Lawndale-Crawford Community Collection

Dates: circa 1850-1981
Size: 40.25 linear feet in 34 boxes including 755 photographs, 26 oversize folders, 95 glass plates images
Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605
Collection Number: spe-nhrc-lccc
Immediate Source of Acquisition: The initial accession was gathered by the Lawndale-Crawford Historical Association and transferred from Chicago Public Library, Toman Branch in 1981 as part of a Dr. Scholl Foundation grant. Supplement 1 consists of items transferred from Toman Branch in 1989. Supplements 2-4 contain materials from a variety of donations and transfers.
Language: Materials are mostly in English with a small selection in Czech.
Conditions Governing Access: Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use: Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection.
Preferred Citation: When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Lawndale-Crawford Community Collection [Box #, Folder #, Photograph #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library.
Finding Aid Author: Original author unknown, 1981. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Michelle McCoy, 2022

Abstract

Originally gathered by the Lawndale-Crawford Historical Association, the manuscripts, printed material and photographs in this collection focus upon the community areas that span North and South Lawndale and includes documentation of Bohemian immigrants who settled in the area around 1900. There is also information about neighborhood schools, businesses, residents, clubs, and the controversial name changing of Crawford Avenue to Pulaski Road.

Biographical/Historical

The Lawndale-Crawford community area is comprised of North and South Lawndale community areas on Chicago’s West Side. Historically Lawndale and Crawford were suburbs of Chicago until the area was annexed into the city in 1889.

North Lawndale is number 29 of the 77 official communities that make up Chicago. The community lies five miles west of the Loop at the city’s border with Cicero on the west, a couple of blocks south of the Eisenhower Expressway on the north and is bounded by railroad lines on the south and east sides and includes Douglass Park. The area was annexed into Chicago in stages, the eastern sections in 1869 and the other sections in 1889.

South Lawndale is number 30 of the 77 official communities that make up Chicago. Situated five miles southwest of the Loop, the area is bounded by the Stevenson Expressway on the south, Cermak Road on the north, Western Avenue on the east and Cicero Avenue on the west. The neighborhood historically included a mix of two-flat apartments and industry.

North and South Lawndale attracted residents following the Great Fire of 1871. By the mid-20th century, North Lawndale teemed with Chicago's Jewish community. South Lawndale’s early settlers included Germans and Czechoslovakians who moved westward on 22nd Street (later Cermak Road). The rest of the area, west of Crawford Avenue (later Pulaski Road) was annexed to the city in 1889. A number of industries were established along the area’s railroads, including the McCormick plant (later the International Harvester Company) and the Western Electric Company’s Hawthorne Works in Cicero, just northwest of the area. Successive groups of Poles, African Americans and Latinx communities have followed to take advantage of employment opportunities in nearby industry.

The members of the Lawndale-Crawford Historical Association gathered the bulk of the materials. Formed in 1934 to commemorate the community area’s early settlers and to stimulate an interest in neighborhood history, the Association had a close relationship with the Chicago Public Library, Toman Branch who also collected the history and culture of Czechoslovakia to serve the community. The Library’s Czech collection was named in honor of Czech President, Thomas G. Masaryk.

Scope and Contents

Originally gathered by the Lawndale-Crawford Historical Association, the manuscripts, printed material and photographs in this collection focus upon the community areas that span North and South Lawndale and includes documentation of Bohemian immigrants who settled in the area around 1900. There is also information about neighborhood schools, businesses, residents, clubs, and the controversial name changing of Crawford Avenue to Pulaski Road.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Lawndale-Crawford Community Collection consists of an initial accession and three supplements.

The members of the Lawndale-Crawford Historical Association gathered the bulk of the materials. The collection was transferred from Chicago Public Library, Toman Branch in 1981 as part of a Dr. Scholl Foundation grant.

Additional material continues to be added through transfer or donation.

Photographs numbered 2.1 through 2.32 were received at the same time as those numbered with a prefix of “1.” It is unclear why the numbering prefix changed. Photographs numbered 4.1 through 4.46 were on loan when the original collection was cataloged and were therefore missed in the series cataloged under prefix "1."

Supplement 1 was added in January 1989 and consists of items transferred from the Chicago Public Library, Toman Branch. The bulk of this material is comprised of land title abstracts dated 1873-1905, concerning property in the Lawndale-Crawford area (Box 5, Folders 29-33). Two folders (Box 5, Folders 27-28) have contents concerning Thomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937), Czechoslovak president who lived for a short time with a Lawndale-Crawford family in 1918-1919 while on faculty at the University of Chicago.

Supplement 2 was added in October 1989 and consists of two yearbooks and a student scrapbook relating to Harrison Technical High School, 1920-1924 and 1931 (Box 6, Folders 1-3). The scrapbook and 1924 yearbook were the property of HTHS student Dorothy Alter; the 1931 yearbook belonged to her brother Morris. Additional items in Supplement 2 were part of an anonymous donation in May, 1988.

Supplement 3 was added in June 1992 and consists of materials related to the PTA of the Robert Burns School (Box 6, Folders 7-14). These materials were transferred from Chicago Public Library, Toman Branch in July, 1991.

Supplement 4 was added in January 2019 and includes the contents in Box 6, Folders 16-17 and Photograph 1.690.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into 12 Series by topic:

  • Series 1: Biographical Data, circa 1850-1979
  • Series 2: Business Establishments, 1875-1978, undated
  • Series 3: Religious Institutions, circa 1870-1977
  • Series 4: Clubs and Organizations, 1878-1978
  • Series 5: Historical Sketches and News Clippings, 1873-1977, undated
  • Series 6: Municipal Agencies and Community Organizations, Photographs, circa 1882-1935
  • Series 7: Parks, Photographs, 1875-1977
  • Series 8: Residences, Photographs, 1863-1977, undated
  • Series 9: Schools, 1884-1977
  • Series 10: Streets, circa 1880-1977, undated
  • Series 11: Transportation, 1890-1977, undated
  • Series 12: Wartime Activities, 1917, circa 1941

Separated Materials

Six oversize Sokol programs from Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1932-1938 were sent to the American Sokol Organization, 6424 W. Cermak Road, Berwyn, Illinois.

Subject Headings

  • Associations, institutions, etc -- Illinois -- Chicago – History
  • Business enterprises -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
  • Czechs -- Chicago -- Illinois -- History -- Sources
  • Farragut High School (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Gymnasts -- Societies -- Illinois -- Chicago
  • North Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Portraits -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
  • Religious institutions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
  • Schools -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
  • Societies and clubs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
  • South Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)

Related Materials

  • Chicago Public Library Archives, Toman Branch
  • Girl Scouts of America #427 Records
  • Lawndale-Crawford Community Collection
  • Lawndale-Crawford Historical Association Records
  • North Lawndale Community Collection
  • O’Quinn Family Papers
  • Faith Rich Papers
  • South Lawndale Community Collection
  • John Toman Scrapbooks

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Biographical Data, circa 1850-1979

Scope and Contents

The pioneers and early residents of the Lawndale-Crawford community are represented in this series by such items as correspondence, historical biographies, memorabilia, and related material. Also included are a number of articles that appeared as a series in the West End News in 1940; they are short biographical sketches of many of the prominent residents of the area.

Arrangement

Series 1 is arranged into 2 subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1878-1979 and Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1850-1952, undated

Subseries A: Documents, 1878-1979, undated

Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by last name.

