Matt Bergstrom
@mattbergstrom.bsky.social
Chicago architecture and history, papercraft and postcards - https://www.wurlington-bros.com/
60 years ago today, 10-year-old William Blasio stole a motor boat from the dock below Marina City with a plan to return to Ohio where his family had once lived. Hard to imagine heading out on Lake Michigan if the weather was wintry like today!
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 AM
60 years ago today, 10-year-old William Blasio stole a motor boat from the dock below Marina City with a plan to return to Ohio where his family had once lived. Hard to imagine heading out on Lake Michigan if the weather was wintry like today!
120 years ago today, the terrible Mataafa Storm began, sinking more than 20 ships on Lake Superior and leading to the construction of Split Rock Lighthouse to make shipping safer on the lake
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
120 years ago today, the terrible Mataafa Storm began, sinking more than 20 ships on Lake Superior and leading to the construction of Split Rock Lighthouse to make shipping safer on the lake
Lots of new additions to the Stone Faces Gazetteer tracking locations of anthropomorphic rocks around the world: www.mnmuseumofthems.org/Faces/index....
November 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Lots of new additions to the Stone Faces Gazetteer tracking locations of anthropomorphic rocks around the world: www.mnmuseumofthems.org/Faces/index....
Cardboard 2-flat miniature spotted at Project Onward’s cardboard show. Love the little butterflies!
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Cardboard 2-flat miniature spotted at Project Onward’s cardboard show. Love the little butterflies!
Missed this anniversary yesterday: On Nov 18, 1755, an earthquake hit Boston, knocking down the iconic grasshopper weathervane off Faneuil Hall
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Missed this anniversary yesterday: On Nov 18, 1755, an earthquake hit Boston, knocking down the iconic grasshopper weathervane off Faneuil Hall
Miniature room sculpture by artist Itzi Licona at Intuit Art Museum
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Miniature room sculpture by artist Itzi Licona at Intuit Art Museum
Last warm day till spring in Humboldt Park
November 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Last warm day till spring in Humboldt Park
On this day in 1910, excavation began for the 792-foot Woolworth Building, then the tallest in the world
November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
On this day in 1910, excavation began for the 792-foot Woolworth Building, then the tallest in the world
Happy Halloween! Would you ring the doorbell of this haunted paper house?
October 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Happy Halloween! Would you ring the doorbell of this haunted paper house?
Happy Halloween! Would you ring the doorbell of this haunted paper house?
October 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Happy Halloween! Would you ring the doorbell of this haunted paper house?
A silly little papercraft project I designed for this weekend's upcoming International Paper Modelers Convention in Sterling, VA. Print one and build it at: ipmc-info.org/free.html
October 21, 2025 at 6:54 AM
A silly little papercraft project I designed for this weekend's upcoming International Paper Modelers Convention in Sterling, VA. Print one and build it at: ipmc-info.org/free.html
Out on the street among hundreds of thousands marching for Liberty #papercraft #papermodel #statueofliberty #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Out on the street among hundreds of thousands marching for Liberty #papercraft #papermodel #statueofliberty #nokings
Here's Herman Thiesse's grocery store around 1910
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October 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Here's Herman Thiesse's grocery store around 1910
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In a different country long ago: President Gerald Ford dedicated the newly built J. Edgar Hoover FBI building 50 years ago today: www.wurlington-bros.com/DC/freemodel...
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In a different country long ago: President Gerald Ford dedicated the newly built J. Edgar Hoover FBI building 50 years ago today: www.wurlington-bros.com/DC/freemodel...
Stopped by the Pink Elephant gas station in Wisconsin which has a street named after it
September 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Stopped by the Pink Elephant gas station in Wisconsin which has a street named after it
Happy birthday to architect Eero Saarinen, born 115 years ago today in Finland #papercraft #papermodel #gatewayarch #scalemodel #wurlingtonpress #stlouis
August 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Happy birthday to architect Eero Saarinen, born 115 years ago today in Finland #papercraft #papermodel #gatewayarch #scalemodel #wurlingtonpress #stlouis
Logan Square textures
August 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Logan Square textures
80 years ago today, a B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in a thick morning fog
July 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
80 years ago today, a B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in a thick morning fog
Good day for a root beer, and a revisit from 20-some years ago when we tried them all: www.delicioussparklingtemperancedrinks.net/rbeer/index....
July 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Good day for a root beer, and a revisit from 20-some years ago when we tried them all: www.delicioussparklingtemperancedrinks.net/rbeer/index....
Former Horseshoe Tavern
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July 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Former Horseshoe Tavern
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The Logan Square window museum is back up with new boards after last week’s heat wave caused the displays to fall down!
July 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Logan Square window museum is back up with new boards after last week’s heat wave caused the displays to fall down!
a.k.a. The World's Largest Birdhouse
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July 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
a.k.a. The World's Largest Birdhouse
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Happy birthday to John Storrs, sculptor of the Art Deco-style statue of Ceres at the top of the Board of Trade, born in Chicago today in 1885!
June 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Happy birthday to John Storrs, sculptor of the Art Deco-style statue of Ceres at the top of the Board of Trade, born in Chicago today in 1885!
Photo of Bernard Polacheck from a few years earlier. He was 27 years old and new to the saloon business in 1912. Diamond ring was probably from his wedding in 1911 to Lillian Neuman: www.ancestry.com/family-tree/... - Died in October 1918
June 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Photo of Bernard Polacheck from a few years earlier. He was 27 years old and new to the saloon business in 1912. Diamond ring was probably from his wedding in 1911 to Lillian Neuman: www.ancestry.com/family-tree/... - Died in October 1918