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 – SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO – WEE FOLKS TOYS WHEN NEW – 79TH STREET – NOT FAR FROM AVALON THEATER – 1957 – FROM CARYN AMSTER’S BOOK ABOUT HER FATHER “THE PIED PIPER OF SOUTH SHORE” - IT WAS A SMALL TOY STORE LIKE THIS THAT PRESTON UNEY'S FATHER HAD ON STONY ISLAND AVE