Box 1 Folder 1 Ackermann, Marcel, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 1 Adesko, Thaddeus V., news clipping, circa 1939
Box 1 Folder 1 Ames, Arthur, news clippings, 1924, 1942
Box 1 Folder 1 Ames, Mr. and Mrs. Dorr C., news clipping, 1935
Box 1 Folder 2 Bajek, John F., news clipping, circa 1930s
Box 1 Folder 2 Baldwin, Charles M., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 2 Barcal, John J., news clipping, 1954
Box 1 Folder 2 Barth, Clara, Crawford Academy memory book, 1885-1886
Box 1 Folder 2 Barth, William, memorial card, 1948
Box 1 Folder 3 Basener, Emil A., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 3 Beaubien, Jean-Baptiste, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 3 Beaubien, Mr. and Mrs. Richard, family history questionnaires, undated
Box 1 Folder 3 Belsky, John, news clipping, 1955
Box 1 Folder 4 Benes, Vojta, memorial card, news clipping, 1951
Box 1 Folder 4 Bicek, Frank H., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 4 Bicek, George A., news clipping, 1940
Box 1 Folder 4 Bliss, Arthur T., Lawndale School graduation certificate, invitation, 1881, 1887
Box 1 Folder 5 Bowler, James B., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 5 Brejcha, Frank, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 5 Birney, Dr. William F., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 5 Budilovsky, John A., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 6 Cermak, Anton J., news clippings [see also: Scrapbooks of John Toman], 1933, 1939
Box 1 Folder 6 Cermak, Louis J., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 6 Cervenka, John A., news clippings, 1950-1951
Box 1 Folder 6 Chrastka, John T., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 6 Coles, Charles H., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 6 Cook, Norman H., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 7 Crawford Family, historical notes, 1933-1938
Box 1 Folder 8 Darrow, Clarence [missing]
Box 1 Folder 9 Desort, Judge Rudolph, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 9 Divisek, Frank J., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 9 Drucker, Judge Joseph, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 9 Dunczyk, Dr. Jennie R.E., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 10 Ewald, Joseph, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 10 Fanta, Laddie, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 10 Field, Pearl, news clipping, 1944
Box 1 Folder 10 Fraser, John, manuscript family history by Jessie Fraser White and Laura Fraser Sinclair, undated
Box 1 Folder 10 Fruzyna, John J., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 11 Gamble, Mr. and Mrs. William M., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 11 Gorton, Belle C., note and Shakespearian Song Book advertisement, 1939
Oversize Folder 1   Hair, Jonathan, high school admission certificate, 1900
Box 1 Folder 12 Hale, Clarence, news clippings, 1898, 1955
Box 1 Folder 12 Hasbrook, Eddie F., birthday invitation, 1878
Box 1 Folder 12 Havlicek, Karl, typescript biography, undated
Box 1 Folder 12 Hejna, Frank C., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 12 Hess, Edward J., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 12 Holub, Anthony, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 12 Holub, Frank, “Lullaby” and “Pledge of Allegiance” sheet music, undated
Box 1 Folder 13 Janda, B. Francis, manuscript biography note, undated
Box 1 Folder 13 Jaros, Joseph, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 13 Jezierny, Peter P., news clipping, undated
Oversize Folder 19   Jed, Tel. Na’rodni’-Jednota-Sokolska ve Spojeny’ch Sta’tech, Certificate to Tel. Jed. Sokol Tabor of Chicago. New York, 1910 [June?] 18
Box 1 Folder 14 Kacerna, Joseph J., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 14 Kadziela, Edward W., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 14 Kallal, Dr. Thomas E., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 14 Kec, Rudolph, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 15 Kingdon, Edna, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 15 Kingdon, Ethel, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 15 Knight, Frank, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 15 Komorous, Edward J., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 15 Konkolewski, Michael J., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 16 Kornak, John A., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 16 Koukol, Edward, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 16 Kraml, James, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 16 Kreutz, Leo, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 16 Kuba, James, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 17 Laycock, Mr. and Mrs. John Sr., news clipping, 1939
Oversize Folder 3   Link, Stanley, “Tiny Tim,” cartoon panel drawing for Chicago Tribune, 1931 December 13
Oversize Folder 4   Link, Stanley, “Tiny Tim,” cartoon panel drawing for Chicago Tribune, 1932 January 3
Box 1 Folder 17 Luczak, Judge Edward, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 17 Luecht, William, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 17 Lurie, Adolph, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 17 Lyon, Edward A., Lawndale School autograph book, 1882
Box 1 Folder 18 Maciejewski, Anton F., news clipping, circa 1940s
Box 1 Folder 18 Mahoney, James, correspondence, news clipping, 1947, 1952
Box 1 Folder 18 Majka, Felix L., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 18 Mansfield, James T., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 19 Marik, Henry, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 19 Masek, Anton R., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 19 Mattmiller, George A., invitation, 1900
Oversize Folder 7   Masaryk, Thomas G. (1850-1937), Prvni’ President, Repvbliky-Ceskoslovenske, engraving by M. Svabinsky, 1919
Oversize Folder 8   Masaryk, Thomas G. (1850-1937), centennial, Nedelni’ Svornost, newspaper, Chicago [Parts 2 and 4 only, 2 copies of part 2], 1950 March 5
Oversize Folder 9   Masaryk, Thomas G. (1850-1937), “Champion of Liberty,” stamp ceremony, two programs, cut and mounted on board. Includes first day of issue stamps, $.4 blue and $.8 red/blue/brown, 1960 March 7
Box 5 Folder 27 Masaryk, Thomas G. (1850-1937), centenary of birth statements (some in Czech), 1950
Box 5 Folder 28 Masaryk, Thomas G. (1850-1937), image clippings, undated
Box 1 Folders 20-21 Meacham Family, biographies, articles, news clippings, programs and school copy book [See: Lawndale-Crawford Historical Association], 1878, 1937, 1940, 1946-1947, 1954, undated
Box 1 Folder 22 Merhaut, Rosemary, news clipping, 1954
Box 1 Folder 22 Merriam, Robert E., typescript biography, circa 1955
Box 1 Folder 22 Millard, Mr. and Mrs. A.C., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 22 Mock, Elsie, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 22 Muchna, Otto, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 22 Mudra, Marie, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 23 Northcott, W. P., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 23 Oplatka, William E., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 23 Ouka, John, news clipping, 1942
Box 1 Folder 24 Parkhurst, Orville J., news clipping, 1955
Box 1 Folder 24 Perez, Manuel Jr., news clipping, 1978
Box 1 Folder 24 Phelan, Evelyn I., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 24 Pieczynski, Frank, news clipping, 1940
Box 1 Folder 24 Pijanowski, S.J., news clipping, 1940
Box 1 Folder 25 Poslusny, Dr. John, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 25 Prete, Ralph J., news clipping, undated
    Prosser, Arletta, [See: Photograph 1.523]
Box 1 Folder 25 Prusa, James Sr., news clipping, 1960
Box 1 Folder 25 Rabb, Frank J., news clipping, 1939
Oversize Folder 20   Procha’zka, August, Diplom c~eskeho Narodniho Sdruzeni. Chicago, 1916 prosince [month] 31
Oversize Folder 21   Procha’zka, August, Gymnastic and Educational Association, Sokol Tabor, Za’sluzny Diplom, Berwyn, Illinois, 1940 [month of] Listopadu 11
Box 1 Folder 26 Richardson, George W., slide rule and publications, 1918, undated
Box 1 Folder 27 Ring, Otto F., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 27 Ritzma, Peter N., Principal of Farragut High School, news clipping, tribute program, 1957
Box 1 Folder 27 Robinson, Mrs. Roland, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 28 Sabath, A.J., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 28 Salamowicz, Clement and Alois, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 28 Schiller, Victor, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 28 Schultz, Christian Federick, manuscript biography by Otto J. Schultz, 1978
Box 1 Folder 28 Sendziak, Steven, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 29 Serhant, Joseph E., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 29 Shedd, Mr. and Mrs. John Graves, news clipping, 1957
Box 1 Folder 29 Sierocinski, E. John, banquet invitation, 1953
Box 1 Folder 29 Sierocinski, John A., news clipping, 1940
Box 1 Folder 29 Skarda, Edward, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 30 Skorepa, Charles, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 30 Smith, Henry Sr., news clipping, 1957
Box 1 Folder 30 Smith, Jane, news clippings, 1923, undated
Oversize Folder 2   Smith, Joseph A., high school admission, 1912
Box 1 Folder 31 Sobotka, Frank J., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 31 Sokol, John A., news clipping, 1940
Box 1 Folder 31 Sonnenshein, Henry, news clipping, 1952
Box 1 Folder 31 Stancl, Rose, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 32 Strakosh, Walter C., news clipping, 1935
Box 1 Folder 32 Svoboda, Edward F., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 32 Svoboda, Frank A., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 32 Swade, Henry, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 33 Takiff, Lionel, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 33 Tancl, John, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 33 Tebbits, Henry H., news clippings, Tebbits Hall advertisements (See also: Tebbits Coal Company), 1885, 1889, 1951
Box 1 Folder 33 Tintera, Jack, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 34 Toman, Dr. and Mrs. Andrew J., memorial card and news clipping, 1979
Box 1 Folder 34 Toman, John, news clipping, 1938
Oversize Folder 24   Toman, John, “The Man of the People: Vote for Ald. John Toman Democratic Candidate for Re-election Alderman 34th Ward,” campaign poster, signed by Victor R. Schiller, undated
Box 7 Folder 1 Toman, John, scrapbook (in Czech.), 1934-1938
Box 1 Folder 34 Truc, Walter J., news clipping, 1951
Box 1 Folder 34 Tysl, Anton, news clipping, 1940
Box 1 Folder 35 Urban, Renee, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 35 Urbanek, Edward J., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 36 Van Cura, A.J., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 36 Vanek, Anton J., memorial card, news clipping, 1945
Box 1 Folder 36 Vilim, Thomas V., news clipping, 1935
Box 1 Folder 37 Wachowski, Casmir R., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 37 Wachowski, Eugene L., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 37 Weary, Allen M., [missing]
Box 1 Folder 37 Weiser, Frank J., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 38 Weiss, George B., news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 38 Woeltje, Clarence, news clipping, undated
Box 1 Folder 38 Wright, Oliver, Upward and Onward, booklet, 1895
Box 1 Folder 38 Zednick, Anton, news clipping, undated

Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1850-1952

Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by last name. Images with multiple persons are filed by the first person identified. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Box 14 Photograph 1.207 Aggen, Loudena and Nellie, 1885
Box 14 Photograph 1.208 Aggen, Loudena and Nellie, 1900
Box 14 Photograph 1.209 Aggen, Loudena and Nellie, undated
Box 14 Photograph 1.210 Aggen, Loudena, Nellie, John, undated
Box 14 Photograph 1.211 Aggen, Render, circa 1890
Box 14 Photograph 1.212 Aggen family, horse and buggy, 1890
Box 14 Photograph 1.213 Ames, D.C., undated
Box 14 Photograph 1.214 Ames, Lucy and Arthur, circa 1896
Box 14 Photograph 1.215 Ames, Mr. and Mrs., undated
Box 14 Photographs 1.216a-b Baldwin, Charles and Florence Kinder, on a tandem bicycle (2), 1898
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.216 Baldwin, Charles and Florence Kinder, on a tandem bicycle, glass plate slide and glass negative, 1898
Box 29 Photograph 2.32 Balthis, Mrs., with Lillian Billings, Alice Billings, Nellie Davis, Lulu Shaw, Calvin Patten, Jessie Stiles, Alice Hardy, Clarence Lanterman, Sadie Crawford, Pearl Balthie, undated
Box 14 Photographs 1.217-1.218 Beaubien, Mr. and Mrs. Richard (2), 1942
Box 29 Photograph 2.18 Beggs, Violet, with Ethel Hayes, Elizabeth Wilson, Nellie Wellington, Mary Copley, Bessie Meyers (Brown), Cecil Hayes, Flossie Sommers, Carrie Buckhardt Reed), Chapin Phillips, Ether Quachenbush, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.219 Belsky, John, undated
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.219 Belsky, John, glass plate slide and glass negative, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.220 Benson, Ralph, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.221 Beranek, Milada (previously Thomas Masaryk's secretary), 1939
Box 29 Photograph 2.16 Bixby, Mrs., with Mrs. Kirby, Mrs. [?], Mrs. Knauss, Miss Antisdole, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.222 Bliss, Arthur, 1937
Box 29 Photograph 2.12 Boice, Harry with Bill Mills, Morgan Ellis, F.S. Stiles, Hub Boice, George Peck, tintype undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.223 Broadway, Dr. Charles, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.224 Broadway, Ellen, circa 1880
Box 15 Photographs 1.225-1.226 Broadway family (2), undated
Box 29 Photographs 2.9-2.10 Cermak, Anton Joseph (1873-1933), his home on day of his funeral (2), 1933
Box 29 Photograph 2.15 Coates, Grace, with Mamie Lee, Lillian Schobeck, Gertie Ure, Ella Goldsmith, Mary Stratton, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.227 Coles, Charles and family, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.228 Coles family, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.229 Crawford, Peter, Mrs. John Crawford, and son John in carriage, circa 1850
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.229 Crawford, Peter, Mrs. John Crawford, and son John in carriage, close-up, glass plate slide, circa 1850
Box 15 Photograph 1.230 Crawford family visiting in New York, 1912
Box 32 Photograph 1.231 Crawford, Mrs. Hiram, circa 1900
Box 15 Photograph 1.232 Crawford, John (son of Peter), undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.233 Crawford, John and wife, 1938
Box 15 Photograph 1.234 Crawford, Peter (1796-1876), undated
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.234 Crawford, Peter (1796-1876), glass plate slide, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.235 Crawford, Sophronia (Mrs. Peter), circa 1870
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.235 Crawford, Sophronia (Mrs. Peter), glass plate slide, circa 1870
Box 30 Photograph 4.21 Crawford, Sophronia (Mrs. Peter), undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.236 Crawford, Mrs. Peter, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.237 Davies family, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.238 Delihart, William T., on horseback, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.238a Drake, Grace, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.239 Dusak, Ed [baseball player with St. Louis Cardinals], circa 1930
Box 15 Photograph 1.240 Dvorak, Charles [champion pole-vaulter for US], undated
Box 15 Photographs 1.241a-b Ellis, Harry (2), circa 1900
Box 15 Photograph 1.242 Ellis, Marshall, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.243 Fairchild, Jesse, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.244 Franklin, William [Pastor of Fowler Methodist Church], undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.245 Fraser, Hannah [neé Stephens, wife of John], undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.246 Fraser, John, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.247 Furst, Mr. and Mrs. A., 1921
Box 15 Photograph 1.248 Garrow, A.D. and family, undated
Box 15 Photograph 1.249 Gowenlock, A.J., circa 1930
Box 15 Photographs 1.250a-b Gowenlock, Robert K. (2), circa 1890
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.250 Gowenlock, Robert K., glass plate slide and glass negative, circa 1890
Box 16 Photographs 1.251-1.252 Hair family (2), undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.253 Hair family, circa 1870
Box 16 Photograph 1.254 Hale, Clarence, 1890
Box 16 Photograph 1.255 Hale, Clarence, 1897
Box 29 Photograph 2.20 Hanson, Grace, with Helen Gray, Dot Lee, Sim Symon, undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.256 Hardy, Minerva, undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.259 Hasbrook, J.V.A., circa 1890
Box 16 Photograph 1.260 Hasbrook, Mrs. J.V.A., circa 1890
Box 16 Photograph 1.261 Hawkins, Alice and Arthur Hosking, circa 1890
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.261 Hawkins, Alice and Arthur Hosking, glass plate slide and glass negative, circa 1890
Box 16 Photographs 1.262-1.263 Hawkins, Alice (2), circa 1890
Box 16 Photograph 1.264 Hawkins, Alice and Florence, circa 1890
Box 16 Photograph 1.265 Hawkins, Ralph, 1893
Box 16 Photograph 1.266 Hawkins, Ralph and Arthur Hosking, undated
Box 29 Photograph 2.21 Helds, Henry, with George Godhare [?], Wischmafshe [?], Charles Shoermacher, Otto Wondry, Patric Slater, Cramer, Shabow, Albert Grubbe, Dan McKay, Emil Patzer, William Linden[?], undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.267 Hempenius family, undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.268 Hampenius, Mrs. and daughter, undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.269 Hempenius, Mrs., undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.270 Hempenius, Mr. and Mrs., daughter and Jack Aggins, 1905
Box 16 Photograph 1.271 Hempenius family, undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.272 Hempenius, Nellie and Mrs. Smith, undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.273 Hempenius, Mrs., undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.274 Hempenius, Mr. and Mrs., and Jack Aggins, undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.275 Hosking, Mrs. Alice Hawkins and husband Arthur, 1933
Box 16 Photograph 1.276 Hosking family, 1937
Box 16 Photograph 1.277 Jackson, Tom, 1950
Box 16 Photograph 1.278 Janda, B. Francis, circa 1952
Box 16 Photograph 1.279 Kinder family, undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.280 Kinzie, Arthur, circa 1880
Box 16 Photograph 1.281 Kinzie family, 1933
Box 16 Photograph 1.282 Kirchman, Frank, 1938
Box 16 Photograph 1.283 Kolmas, Rev. Jesse J., circa 1895
Box 16 Photograph 1.284 Krueger family, undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.285 Krueger family, children, undated
Box 16 Photograph 1.286 Kucera, Father (Pastor of Blessed Agnes Church), 1933
Box 16 Photograph 1.288 Labar, Elizabeth Annie, 1936
Box 16 Photograph 1.287 Labar, Elizabeth Annie, 1938
Box 28 Photograph 1.690 Lanterman, Grace, with Charlie Davies, Etta Lyon, 1895
Box 16 Photograph 1.289 Lanterman family, 1896
Box 16 Photograph 1.290 Lanzel family, 1899
Box 17 Photograph 1.291 Laycock, Gertie, 1907
Box 17 Photograph 1.292 Leland, Annie (1st president of the Millard Avenue Woman's Club), 1878
Box 17 Photograph 1.293 Lloyd family, undated
Box 17 Photograph 1.294 Lunn, Harry, One lung Crosby, Charlie Carlton, the Crawford Trio, circa 1890
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.294 Lunn, Harry, One lung Crosby, Charlie Carlton, the Crawford Trio, glass plate slide, circa 1890
Box 17 Photograph 1.295 McGibbons family, 1905
Box 17 Photograph 1.296 Maratea, Ronald, 1949
Box 17 Photograph 1.297 Masaryk, Thomas G. (1850-1937), undated
Box 17 Photograph 1.298 Mayne, Mrs. (Teacher at Lawndale School-Crawford Branch), 1900
Box 17 Photograph 1.299 Meacham, H.E., 1882
Box 17 Photograph 1.300 Meacham, Mrs. H.E., 1882
Box 17 Photograph 1.301 Meacham, Larned and Bert Cunningham, undated
Box 17 Photograph 1.302 Meacham, Larned, E., undated
Box 17 Photograph 1.303 Meinsen, Mr. and Mrs. J., 1898
Box 30 Photograph 4.22 Merriam, Alderman, undated
Box 17 Photograph 1.304 Mlnarik, Father (Pastor of Blessed Agnes Church), 1933
Box 17 Photographs 1.305-1.306 Nicholson, Bishop Thomas (Fernwood Methodist Episcopal Church) (2), undated
Box 17 Photograph 1.307 Noack, Andy, circa 1938
Box 17 Photograph 1.308 Norton, Pony, circa 1900
Box 17 Photographs 1.309-1.310 Norton, Rufus, mail carrier (2), 1904
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.309 Norton, Rufus, mail carrier, glass plate slide, 1904
Box 17 Photograph 1.311 Ottofly, Leed Heald, 1938
Box 17 Photograph 1.312 Panzer family, 1895
Box 17 Photograph 1.313 Parkhurst, Olive Louise and Orville, undated
Box 17 Photograph 1.314 Phillips, Jess, undated
Box 17 Photograph 1.315 Rabb, Frank J., 1914
Box 17 Photographs 1.316-1.317 Rae, Mary E. (2), undated
Box 17 Photograph 1.318 Reynolds family, undated
Box 17 Photograph 1.319 Ritzma family, undated
Box 29 Photograph 2.24 Roden, Anita, with Helen Shegard, Alice Baldwin, Bonnie Glenn, undated
Box 17 Photograph 1.320 Schumacher, C.A., circa 1880
Box 17 Photograph 1.321 Shafer, August, undated
Box 17 Photograph 1.322 Shafer, Laura, B., 1945
Box 17 Photograph 1.323 Smetana family, circa 1900
Box 17 Photograph 1.324 Smith, Cornelius and Janna, 1862
Box 29 Photograph 2.31 Smith, Lou, with Dot Lee, Jean Willett, undated
Box 17 Photograph 1.325 Smith family, undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.326 Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony, undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.327 Sturm family, 1900
Box 18 Photograph 1.328 Sturm, Mrs. with horse, 1900
Box 18 Photograph 1.329 Tinkler, Maggie, undated
Box 29 Photograph 2.22 Unidentified couples posed in rural setting, undated
Box 29 Photograph 2.23 Unidentified family from Lawndale on vacation in Luhacoric [?], Europe, 1912
Box 29 Photograph 2.25-2.27, 2.29 Unidentified group (4), undated
Box 29 Photograph 2.13 Unidentified group in carriage, “coming back from a football game,” circa 1905
Box 29 Photographs 2.30, 2.14 Unidentified group, “Ladies of Lawndale” (2), 1905
Box 29 Photograph 2.19 Unidentified group sitting on rural footbridge, circa 1905
Box 29 Photograph 2.17 Unidentified large family group on front lawn, undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.330 Upton, John, undated
Box 18 Photographs 1.331-1.332 Van Dyke, Annie (2), undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.333 Van Dyke, Ida, undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.334 Van Dyke, Jennie, undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.335 Van Dyke, John, undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.336 Van Dyke, Mrs. John, circa 1860
Box 18 Photographs 1.337-1.338 Van Dyke, John (2), undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.339 Van Dyke, Willie, undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.340 Wahl, Mrs., undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.341 Warnder, Nellie and Charlie, 1887
Box 29 Photograph 2.28 Wiggins, Ethel, with Mabel Sherwin, Emily Nellie, Margaret Slack, Nannette Shannon, Claire La Mere, Laura Doan, Hazel Kruse, Mamie Finch, 1904
Box 18 Photograph 1.342 Wiggins, Lillian, undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.343 Wilson, Roy and Anita, undated
Glass Plate Slide Box 3 Photograph 3.1 Wood, [John], first grocer in Lawndale, glass plate slide and glass negative, circa 1900

