My STREET Photography.

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FEATURE IMAGE: Chicago, August 2021. 7.64.mb 99%. My Street Photography: STREET I. (99 Photos).

FEATURE IMAGE (left to right): State Street, Chicago, July 2015 (STREET I); Motorcycle riders, July 2018 (TRAINS & MOTORCYCLES); Shopper, June 2019 (STREET II); and Kiss in Spring rain, May 2019 (STREET II).

My Street Photography: U.S. 1970s-2000s.

FEATURE image: September 1994. Montaña de Oro State Park. San Luis Obispo/Los Osos, CA. 80% Sonoma County, California (1987): Montaña de Oro State Park, San Luis Obispo County, California (1994): Glacier National Park, Montana (1994): Coronado National Memorial, Cochise County, Arizona (U.S.- Mexico border) (1988): Rapidan River, near Chancellorsville, Virginia (2001): North Cascades Highway, Washington…

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My Street Photography: SIGNS OF THE TIMES II. (51 Photos).

FEATURE image: June 2022. Chicago. 2.11mb Liberty Bank’s origin dates back to 1898 when parishioners of All Saints Polish National Catholic Church on Chicago’s North Side (2392 N. Milwaukee Avenue) came together to form a mutual savings institution committed to “neighbors helping neighbors.”

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My Street Photography: STREET 3 (100 Photos).

FEATURE Image: November 2017. Michigan-based Saints basketball team visiting in downtown Chicago. The Logan Theatre at 2646 N. Milwaukee in Chicago opened in November 1915 as The Paramount Theatre. It was operated by Lubliner & Trinz that started operating movie theaters in Chicago around 1914. At their peak, Lubliner & Trinz operated about nineteen theaters…

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My Street Photography: ODDS & ENDS. (36 Photos).

FEATURE Image: Pay phone, July 2018. In U.S. cities and states with a large population of Polish and Polish Americans, mainly in the Midwest and Northeast – including Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia/Scranton, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut – pączki (pronounced “punch-key”) are rich, sweet traditional Polish doughnuts whose tradition stretches back…

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My Street Photography: MOTORCYCLES. (34 Photos).

FEATURE Image: North Avenue, Chicago, August 2016. Four days after recording Heartbreak Hotel in January 1956 for RCA records in Nashville, Tennessee, 21-year-old Elvis Presley went out and bought a brand-new red-and-white 1956 Harley Davidson KH. Elvis was not yet famous but had already developed a signature style for which this motor bike formed a…

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My Street Photography: SIGNS OF THE TIMES I. (112 Photos).

FEATURE image: July 2015. Chicago. 134 S Wabash Ave, Chicago 60603. According to their website, Miller’s Pub was established as a bar in 1935 which was bought in 1950 by Pete, Nick and Jimmy Gallios, three brothers of Greek descent. A fourth brother, Vannie, worked his way into a stake in the business in 1953.…

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My Street Photography: Europe 1970s-2000s (125 Photos).

FEATURE image: July 1984. Marienplatz, Munich, Germany. 7.91mb 91% Unless otherwise noted, all photographs by John P. Walsh. Every year the senior class at Benet Academy went to London during Christmas/winter break. That year the travel agent (“The World is Your Schoolhouse” as I recall) offered a side trip of sorts to Paris. It would…

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My Street Photography: STREET 2. (103 Photos).

FEATURE image: Chicago Loop, August 2014. Photographs ©John P. Walsh William C. “Bill” Henry (1935-1992) for which this portion of 16th Street is named, was a 24th Ward Chicago alderman. Ald. Henry put together the coalition of Black and white aldermen to elect Eugene Sawyer (1934-2008) as mayor of the City of Chicago following the sudden…

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My Street Photography: U.S. MIDWEST ROADS. (99 Photos).

FEATURE Image: June 2017. Pewaukee, WI. Wedding party. Introduction. Here are some of my photographs featuring the people, places, and things I have seen on today’s U.S. Midwest roads. I have a personal affinity and affection for the American Midwest. I grew up in Chicago and its suburbs, and went to school here and live…

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My Street Photography: TRAINS. (43 Photos & Videos).

FEATURE image: May 2018. Metra Locomotive 129. Westbound, Union Pacific West Line. Photographs and text ©John P. Walsh. Video of same run of Metra Locomotive 185 (above), westbound BSNF Railway Line, August 2022. The Brown Line (also known as the Ravenswood Line) is part of the Chicago “El” or “L” rapid transit system. The Chicago public…

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