILL CHUCKMAN STANDING BY RAINBOW GARDENS IN BLOOM
  • BILL CHUCKMAN TYPING WITH TWO FOREFINGERS AND A BIG DISPLAY OF FAKE TEETH
  • BILL CHUCKMAN UP IN ONE OF THE CRAB APPLE TREES AT RAINBOW GARDENS
  • BILL CHUCKMAN VISITING US IN THE APARTMENT ON THE MAIN FLOOR AT 1520 BATHURST STREET
  • BILL CHUCKMAN WITH HIS EYES CLOSED - STANDING NEXT TO THE VISITING UNCLE JESSE
  • BILL CHUCKMAN WITH THE BIG POSTER I MADE HIM FOR HIS BIRTHDAY
  • CHUCKMAN KODACHROME COPY - 1968 OCT 11 - KENWOOD ELEMENTARY BRANCH 3
  • CHUCKMAN KODACHROME COPY - CHUCKY WITH HIS FAVORITE CORDUROY JACKET SITTING IN THE FALL SPLENDOR OF RAINBOW GARDENS SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO ON A VISIT HOME FROM TORONTO
  • CHUCKMAN KODACHROME COPY - JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN SITTING TOGETHER BY THE LAGOON ON NORMAL AVE
  • CHUCKMAN KODACHROME COPY - RAINBOW GARDENS SOUTH SHORE
  • CHUCKMAN KODACHROME COPY - RETURN OF THE NATIVE - CHUCKY SITTING BY THE LAGOON AT NORMAL AVE AUBURN PARK
  • CHUCKY AT SOUTH SHORE HIGH SCHOOL CHICAGO - A CARTOON DONE FOR MS BRESLIN'S ENGLISH CLASS ON THE SUBJECT OF SATIRE
  • CHUCKY IN FRANCE - AN UNFINISHED STILL LIFE IN OIL PASTELS - WINE BOTTLE AND FRUIT
  • CHUCKY IN FRANCE - I HAVE NO PHOTOS OF MY TIME IN EUROPE SINCE MY CAMERA ALONG WITH OTHER STUFF WAS STOLEN IN ITALY - I HAVE A FEW DRAWINGS
  • CHUCKY IN FRANCE - ROOM IN A SMALL "PENSION" AT LE MONT DORE
  • CHUCKY IN MONTREAL - A DRAWING OF SOME OLD HOUSES IN PEN AND INK
  • CHUCKY'S LITTLE EVERGREEN GARDEN IN THE BACK YARD OF OUR CONDO AT DUKE AND QUEEN IN HAMILTON ONTARIO
  • COLFAX AVE SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO - LOOKING SOUTH
  • COLFAX AVE SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO LOOKING NORTH FROM OUR OLD BUILDING AT 78TH AND COLFAX
  • DAD (JOHN) AND HIS BROTHER AL AND THEIR FATHER
  • DAD IN A LEATHER JACKET HOLDING A BABY
  • DAD IN A SUIT AND TOPCOAT WITH A NEWSPAPER
  • DAD SQUATTING DOWN ON SIDEWALK
  • FORSYHIA IN THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW - KEELER AVE CHICAGO
  • GRANDPA (BOB SORENSEN) IN HIS NAVY UNIFORM
  • GRANDPA (BOB SORENSEN) TALKING TO BRITAIN'S PRINCE PHILIP
  • GROUP OF ST. BRIDES SCHOOL (SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO) GIRLS IN WHEATON ILLINOIS FOR A SPORTS TOURNAMENT
  • HERE IS ANOTHER ITEM I FOUND IN GRANDPA'S THINGS FOR WHICH I HAVE NO EXPLANATION - THIS LARGE SIGN
  • HERE IS ONE OF THE PICTURES I TOOK AROUND ONE IN THE MORNING - IT WAS A BRIEF SNOWFALL ON TOP OF ALL THE SPRING BLOSSOMS
  • HERE'S SOME OF WHAT I MEAN (BELOW) ABOUT ALWAYS BUILDING GARDENS - I WAS ESPECIALLY PROUD OF THIS LITTLE GARDEN
  • JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN - 51ST STREET
  • JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN - ON A PARK BENCH SOMEWHERE IN HYDE PARK
  • JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN AT THE EMPTY LOT ON KIMBARK AVE
  • JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN IN THE EMPTY LOT ON KIMBARK
  • JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN JOHN HOLDING A BALL AND BILL RIDING HIS TRIKE
  • JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN SITTING IN ONE OF THOSE PUBLIC PHOTO BOOTHS
  • JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN SITTING IN THE WING CHAIR AT AUNT WILMA'S
  • JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN STANDING BY THEIR LARGEST SNOWMAN EVER - CYRANO DE BERGERAC
  • JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN WITH TOMMY SEGAL
  • JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN'S LARGEST SNOWMAN EVER - CYRANO DE BERGERAC - I TOOK THIS PICTURE FROM OUR APARTMENT WINDOW
  • JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN'S LINCOLN SNOWMAN - SEEN FROM FRONT OF THE BUILDING
  • JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN'S LINCOLN SNOWMAN CLOSE-UP WITH CAMERA TURNED 45 DEGREES
  • JOHN AND BILL CHUCKMAN'S LINCOLN SNOWMAN PROFILE
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN AND HIS MOM - THIS IS TURKEY RUN STATE PARK
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN AS A BOY IN A SMART OUTFIT OF THE TIME
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN HOLDING BABY JOHNNY IN A STREET IN MONTREAL