Series 2: Business Establishments, 1875-1978, undated

Scope and Contents

The material in this series consists mainly of individual items on or from local businesses such as advertisements, brochures, historical sketches, newspaper clippings and related material. Of special interest is the Millard & Decker Real Estate brochure for the early Lawndale-Crawford area, dated 1875.

Arrangement

Series 2 is arranged into into 2 Subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1875-1978, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, 1885-1978, undated

Subseries A: Documents, 1875-1978, undated

Scope and Contents

Subseries A contains advertisements, brochures, historical sketches and news clippings from Lawndale-Crawford businesses.

Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by business name.

Box 2 Folder 2 Andelson’s Department Store, newspaper clipping, 1948
Box 2 Folder 3 Commonwealth Edison Company, brochure, undated
Box 2 Folder 3a Czechoslovak Commercial Realty Co., brochure printed in Czechoslovakia and circulated by Commercial Realty Co., undated
Box 2 Folder 4 Benjamin J. Glaser Real Estate, advertisement, circa 1900
Box 2 Folder 5 Guaranteed Electric Company, news clipping, 1948
Box 2 Folder 6 Gunther’s Confectionery, bookmark, 1903
Box 2 Folder 1 General historical notes [See also: Oversize Folder 25], circa 1940s-1950s
Box 2 Folder 7 Hitzeman’s Funeral Home, news clipping, 1941
Box 2 Folder 8 Jackson Storage & Van Company, brochures, historical sketch, 1923, 1930, 1950
Box 2 Folder 9 W.O. King Lumber Company, stock list, 1931
Box 2 Folder 10 Kolar’s, news clipping, 1948
Box 2 Folder 11 Krametbauer Shoe Store, news clipping, undated
Box 2 Folder 11a Lawndale National Bank, color envelope, circa 1920s
Box 2 Folder 12 Leber Jeweler’s, news clipping, 1948
Box 2 Folder 13 Lurie Brothers Department Store, news clipping, 1951
Box 2 Folder 14 Mach Czechoslovak Importers, news clipping, 1948
Box 2 Folder 15 Martinec's Hardware, news clipping, undated
Box 2 Folder 16 Millard Avenue Hotel, historical sketch, circa 1910
Box 2 Folder 17 Millard & Decker Real Estate, brochure, 1875
Box 2 Folder 17a Pacner, F. Agency for Kalendar West, 1947
Box 2 Folder 18 Rochester Shoe House, announcement, 1881
Box 2 Folder 19 Solar's Furniture, news clipping, 1948
Box 2 Folder 20 Solar's Music House, news clipping, undated
Box 2 Folder 21 Tebbitt's Coal Company, news clippings, 1944
Box 2 Folder 22 Unique Press, news clipping, undated
Box 2 Folder 23 T.V. Vilm Drug Store, news clipping, 1935
Box 2 Folder 24 Western Electric Company, brochures, anniversary, 1974, 1978
Box 2 Folder 25 Western Electric Company, The Microphone, newsletter, 1978 June
Oversize Folder 16   Western Electric Company, The Microphone, newsletter, vol. 31, no. 10, 1956 April
Box 2 Folder 26 Western Electric Company, news clippings, 1929, 1939

Subseries B: Photographs, 1885-1978, undated

Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by business name. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Photographic prints and glass plate slides that share a number are the same image.

