Help! I’m looking for a photo of Howich Drug Store in
Chicago. In the 1920s and 30s it was located at 1860 W Madison on the northeast
corner of Wolcott and Madison. Apparently, it was THE place to go for sodas and
sundaes in the neighborhood and my mother-in-law’s diary mentions it all the
time. As I’m working on her (and her lineage) story now, I’d love to be able to
have a visual of the place
.
As it happens, that address is currently in the middle of
United Center. There are no buildings left in the area. I’m left to find
someone somewhere who may have an historical picture. I’ve found a few ads in
the Chicago Garfieldian newspaper but
no images of the building were used. They did, however, mention “our famous
Howich chocolate Sodas and Sundaes.”
The drug store later moved to 4160 W Madison but my
father-in-law says they only went to that one a few times. It was further away
making to more difficult to get to. I was able to find a photo (current day) of
that building on Google maps but it’s not really significant to Alice’s story.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I’ve tried
both Google and Bing images to no avail. At the moment I’m hoping some
wonderful Chicagoan family historian from “the old neighborhood” will have a
photo to share.
If nothing else, wish me luck!!
~ Becky
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