The Photos Of Charles W. Cushman: Around Town
Chicago river west from Michigan Ave. Bridge, May 26, 1963
Michigan Ave. south from Randolph St. Chicago, May 26, 1963
View west from Prudential Building, May 26, 1963
Northwest view from top of Prudential Building, May 26, 1963
University Club, June 2, 1966
Congress Expressway from Marshfield, September 28, 1958
Mouth of Chicago river and Navy Pier from top Prudential Building, May 26, 1963
View north from Prudential Building, May 26, 1963
Looking north up State St. towards Marina Towers, June 7, 1963
Rush & Chestnut, May 1966
University Club, August 1946
View north from top of Prudential Building, May 26, 1963
Grant Park and Michigan Ave. View south form Prudential Building - what would become Mil. Park - May 26, 1963
View north on Michigan Ave. Chicago from Art Institute, June 2, 1966
Wrigley and Tribune towers from Wacker and Wabash, August 21, 1941
North up Chicago river from Monroe St, June 30 1948
Wrigley buildings seen between upraised leaves of the new State St. bridge, September 14, 1948
Loop skyline fron south end Grant Park, August 1944
Fog along Loop lake front seen from 25th floor of La Salle - Wacker Bldg., June 21, 1945
Buckingham Fountain, July 1941
Obsolete beer ad near 16th & Canal, July 1944
South Chicago from top of 7000 South Shore Drive, July 1944
View east toward Shedd Aquarium past Nat. Hist. Museum from overpass, August 1944
Fine Arts Bldg. Across Jackson Park Lagoon, June 1941
Chicago\'s loop from ten miles south, in light of mid-July sunset, July 1944
Inner harbor, Jackson Park, September 1944
Harper Library, September 1942
About once a year, photos from the gargantuan collection left behind by amateur photographer and Indiana University grad Charles W. Cushman, painstakingly arranged and maintained by Indiana University, crop up on one website or another. The photos, spanning 1938 to 1969 (he passed away in 1972), are a treasure trove spanning the entire country (and others) but have a particularly nice collection of photos from that period taken here in Chicago where Charles lived at several points of his life. Our pals at Gapers Block had a fantastic series where they recreated some of Cushman's shots. And Vocalo's Lee Bey took a look at the architectural aspects of Cushman's collections earlier this spring. There's also his NYC shots which have been featured on the Mothership Gothamist. So, now that we're in the dog days of summer, we thought we'd visit the archives and take a few spins through some of his photos over the next few days.
We start with a look at summer cityscapes circa the the 1940s, 50's, and 60's.