Box 8 Photograph 1.1 Aggen’s Greenhouse, 25th Street and Kolin Avenue, aerial view, circa 1910
Box 8 Photograph 1.2a Aggen’s Greenhouse, 25th Street and Kolin Avenue, farm, circa 1910
Box 8 Photographs 1.2b-d Aggen’s Greenhouse, 25th Street and Kolin Avenue, aerial view (3), circa 1910
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photographs 1.2 Aggen’s Greenhouse, 25th Street and Kolin Avenue, aerial view, glass plate slide, circa 1910
Box 8 Photograph 1.3 Aggen’s Greenhouse, 25th Street and Kolin Avenue, interior, circa 1900
Box 8 Photograph 1.4 Aggen’s Greenhouse, 25th Street and Kolin Avenue, cornfield, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.5 Aggen’s Greenhouse, 25th Street and Kolin Avenue, prize plants, undated
Box 8 Photographs 1.6a-b George Barth’s Groceries and Post Office, Keeler Avenue, south of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad, exterior (2), 1893
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.6 George Barth’s Groceries and Post Office, Keeler Avenue, south of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad, exterior, glass plate slide, 1893
Box 8 Photographs 1.7a-b Dr. Charles Broadway, D.D.S., Ridgeway and Ogden Avenues, interior of dental office (2), undated
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.7 Dr. Charles Broadway, D.D.S., Ridgeway and Ogden Avenues, interior of dental office, glass plate slide and glass negative, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.8 Crawford Coal and Feed Company, 4105-07 S. Crawford Avenue, exterior, 1915
Box 8 Photograph 1.9 Furst Real Estate, 4145 W. 26th Street, employees, circa 1912
Box 8 Photograph 1.10 Hoeksema’s Paint Store, 4124 W. 26th Street, exterior, 1912
Box 8 Photograph 1.11 William Holmes Grocery and Market, Millard Avenue, exterior, circa 1900
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.11 William Holmes Grocery and Market, Millard Avenue, exterior, glass plate slide, circa 1900
Box 8 Photograph 1.12 Keeler Manufacturing Company, 2410-12 S. Keeler Avenue, exterior, circa 1930
Box 8 Photograph 2.1 William Krueger Grocery, Lawndale and 26th Street, circa 1910
Box 8 Photograph 1.13 Kuhn’s Cigar Store, 26th Street and Crawford Avenue, interior, undated
Box 8 Photographs 1.14a-b Lloyd’s Drug Store, 26th Street and Karlov Avenue, interior (2), undated
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.14 Lloyd’s Drug Store, 26th Street and Karlov Avenue, interior, glass plate slide and glass negative, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.15 Madge’s Barber Shop, 26th Street, interior, 1902
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.15 Madge’s Barber Shop, 26th Street, interior, glass plate slide and glass negative, 1902
Box 8 Photograph 1.16 Malina Laundry, 25th and Spaulding Avenue, employees, 1896
Box 8 Photograph 1.17 Meinsen’s Store, 2615 S. Keeler Avenue, delivery wagon, 1900
Box 8 Photographs 1.18-1.19 Meinsen’s Store, 2615 S. Keeler Avenue, exterior (2), circa 1900
Box 8 Photograph 1.20 Meinsen’s Store, 2615 S. Keeler Avenue, exterior, 1914
Box 8 Photographs 1.21a-b Millard Avenue Hotel, [Wells Hotel?], exterior (2), circa 1890
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.21 Millard Avenue Hotel, [Wells Hotel?], exterior, glass plate slide, circa 1890
Box 8 Photographs 1.22-1.23 Ogden Distributing Company, Cermak Road, Ogden and Harding Avenues, exterior (2), 1977
Box 8 Photograph 1.24 Panzer Boots and Shoes, 2752 S. Kedvale Avenue, exterior, 1895
Box 8 Photograph 1.25 Panzer Fine Foot Gear, 2757 S. Keeler Avenue, exterior, 1910
Box 8 Photograph 1.26 Panzer Fine Foot Gear, 2757 S. Keeler Avenue, interior, 1910
Box 8 Photograph 1.27 Raabe’s Grocery Store, 4101 W. 31st Street, exterior, 1908
Box 8 Photograph 4.1 Dolece and Shepard Stone Quarry, 1906
Box 8 Photograph 1.28 Shoup’s Store, 1921 S. Turner Avenue, interior, 1890
Box 8 Photograph 1.29 Stoke’s Saloon, 26th Street and Crawford Avenue, interior, undated
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.29 Stoke’s Saloon, 26th Street and Crawford Avenue, interior, glass plate slide, undated
Box 8 Photograph 1.30 Sustek's Photos, 4145 W. 26th Street, exterior, 1930
Box 9 Photographs 1.31a-b Tebbett’s Coal Company, 2222 S. Millard Avenue, coal yard (2), 1885
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.31 Tebbett’s Coal Company, 2222 S. Millard Avenue, coal yard, glass plate slide, 1885
Box 9 Photographs 1.32-1.34 Tebbett’s Coal Company, 2222 S. Millard Avenue, exterior (3), 1885
Box 9 Photographs 1.35-1.36 Tebbett’s Coal Company, 2222 S. Millard Avenue, wagons (2), 1885
Box 9 Photograph 1.37 Tebbett’s Coal Company, 2222 S. Millard Avenue, coal office, 1885
Box 9 Photograph 1.38 Tebbett’s Coal Company, 2222 S. Millard Avenue, exterior, undated
Box 9 Photograph 1.39 Tebbett’s Coal Company, 2222 S. Millard Avenue, after the fire, 1944
Box 9 Photographs 1.40a-b Tennes’ Barber Shop, 22nd Street and Millard Avenue, exterior (2), circa 1890
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.40 Tennes’ Barber Shop, 22nd Street and Millard Avenue, exterior, glass plate slide, circa 1890
Box 9 Photograph 1.41 Charles Vlcek Pharmacy, 26th Street and Keeler Avenue, exterior, 1908
Box 9 Photographs 1.42a-b Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, construction (2), 1906
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.42 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, construction, glass plate slide and glass negative, 1906
Box 9 Photograph 1.43 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, advertisement for electrical appliances, 1913
Box 9 Photograph 1.44 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, telephone, undated
Box 9 Photograph 1.45 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, employees, undated
Box 9 Photograph 1.46 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, Hawthorne's Water Tower, undated
Box 9 Photograph 1.47 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, interior, undated
Box 9 Photograph 1.48 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, dial telephone, undated
Box 9 Photograph 1.49 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, laundry department, undated
Box 9 Photograph 1.50 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, milling machine shop, 1924
Box 9 Photograph 1.51 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, test room, undated
Box 9 Photograph 1.52 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, Hawthorne Foundry, pouring a casting, 1925
Box 9 Photograph 1.53 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, analytical laboratory, 1926
Box 9 Photograph 1.54 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, Graf Zeppelin flying by Hawthorne Works, 1929
Box 9 Photograph 1.55 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, relay assembly, 1930
Box 9 Photograph 1.56 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, Hawthorne Evening School, 1931
Box 9 Photograph 1.57 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, home appliances, undated
Box 9 Photograph 1.58 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, equipment for World's Fair, 1932
Box 9 Photograph 1.59 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, Hawthorne Evening School, women's health class, 1939
Box 9 Photograph 1.60 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, female employees learning traditionally male jobs during Second World War, undated
Box 9 Photograph 1.61 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, “Army E[xcellence] Navy” ceremonies, war effort, 1942
Box 9 Photograph 1.62 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, Electronic Switching System, 1963
Box 9 Photograph 1.63 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, opening of time capsule, 1978
Box 9 Photograph 1.64 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, Hawthorne Works, aerial view, undated
Box 9 Photograph 1.65 Western Electric Company, Cicero Avenue and Cermak Road, aerial view, undated

Series 3: Religious Institutions, circa 1870-1977

Scope and Contents

Series 3 contains items anniversary brochures, bulletins, historical sketches, news clippings, photographs and programs related to religious organizations in the Lawndale-Crawford communities.

Arrangement

The files are organized into 2 subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1895-1976, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1870-1977, undated

Subseries A: Documents, 1895-1976, undated

Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by name of religious organization or topic.

Box 2 Folder 28 Blessed Sacrament Church, historical sketch, undated
Box 2 Folder 28 Blessed Sacrament Church, news clippings, 1938, 1940
Box 2 Folder 29 Church of the Good Shepard, news clipping and program, 1905
Box 2 Folder 30 Crawford Baptist Church, calendar of events, Christian Endeavor Society, 1896, 1900
Box 2 Folder 30 Crawford Baptist Church, Sunday School lessons, 1893
Box 2 Folder 31 Crawford Bible Church, announcement, 1936
Box 2 Folder 32 Crawford Congregational Church, The Crawford Congregational Church Mike, bulletin, 1956
Box 2 Folder 32 Crawford Congregational Church, cradle roll certificate, 1907
Box 2 Folder 33 Crawford Congregational Church, program, anniversary, 1922
Box 2 Folder 33 Crawford Congregational Church, Sunday School lessons and notes, circa 1900
Box 2 Folder 34 Douglas Park Evangelical Mission Covenant Church, news clipping, 1976
Box 2 Folder 35 Epiphany Parish, brochure, anniversary, 1976
Box 2 Folder 35 Epiphany Parish, building dedication, 1953
Box 2 Folder 36 First Bohemian Baptist Church, news clipping (in Czech), 1940
Box 2 Folder 36 First Bohemian Baptist Church, program, 1934
Box 2 Folder 37 First Congregational Church, Independent, program, 1929
Box 2 Folder 38 Fowler Methodist Episcopal Church, directory, 1895
Box 2 Folder 38 Fowler Methodist Episcopal Church, news clipping, 1939
Box 2 Folder 38 Fowler Methodist Episcopal Church, postcard, 1969
Box 2 Folder 27 General historical notes, circa 1890s, 1940s
Box 2 Folder 39 Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, brochure, anniversary, 1922
Box 2 Folder 39 Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, news clippings, 1936, 1941, 1951
Box 6 Folder 6 John Huss Methodist, news clipping, 1960
Box 2 Folder 40 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, brochure, 1893
Box 2 Folder 40 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, correspondence, 1949
Box 2 Folder 41 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, historical sketch, 1934
Box 2 Folder 40 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, The Millard Avenue Baptist Review, bulletin, 1917
Box 2 Folder 41 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, news clippings, 1934, 1945
Box 2 Folder 42 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, programs, 1894, 1898, 1917
Box 2 Folder 43 Millard Avenue Congregational Church, historical sketch, 1934
Box 2 Folder 43 Millard Avenue Congregational Church, programs, 1903, 1935
Box 2 Folder 44 St. Casmir Parish, brochure, anniversary, 1965
Box 2 Folder 45 St. Ludmilla Parish, news clipping, 1934

Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1870-1977, undated

Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by name of religious organization or topic. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Photographic prints and glass plate slides that share a number are the same image.

