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.
CHUCKMAN’S PLACES – PINK HOLLOW RUBBER BALL WE’D BUY AT THE SCHOOL STORE FOR 25 CENTS TO PLAY THE GAME OF “PENNER” – THIS WAS PLAYED BY THROWING THE BALL AGAINST A CURVED PIECE OF TERRRA COTTA TRIM (THE “PENNER”) WHICH RAN AROUND THE SCHOOL, MAKING THE BALL BOUNCE HIGH
