Thursday, May 3, 2018

ABOUT JOHN CHUCKMAN

John Chuckman is former chief economist for a large Canadian oil company. He has many interests and is a lifelong student of history. He writes with a passionate desire for honesty, the rule of reason, and concern for human decency. John regards it as a badge of honor to have left the United States as a poor young man from the South Side of Chicago when the country embarked on the pointless murder of something like 3 million Vietnamese in their own land because they embraced the wrong economic loyalties. He lives in Canada, which he is fond of calling “the peaceable kingdom.”

John’s writing appears regularly on many Internet sites. He has been translated into at least ten languages and has been regularly translated into Italian and Spanish. Several of his essays have been published in book collections, including two college texts. He has published a book, The Decline of the American Empire and the Rise of China as a Global Power, published by Constable and Robinson, London. John also writes book reviews.

Apart from his writing since retiring from the oil industry, John has taught university courses in economics, done a good deal of private tutoring, served as a professional newspaper restaurant reviewer (he likes cooking), followed his favorite hobby of photography, and created a popular family of image blogs on the Internet.

John may be reached directly at:  formersouthsideboy@gmail.com

SOME INTERNET SITES FROM JOHN CHUCKMAN:


CHUCKMAN'S PLACES ON WORDPRESS: FEATURING THE BELOVED URBAN VILLAGE OF SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: TORONTO NOSTALGIA

CHUCKMAN’S MONTREAL

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORD PRESS

CHUCKMAN'S KODACHROMES ON WORDPRESS: JOHN AND BOBBY LONG AGO

CHUCKMAN'S PORT STANLEY

CHUCKMAN'S BAYFIELD

CHUCKMAN'S GODERICH

CHUCKMAN'S ILES DE LA MADELEINE (MAGDALEN ISLANDS)

CHUCKMAN'S ART

CHUCKMAN'S ROBOTS

CHUCKMAN'S GALLERY OF GROTESQUES

CHUCKMAN'S CARTOON COMMENTS

CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: 1920s ARCADE CARD BEAUTIES – THEIR CHARM AND GRACE AND WHIMSY

CHUCKMAN'S WORDS ON WORDPRESS: POLITICAL ESSAYS

CHUCKMAN'S WORDS ON WORDPRESS: COMMENTS FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS

CHUCKMAN'S MISCELLANEA OF WORDS

CHUCKMAN'S NON-SPORTS TRADING CARDS OF THE 1950S VOLUME 01 (OF 4 VOLUMES)




ME, ROUGHLY: THE DECLINE IS RAPID NOW

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO RIVER AT NIGHT - NOTE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON MARINA CITY - MID-1960s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO RIVER - LOOKING E FROM JUST W OF SUN-TIMES BUILDING - NIGHT - c1970


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO RIVER - LOOKING E FROM NEAR MERCHANDISE MART - MID-1960s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL TOWARDS LONDON GUARANTEE BUILDING AND WRIGLEY BUILDING - PARKED CARS - TINTED - NICE VERSION - 1920s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - RANDOLPH - NIGHT - LOOKING E FROM NEAR GREYHOUND BUS STATION - MANY FAMOUS BUSINESS SIGNS - NICE VERSION - 1954


Sunday, April 15, 2018

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET AND MADISON - AERIAL LOOKING N E - NOTE HOW MANDEL BUILDING HAS CHANGED FROM CARD BELOW - VIEW DOWN MADISON - CORNER VIEW OF MANDEL BROTHERS - CROWDS HORSES CARRIAGES CARS - TINTED - 1918


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - STATE STREET AND MADISON - AERIAL LOOKING NE - CARSON PIRIE SCOTT ENTRANCE - CROWDS - TINTED - c 1910


PHOTO - CHICAGO - NORTH AVE BEACH - UNKNOWN COUPLE SUNBATHING - 1989 - EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - 78TH STREET E OF HALSTED - UNKNOWN SIDE STREET IN AUBURN PARK - DRUGSTORE - TAILOR CLEANER DYER - WAGONS - 1911


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BATHING BEACH AND PIER - CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL - 1660 E HYDE PARK BLVD - NOTE WOMEN SITTING ON PIER UNDER UMBRELLAS - GROUP OF CHILDREN ON BEACH- TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GARFIELD PARK - THE CASINO - PEOPLE WALKING - CAR - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE FROM THE LAKE - RAILROAD 1865 - CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY - 1920s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - RAINBOW BEACH - THEN CALLED MANHATTAN - WINDSOR PARK - PAVILION WITH MANY BATHERS - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - THE MERCY HOSPITAL - 26TH AND CALUMET - GROUND CORNER VIEW - GAS LIGHTS ON STREET - 1905


Tuesday, March 29, 2016

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - UNION STOCK YARDS - STEERS AND COWBOYS - ONE STANDING ON FENCE - PANORAMA VIEW - TINTED - NICE VERSION - 1910s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - WASHINGTON PARK - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - THE ARISTOCRATS OF SONG CHOIR - 2535 W 103RD PLACE - 1950s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - RUSH STREET BRIDGE - HUGE CROWD AND CARRIAGES - MAN SWEEPING FOR HORSES - NOTE WISCONSIN STEAMER SIGN - TINTED - NICE VERSION - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - PEOPLES GAS LIGHT AND COKE BUILDING - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - NEW POST OFFICE DOME - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - NEW KAISARHOF HOTEL - 314-328 CLARK - NEAR JACKSON - TINTED - NICE VERSION - LATER ATLANTIC - 1910s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE AND CONGRESS EXPRESWAY ENTRANCE - PICK CONGRESS HOTEL - AERIAL - 1960s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE - CONGRESS HOTEL - AUDITORIUM HOTEL - FINE ARTS BUILDING - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - METROPOLITAN ELEVATED RAILROAD TERMINAL - AERIAL - MANY TRAINS - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LINCOLN PARK ZOO - AFRICAN ANTELOPE - PEOPLE BEHIND FENCE - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - LINCOLN PARK - FOUNTAIN - 1911


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - ILLINOIS CENTRAL DEPOT - CARRIAGES IN FRONT - TINTED - 1909


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL - 267 S DEARBORN - 1908


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GRANT PARK - SMALL TREES - LOOKING W TO MICHIGAN AVE - NOTE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GRAND CENTRAL STATION - FIFTH AVE AND HARRISON - AERIAL - 1917


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GEORGE F HARDING MUSEUM - 4853 LAKE PARK - TWO MOUNTED KNIGHTS - 1946


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GEORGE F HARDING MUSEUM - 4853 LAKE PARK - TWO MOUNTED KNIGHTS - CARD BACK - 1946


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GARFIELD PARK - MAN ROWING - SWANS - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - DEARBORN STREET STATION - TRUCKS AND CARS IN FRONT - 1920s


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CRUISE SHIP HEADING INTO LAKE - NAVY PIER - COAST GUARD - LIGHTHOUSE - 1950


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - COLISEUM INTERIOR - SUMMER GARDEN - HUGE CROWD - TINTED - c1905


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO RIVER - RUSH STREET BRIDGE - AERIAL SHIPS - PEOPLE ON BRIDGE - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO RIVER - JACKKNIFE BRIDGE - ELEVATED TRAIN - 1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - CHICAGO RIVER - FROM RUSH STREET BRIDGE - MANY MASTED SHIPS - TUG - TINTED - c1910


POSTCARD - CHICAGO - BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING - c1910