Box 10 Photograph 1.66 Bethany Tabernacle Church, 26th Street and Keeler Avenue, exterior, 1977
Box 10 Photograph 1.92 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, 25th anniversary, 1929
Box 10 Photograph 1.67 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, baseball team, 1928
Box 10 Photograph 1.91 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, Bishop Bernard Sheil and Father Innocent Kostle after 25th anniversary mass, 1929
Box 10 Photograph 1.90 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, clergy at 25th anniversary, 1929
Box 10 Photographs 1.68-1.71 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, evacuation (4), 1925
Box 10 Photograph 1.82 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, exterior, 1906
Box 10 Photograph 1.83 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, exterior, 1922
Box 10 Photograph 1.84 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, exterior, 1923
Box 10 Photograph 1.85 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, exterior, 1926
Box 10 Photograph 1.87 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, exterior, 1927
Box 10 Photograph 1.86 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, exterior, bells being installed into bell tower, 1926
Box 10 Photographs 1.72-1.73 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, Father Krippner's first mass (2), 1929
Box 10 Photographs 1.74-1.76 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, Father Stanek's first mass (3), 1930
Box 10 Photograph 1.78 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, leaving church to lay cornerstone of new one, 1926
Box 10 Photograph 1.79 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, first communion, 1928
Box 10 Photograph 1.80 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, first communion, 1928
Box 10 Photograph 1.81 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, first communion, 1924
Box 10 Photograph 1.77 Blessed Agnes Church, 27th Street and Central Park Avenue, laying of cornerstone, 1926
Box 10 Photograph 1.88 Blessed Agnes Church, Convent, 2658 Clifton Park Avenue, 1930
Box 10 Photograph 1.89 Blessed Agnes Church, Convent, 2658 Clifton Park Avenue, 1931
Box 10 Photograph 1.93 Blessed Sacrament Church, rectory, 1936
Box 10 Photographs 1.94-1.96 Blessed Sacrament Church, exterior (3), 1936
Box 10 Photographs 1.97a-b Blessed Sacrament Church, Young Ladies Sodality, group picture (2), 1897
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.97 Blessed Sacrament Church, Young Ladies Sodality, group picture, glass plate slide and glass negative, 1897
Box 10 Photograph 1.98 Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, 24th Street and California Avenue, exterior side view, 1922
Box 10 Photograph 1.99 Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, exterior, 1927
Box 10 Photograph 1.100 Church of the Good Shepherd, exterior, 1936
Box 11 Photograph 1.101 Crawford Baptist Church, 25th Street and Kedvale Avenue, exterior, undated
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.101 Crawford Baptist Church, 25th Street and Kedvale Avenue, exterior, glass plate slide, undated
Box 11 Photographs 1.101a-b Crawford Baptist Church, 25th Street and Kedvale Avenue, exterior (2), undated
Box 11 Photograph 1.102 Crawford Baptist Church, 25th Street and Kedvale Avenue, exterior, undated
Box 11 Photograph 1.103 Crawford Baptist Church, 25th Street and Kedvale Avenue, Sunday School Class, circa 1900
Box 11 Photographs 1.105a-b Crawford Congregational Church, 26th Street and Keeler Avenue, exterior (2), 1895
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.105 Crawford Congregational Church, 26th Street and Keeler Avenue, exterior, glass plate slide and glass negative, 1895
Box 11 Photograph 1.104 Crawford Congregational Church, 26th Street and Keeler Avenue, membership, undated
Box 30 Photograph 4.2 Crawford Congregational Church, circa 1900
Box 30 Photograph 4.3 Epiphany Church, school and convent, 1910
Box 30 Photograph 4.4 Epiphany Church, convent, undated
Box 11 Photographs 1.106-1.108 Epiphany Parish, procession of clergy at Father Mlnarik's first mass (3), 1933
Box 11 Photograph 1.109 Epiphany Parish, parish house, 2510 S. Keeler Avenue, undated
Box 11 Photograph 1.110 Fowler Methodist Episcopal Church, 23rd Street and Millard Avenue, exterior, 1895
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.110 Fowler Methodist Episcopal Church, 23rd Street and Millard Avenue, exterior, glass plate slide and glass negative, 1895
Box 11 Photograph 1.111 Fowler Methodist Episcopal Church, 23rd Street and Millard Avenue, exterior, 1936
Box 11 Photograph 1.112 Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, choir, 1902
Box 11 Photograph 1.113 Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, interior, 1902
Box 11 Photographs 1.114a-b Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, exterior (2), 1885
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.114 Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, exterior, glass plate slide, 1885
Box 11 Photograph 1.115 Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 28th Street and Karlov Avenue, exterior, 1977
Box 11 Photographs 1.116-1.117 Greater Zion Missionary Bible Church, 23rd Street and Millard Avenue, exterior (2), 1977
Box 11 Photograph 1.118 Lawndale Mennonite Church, 25th Street and Lawndale Avenue, exterior, 1977
Box 11 Photographs 1.119-1.120 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, church picnic (2), 1900
Box 11 Photographs 1.121a-b Millard Avenue Baptist Church, Boy’s Sunday School class (2), 1900
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.121 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, Boy’s Sunday School class, glass plate slide and glass negative, 1900
Box 11 Photograph 1.122 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, Boy's Sunday School class, 1905
Box 11 Photograph 1.123 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, Boy’s Sunday School class, undated
Box 11 Photographs 1.124a-b Millard Avenue Baptist Church, interior (2), undated
Box 11 Photograph 1.125 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, 24th Street and Mildred Avenue, exterior, 1977
Box 11 Photograph 1.126 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, Young Women's Sunday School class, circa 1900
Box 11 Photographs 1.127a-b Millard Avenue Baptist Church, exterior (2), 1890
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.127 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, exterior, glass plate slide and glass negative, 1890
Box 11 Photograph 1.128 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, exterior, undated
Box 11 Photograph 1.129 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, exterior, details about Mr. Meecham’s steeple, undated
Box 11 Photograph 1.130 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, Church, club meeting, circa 1900
Box 30 Photograph 4.5 Millard Avenue Baptist Church, circa 1870
Box 12 Photograph 1.131 Millard Avenue Congregational Church, choir, circa 1900
Box 12 Photographs 1.132-1.133 Millard Avenue Congregational Church, drama group, “Players” (2), circa 1900
Box 32 Photograph 1.134 Millard Avenue Congregational Church, exterior, group picture, circa 1930
Box 12 Photograph 1.135 Millard Avenue Congregational Church, picnic, 1892
Box 12 Photograph 1.136 Millard Avenue Congregational Church, interior, undated
Box 12 Photograph 1.137 Millard Avenue Congregational Church, exterior, undated
Box 12 Photographs 1.138a-b Millard Avenue Congregational Church, exterior (2), undated
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.138 Millard Avenue Congregational Church, exterior, glass plate slide and glass negative, undated
Oversize Folder 29 Photograph 2.11 Millard Avenue Congregational Church, Young Men's Society, circa 1900
Box 12 Photographs 1.139-1.140 Millard Avenue Presbyterian Church, drama club (2), 1890
Box 12 Photograph 1.141 Millard Avenue Presbyterian Church, Valentine's Day party, circa 1890
Box 12 Photograph 1.142 St. Andrew-Crawford United Church of Christ, 28th and Karlov, exterior, 1977
Box 12 Photograph 1.143 St. Ludmilla Church, 24th Street and Albany Avenue, exterior, 1927
Box 12 Photograph 1.144 St. Ludmilla Church, 24th Street and Albany Avenue, exterior, 1977
Box 12 Photograph 1.145 St. Nikola Serbian Orthodox Church, 28th Street and Central Park Avenue, exterior, 1977
Box 12 Photograph 1.146 St. Peter and Paul Croatian Church, 31st Street and Central Park Avenue, exterior, 1977

Series 4: Clubs and Organizations, 1878-1978

Scope and Contents

Many civic and social groups of the Lawndale-Crawford community are represented in this series, including the Millard Avenue Woman's Club, which is the second oldest of its kind in the city, and the Bohemian Sokol groups. Materials include brochures, bulletins, invitations, newspaper clippings and programs.

Arrangement

Series 4 is arranged in 2 Subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1878-1974 and Subseries B: Photographs, 1894-1977, undated.

Subseries A: Documents, 1878-1978

Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged in alphabetical order by name of organization.

