Between 1950 and 1960, Chicago’s population shrank for the first time in its history, as factory jobs leveled off and people moved to the suburbs. Poor neighborhoods were razed and replaced with massive public housing that solved few of the problems of poverty and violence.
These amazing black and white photos from Joe+Jeanette Archie that captured street scenes of Chicago in 1950.
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| Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 1950 |
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| Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 1950 |
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| Art Institute, Chicago, 1950 |
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| Art Institute, Chicago, 1950 |
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| Chicago bus, 1950 |
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| Chicago bus, 1950 |
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| Chicago fire boat, 1950 |
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| Chicago street scenes, 1950 |
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| Chicago street scenes, 1950 |
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| Chicago street scenes, 1950 |
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| Chicago street scenes, 1950 |
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| Gonnella Baking, Chicago, 1950 |
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| Looking east from Wells Street Bridge, Chicago, 1950 |
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| Lower level of Wacker Drive, Chicago, 1950 |
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| Michigan and Adams, Chicago, 1950 |
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| Michigan and Adams, Chicago, 1950 |
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| Michigan and Congress, Chicago, 1950 |
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| Record store, also TV sales, Chicago, 1950 |
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| State and Monroe, Chicago, 1950 |
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| State at Quincy, Chicago, 1950 |
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| State at Quincy, Chicago, 1950 |
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| State at Quincy, Chicago, 1950 |
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| State Street, Chicago, 1950 |
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| State Street, Chicago, 1950 |
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| State Street, Chicago, 1950 |
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| The Fair Store, State and Adams, Chicago, 1950 |
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| The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 1950 |
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| The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 1950 |
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| The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 1950 |
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| VFW convention in Chicago, Monroe and Dearborn, 1950 |