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN IN A ROY ROGERS COWBOY SHIRT
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN IN A TWEEDY-LOOKING SHORT-PANTS SUIT
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN IN THE COURTYARD OF THE OLD APARTMENT ON COLFAX NEAR 78TH
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN IN THE LIVING ROOM (BACK WINDOW IS THE DINETTE
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN KNEELING AND HOLDING A STICK BY THE LAGOON IN A PARK ON NORMAL AVE
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN KNEELING ON THE GRASS IN A PARK
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN KNEELING ON THE GRASS IN A PARK - THIS IS THE FULL-FRAME VERSION
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN ON A PONY IN THE STREET
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN SITTING IN A WING CHAIR WEARING HIS FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER MASK
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN SITTING IN AN OFFICE AT BELL CANADA 50 EGLINTON E TORONTO
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN SITTING IN THE LIVING ROOM DANISH-STYLE CHAIR
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN SITTING ON A SPLIT-RAIL FENCE
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN SITTING ON THE COUCH AND BILL STANDING NEXT TO HIM
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN SITTING WITH HIS MOM BY THE LAGOON ON NORMAL
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN STANDING IN THE SNOW IN GRANT PARK CHICAGO
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE WITH HIS ELECTRIC TRAIN
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN WITH "PUSS" ON HIS SHOULDER
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN WITH HIS DAD
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN WITH SANTA IN AN UNKNOWN STORE
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN'S CLASS PICTURE FOR GRADES 1B AND 1A
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN'S OFFICIAL TEXACO CANADA PORTRAIT AS CHIEF ECONOMIST
  • JOHN CHUCKMAN'S THIRD BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE NORMAL AVE
  • KEELER AVE LOOKING NORTH FROM GRANDPA'S CHICAGO APARTMENT BUILDING
  • LOOKING SOUTH ON KEELER AVE CHICAGO FROM JUST AROUND THE CORNER WHERE I SAW THE LITTLE BOY
  • MOM WITH BILL'S PET PARAKEET TIMMY - IN THE DINETTE
  • MOM (ETTA) - AFTER WORK IN HER BIG-BUTTON COAT
  • MOM AND AUNT WILMA ON A COUCH IN AUNT WILMA'S
  • MOM AND DAD AND BILL AS A BABY - FATHER WITH CAMERA
  • MOM AND WAYNE (SHE TOOK HIS NAME PARA WHEN THEY WERE MARRIED)
  • MOM AND WAYNE HUGGING UP ON THE SCARBOROUGH BLUFFS
  • MOM AND WAYNE SITTING ON THE COUCH AT OUR MILLWOOD ROAD TORONTO
  • MOM HOLDING JOE THE DOG AT THEIR DOOR (I THINK IT IS THE BACK ONE
  • MOM SITTING IN THE OLD ORANGE-COLORED DANISH STYLE CHAIR IN THE LIVING ROOM
  • MOM WHILE PETTING A DONKEY AT THE BOWMANVILLE ZOO
  • MYRA BRADWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 7736 S BURNHAM AVE SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO - A VIEW FROM THE SOUTH
  • MYRA BRADWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 7736 S BURNHAM AVE SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO - ANOTHER VIEW FROM THE NORTH END
  • MYRA BRADWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS IT LOOKED IN ITS HEYDAY
  • OUR APARTMENT BUILDING AT 7904 ESSEX AVE NEAR 79TH FROM ACROSS STREET
  • OUR CAT "PUSS" ON THE COUCH AT THE MILLWOOD ROAD NEAR BAYVIEW TORONTO
  • OUR MOM AUNT WILMA AND BILL CHUCKMAN IN AUNT WILMA'S APARTMENT
  • OUR THIRD AND LAST SOUTH SHORE APARTMENT - 7802 COLFAX AVE CHICAGO
  • RAINBOW PARK SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO - THE TREED PARKLAND PORTION
  • THE COURTYARD OF GRANDPA'S CHICAGO APARTMENT BUILDING ON KEELER AVE LOOKING TOWARDS THE STREET
  • UNKNOWN LITTLE BOY MAKING A TINY SNOWMAN ON A CHICAGO SIDEWALK
  • WAYNE PARA (MY MOM'S HUSBAND) SHOPPING ON 79TH STREET SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO - SOUTH SHORE HOLIDAY FLORIST
  • WHAT YOU WILL FIND HERE: HISTORICAL PHOTOS OF CHICAGO AND TORONTO LOCATIONS PLUS SOME OTHER PLACES
  • WORDS WRITTEN BY JOHN CHUCKMAN FOR BOB SORENSEN
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