Box 3 Folder 1 American Legion, Cyrus Hall McCormick Post No. 1831, program, 1935
Box 3 Folder 2 American Legion, Lawndale-Crawford Post No. 98, news clipping, 1950s
Box 3 Folder 3 American Legion, Lawndale-Crawford Post No. 98, program, 1957
Box 3 Folder 4 Bohemian Woman's Civic Club, news clipping, 1940, 1942
Box 3 Folder 4 Bohemian Woman's Civic Club, yearbooks, 1937-1938, 1939-1940
Box 3 Folder 5 Brayton Club, invitation, 1891
Box 3 Folder 6 Catholic War Veterans, St. Casmir Post 1399, news clipping, 1952
Box 3 Folder 7 Central Electric Railfans Association, annual report, 1938
Box 3 Folder 8 Cermak-Crawford Chamber of Commerce, news clippings, 1952
Box 3 Folder 9 Columbian Lodge No. 819, by-laws, 1893
Box 3 Folder 10 Congregationale Societie, program, 1888
Box 3 Folder 11 Crawford Business Men’s League, news clippings, circa 1930s
Box 3 Folder 11 Crawford Business Men’s League, petition, undated
Box 3 Folder 11 Crawford Business Men’s League, programs, 1930, 1937
Box 6 Folder 16 Cullerton A. & B.A., fall dance program, 1929
Box 3 Folder 12 Czechoslovakian National Council, news clipping, 1937
Box 3 Folder 12 Czechoslovakian National Council, newsletters, 1976
Box 3 Folder 13 Fraternal Order of Eagles-Lawndale Auxiliary, news clipping, 1952
Box 3 Folder 14 Greater Lawndale Recreation Conference, programs, 1937, 1938
Box 3 Folder 15 J.F.F.’s, invitation, 1891
Box 3 Folder 16 Lawndale Boys Club, news clippings, 1934, 1938, 1945, 1952
Box 3 Folder 17 Lawndale Chapter No. 243, R.A.M., News, bulletin, 1937
Box 6 Folder 17 Lawndale-Crawford Committee for the Restoration of the Historic and Rightful Name to Crawford Avenue, 1937
Box 3 Folder 18 Lawndale-Crawford Neighborhood Council, news clippings, 1952, flyer, 1957
Box 3 Folder 18 Lawndale-Crawford Neighborhood Council, flyer, 1957
Box 3 Folder 19 Lawndale Eagles Aerie, news clipping, 1952
Box 3 Folder 20 Lawndale Lions Club, news clippings, circa 1950s
Box 3 Folder 21 Lawndale Masonic Temple Association, brochure, circa 1915
Box 3 Folder 22 Little Village-26th Street Chamber of Commerce, business directory, 1971
Box 3 Folder 23 Little Village-26th Street Chamber of Commerce, business directory, 1973
Box 3 Folder 24 Little Village-26th Street Chamber of Commerce, business directory, 1974
Box 3 Folder 25 Little Village-26th Street Chamber of Commerce, news clipping, 1964
Box 3 Folder 26 Lyra Singing Society, Czech Male Chorus, program, 1942.
Box 3 Folder 27 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, The Ladies Meet 1878-1945, brochure, 1945
Box 3 Folder 28 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, bulletin, 1940
Box 3 Folder 28 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, by-laws, 1936
Box 3 Folder 29 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, club song, undated
Box 3 Folder 30 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, historical pageant, 1958
Box 3 Folder 31 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, historical sketches, 1910, 1958, undated
Box 3 Folder 31 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, invitation, 1887
Box 3 Folder 32 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, membership list, circa 1878
Box 3 Folder 33 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, news clippings, circa 1950s
Box 3 Folder 34 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, program, 1954
Box 3 Folder 35 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, yearbooks, 1934-1935, 1938-1939
Box 3 Folder 36 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, yearbooks, 1939-1940, 1940-1941
Box 3 Folder 37 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, yearbooks, 1941-1942, 1942-1943
Box 3 Folder 38 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, yearbooks, 1943-1944, 1946-1947
Box 3 Folder 39 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, yearbooks, 1957-1958, 1958-1959
Box 3 Folder 40 Millard Avenue Woman's Club, yearbooks, 1977-1978
Box 3 Folder 41 Muscoda Club, historical sketch, circa 1910
Box 3 Folder 41 Muscoda Club, invitation, 1889
Box 4 Folder 1 Political organizations - 12th Ward, ballot, 1903
Box 4 Folder 2 Political organizations - 22nd-25th Wards, news clipping, 1957
Box 4 Folder 3 Prairie Club, invitation, 1887
Box 4 Folder 4 Que Wheelman, invitation, circa 1890
Box 4 Folder 5 Slovak American Charitable Association, news clippings, 1936
Box 4 Folder 6 Sokol Groups, announcements (in Czech), 1905, 1909
Box 4 Folder 7 Sokol Groups, programs (in Czech), 1898, 1900, 1905, 1909, 1915
Box 4 Folder 8 Sokol Groups, programs (in Czech), 1936, 1937, 1947
Oversize Folder 22   Sokol Groups, Tenth Sokol Congress, Prague Czechoslovakia June- July 1938, V. Neubert and Sons, printers, 1938
Oversize Folder 23   Sokol Groups, American Sokol Slet, June 29, 1941, Soldier Field, poster, 1941
Box 4 Folder 9 Souvenir Lodge No. 831, J.O.O.F., invitation, 1895
Box 4 Folder 10 West Side South Council District 23, news clipping, 1952

Subseries B: Photographs, 1894-1977, undated

Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged in alphabetical order by name of organization. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.

Oversize Folder 6   Bohemian Lawyers Association of Chicago, photograph, Novak Studio (Cicero, Illinois), 1933
Box 12 Photograph 1.148 Gasoline Club of 1900, group picture, 1900
Box 32 Photograph 1.149 Gasoline Club, group picture, 1900
Box 30 Photograph 4.6 John Hus Memorial Building, 1915
Box 32 Photograph 1.150 Keyman’s Club, testimonial dinner, 1953
Box 12 Photograph 1.151 Lawndale Drill Corps, group picture, 1905
Box 12 Photograph 1.152 Lawndale Good Fellows, group picture, 1900
Box 12 Photograph 1.153 Lawndale Stamp Club, group picture, circa 1940
Box 30 Photographs 4.7-4.8 General Mihailovich Memorial Home (2), 1977
Box 32 Photograph 1.555 Prague Teachers Chorus, group picture, 1929
Box 32 Photograph 1.156 Royal League Fraternal Order, group picture, undated
Box 12 Photograph 1.157 Sokol Groups, women, 1905
Box 12 Photograph 1.157a Sokol Groups, Sokol group rehearsing in gymnasium, circa 1919
Box 12 Photograph 1.158 Sokol Groups, boy’s gymnastic class, 1910
Box 12 Photographs 1.159a-b Sokol Groups, convention delegates (2), 1903
Box 12 Photograph 1.160 Sokol Groups, field competition, 1900
Box 12 Photograph 1.161 Sokol Groups, officers, 1915
Box 12 Photographs 1.162-1.164 Sokol Groups, parade (3), 1933
Box 12 Photograph 1.165 Sokol Groups, stage production, circa 1900
Box 12 Photograph 1.166 Sokol Groups, women members, 1910
Box 32 Photograph 1.167 Sokol Groups, young women members, Tabor Hall, 1910
Box 16 Photograph 1.257 Sokol Groups, 1894
Box 16 Photograph 1.258 Sokol Tabor Hall, Karlov and 14th Street, group photo, 1894
Box 21 Photograph 1.446 Sokol Gymnast Society, 1902
Box 29 Photograph 2.5 Sokol group, orchestra in costume, undated
Box 30 Photograph 4.9 Sokol Havlicrk Tyrs, dedication, 1925
Box 30 Photograph 4.10 Sokol Building [?], 1977
Box 30 Photograph 4.11 Robert Woods Boys Club, 2950 W. 25th Street, exterior, 1977

Series 5: Historical Sketches and News Clippings, 1873-1977, undated

Scope and Contents

Series 5 contains historical sketches written by early residents of the area, news clippings from various local newspapers such as the Community Reporter and West End News and maps. The series also contains a booklet compiled by the members of the Lawndale-Crawford Historical Association listing the names and addresses of early community residents (see: Lawndale-Crawford Historical Association Records).

Arrangement

Series 5 is arranged alphabetically by title, topic or type of document.

