
NOSTALGIC IMAGES FROM CHILDHOOD AND FROM HISTORY FOCUSING ON THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD OF SOUTH SHORE IN CHICAGO AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, HYDE PARK. INCLUDED ARE MANY IMAGES FROM JOHN CHUCKMAN AND FRIENDS. NOTE THAT WHERE CREATORS OF IMAGES OR SITES OF ORIGIN ARE IDENTIFIED, THE CREATORS OR SITES OF ORIGIN RETAIN ALL COPYRIGHTS.
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Saturday, June 30, 2018
CHUCKMAN’S PLACES – CHUCKMAN KODACHROME COPY – 1968 OCT 11 – KENWOOD ELEMENTARY BRANCH 3 IN THE EARLY 1950s – COTTAGES IN PARK AT 53RD AND KENWOOD – MY HOME SCHOOL IN HYDE PARK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE KENWOOD BUT THE OVERCROWDING IN THE POSTWAR YEARS WAS TERRIBLE WITH HALF-DAY CLASSES – THEY OPENED TWO TEMPORARY BRANCHES – THIS ONE (1951-2) WAS DELIGHTFUL WITH THE WINDOWS AND A PLAYGROUND JUST OUTSIDE AND I HAD A WONDERFUL TEACHER NAMED MRS NOLAN – I WAS AMAZED THESE COTTAGES (THAT’S WHAT WE CALLED THEM) STILL STOOD IN 1968 – HYDE PARK CHICAGO