Oversize Folder 12   23rd Ward, map shows Central Park Avenue to Kenton Avenue, Roosevelt Road to the Drainage Canal, undated
Box 5 Folder 29 Abstract of Title, Land in Millard & Decker's subdivision, 1873 March 25
Box 5 Folder 30 Abstract of Title, Land in Millard & Decker's subdivision, for H. Garlick), 1873 December 23
Box 5 Folder 31 Abstract of Title, C.C. Mowry's subdivision, 1886
Box 5 Folder 32 Abstract of Title, 1890 September 19
Box 5 Folder 33 Abstract of Title, for W. L. DeWolf Co, 1905 November 8
Oversize Folder 25   Birdseye View Map of Lawndale, includes Directory of Lawndale Advertisers, published by Community Advertising Service, circa 1940
Box 4 Folder 11 “Chicago's Twin Cities,” undated
Box 4 Folder 12 “A Community Study of South Lawndale,” circa 1937
Oversize Folder 27   The Community Reporter, vol. IV, no. 4, Founder’s Day issue, 1950 September 27
Box 6 Folder 4 Crawford Trumpet, vol. 1 no. 1, 1897 April 6
Oversize Folder 26   Denni Hlasatel, newspaper, 50th anniversary issue, (8 sections, complete), 1941 May 1
Box 4 Folder 20a Early Farms in Lawndale-Crawford, 1865, map, circa 1930s
Glass Plate Slide Box 3 Photograph 4.20a Early Farms in Lawndale-Crawford, 1865, map, glass plate slide, circa 1930s
Box 4 Folder 13 Fire Department, historical sketches, undated
Box 4 Folder 13 Fire Department, news clippings, 1937
Box 4 Folder 14 “History of Lawndale-Crawford,” 1952
Box 4 Folder 20c “Lawndale-Crawford Community Idea,” by Edward P. Skubic, 1952
Box 4 Folder 16 Lawndale-Crawford Historical Association, The Old Families of Lawndale-Crawford, booklet (2 copies), 1935
Box 4 Folder 20b Lawndale-Crawford, list of historical dates, undated
Box 4 Folder 15 “Lawndale-Crawford Story,” 1954
Box 6 Folder 16 The Lawndale Drum, 1976 June 18-July 1
Box 6 Folder 5 The Lawndale Growler, vol. 1 no. 1 (2 copies, one incomplete, poor condition), 1880 January 23
Oversize Folder 17   Little Village Community Reporter, 25th anniversary issue (1946-1971), 1971 [November?]
Oversize Folder 18   Little Village Community Reporter, 30th anniversary issue (1847-1977), 1977 October 30
Oversize Folder 10   Plat of Lawndale! This Property Lies in South-west Part of the Chicago is Supplied with Lake Water through the City Mains, and Is Well Drained and Pleasantly Located, broadside (38 x 25" color) by Millard and Decker, circa 1870s?
Box 4 Folder 17 Police Department, historical sketch, undated
Box 4 Folder 17 Police Department, news clipping, 1930
Box 4 Folder 18 Post Office, news clippings, 1935
Box 4 Folder 19 Prisons, news clippings, 1928, 1932
Box 4 Folder 20 “Your Community,” 1954
Oversize Folder 13   Survey of the John Toman Branch Library, (19" x 24") map with pen and ink and colored paper cutouts, shows 14th to 33rd Streets and Washtenaw to Kilbourne Avenues, 1930
Oversize Folder 14   Survey of the John Toman Branch District, (19" x 24") map with pen and ink and colored paper cutouts, shows 18th to 33rd Streets and Rockwell Street to Kibourne Avenue, including key with ethnic composition of neighborhood, 1937
Oversize Folder 11   Views of Lawndale, Chicago, with compliments of Bonney Bros., 511 Tacoma Building, twenty-five scenes with key, photostat (2 copies, different enlargements), 1891

Series 6: Municipal Agencies and Community Organizations, Photographs, circa 1882-1935

Scope and Contents

Series 6 contains photographs of municipal, federal and community agencies spanning 1882 and 1935. The images include activities and station views of the Fire Department, Police Department, Lawndale Pest House, Post Office and Sanitary District Drainage Canal.

Arrangement

Series 6 is arranged alphabetically by agency or organization. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Photographic prints and glass plate slides that share a number are the same image.

Box 28 Photograph 1.668 Fire Department, horse drawn fire wagon, 1905
Box 28 Photograph 1.670 Fire Department, horse drawn engine #7, 1905
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.670 Fire Department, horse drawn engine #7, glass plate slide, 1905
Box 28 Photographs 1.671-1.673 Fire Department, Ridgeway Station, engine pumper (3), circa 1905
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.671 Fire Department, Ridgeway Station, engine pumper, glass plate slide, circa 1905
Box 28 Photograph 1.674 Fire Department, Lawndale Station's paddy wagon, 1914
Box 28 Photographs 1.168a-b Lawndale Pest House and Isolation Hospital, 35th and Lawndale, exterior (2), 1890
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.168 Lawndale Pest House and Isolation Hospital, 35th and Lawndale, exterior, glass plate slide, 1890
Box 28 Photograph 1.669 Post Office, horse drawn wagon, circa 1905
Box 28 Photograph 1.675 Post Office, circa 1910
Box 28 Photograph 1.676 Post Office, circa 1909
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.676 Post Office, glass plate slide and glass negative, circa 1909
Box 28 Photographs 1.677-1.680 Post Office, Hawthorne Station, employees (4), circa 1882
Box 28 Photograph 1.681 Post Office, Hawthorne Station, employees, 1914
Box 28 Photographs 1.682-1.685 Post Office, Hawthorne Station, interior (4), 1914
Box 28 Photograph 1.686 Post Office, Hawthorne Station, [first aid class?], circa 1940
Box 28 Photographs 1.687-1.689 Post Office, Hawthorne Station, excavation for new building (3), 1935
Box 30 Photographs 4.12-4.16 Sanitary District Drainage Canal, construction (5), 1895

Series 7: Parks, Photographs, 1875-1977

Scope and Contents

Series 7 contains photographs of parks and playgrounds in the Lawndale-Crawford communities.

Arrangement

Series 7 is arranged alphabetically by park or playground name. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Photographic prints and glass plate slides that share a number are the same image.

Box 13 Photograph 1.169 Chutes Park, Kedzie Avenue and Jackson Boulevard, overview, circa 1910
Box 13 Photographs 1.170-1.175 Douglas Park, installation of Havlicek statue (6), 1911
Box 13 Photograph 1.176 Gary Playground, field house, 1950
Box 13 Photograph 1.177 Gary Playground, 1941 District Champions (football), team photo, 1941
Box 13 Photograph 1.178 Gary Playground, “Gary Intermediates, 1947” team photo, 1947
Box 32 Photograph 1.179 Gary Playground, “Gary Intermediates 1950 District Champions” (football) team photo, 1950
Box 13 Photograph 1.180 Gary Playground, Junior Football Squad, 1938
Box 13 Photograph 1.181 Gary Playground, Gary Juniors, team photo, 1940
Box 13 Photograph 1.182 Gary Playground, 1941 Junior District Champs (football), team photo, 1941
Box 13 Photograph 1.183 Gary Playground, Juniors, football team, 1942
Box 13 Photographs 1.184-1.185 Gary Playground, Gary Juniors, football team (2), 1947
Box 13 Photograph 1.186 Gary Playground, horseshoe champions, 1944
Box 13 Photograph 1.187 Gary Playground, playground attendants, 1950
Box 13 Photograph 1.188 Gary Playground, slide, 1940
Box 13 Photograph 1.189 Gary Playground, Intermediates, softball team, 1944
Box 13 Photograph 1.190 Gary Playground, Gary Juniors, softball team, 1942
Box 14 Photograph 1.195 Gary Playground, midgets, softball team, 1935
Box 14 Photograph 1.196 Gary Playground, midgets, softball team, 1936
Box 14 Photograph 1.191 Gary Playground, midgets, softball team, 1938
Box 14 Photograph 1.192 Gary Playground, midgets, softball team, [1939?]
Box 14 Photograph 1.193 Gary Playground, midgets, softball team, 1942
Box 14 Photograph 1.194 Gary Playground, midgets, softball team, 1952
Box 14 Photograph 1.197 Gary Playground, swimming pool, 1940
Box 14 Photographs 1.198-1.199 Gary Playground, swim team, AAU Novice Relays (2), 1942
Box 14 Photograph 1.200 Gary Playground, Junior tug-of-war team, 1938
Box 14 Photographs 1.201-1.202 Gary Playground, wrestling team (2), 1953
Box 30 Photograph 4.19 Kedzie Avenue Bath House (Urban Progress Center), 24th Street and Kedzie Avenue, 1977
Box 30 Photograph 4.20 Shedd Park, 1875
Glass Plate Slide Box 3 Photograph 4.20 Shedd Park, glass plate slide and glass negative, 1875
Box 14 Photograph 1.206 Shedd Park, field house, 1875
Box 14 Photograph 1.203 Shedd Park, field house, 1950
Box 14 Photograph 1.204 Shedd Park, field house, 1977
Box 14 Photograph 1.205 Shedd Park, playground, 1977

Series 8: Residences, Photographs, 1863-1977, undated

Scope and Contents

Series 8 contains photographs of notable historic residences.

Arrangement

Series 8 is arranged alphabetically by street name and address or name of historic resident, if address is unknown. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Photographic prints and glass plate slides that share a number are the same image.

Glass Plate Slide Box 3 Photograph 3.2 22nd Street and Crawford Avenue, Ritzma farm, glass plate slide and glass negative, 1863
Box 30 Photograph 4.28 22nd and Crawford, Ritzma, Peter, hay farm, undated
Box 19 Photograph 1.400 1776 W. 22nd Street, Bixby home, 1880
Box 20 Photograph 1.401 22nd Street and Lawndale Avenue, Belsky home, undated
Box 20 Photograph 1.402 22nd Street and Millard Avenue, E.S. Albro home, undated
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.402 22nd Street and Millard Avenue, E.S. Albro home, glass plate slide, undated
Box 20 Photograph 1.403 22nd Street near Millard Avenue, Newett home, 1936
Box 20 Photograph 1.404 22nd Street, Millard and Lawndale Avenues, A.C. Millard home, undated
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.404 22nd Street, Millard and Lawndale Avenues, A.C. Millard home, glass plate slide and glass negative, undated
Box 20 Photograph 1.407 22nd and Millard Avenue, C.H. Smith home, undated
Box 20 Photograph 1.406 23rd and Millard Avenue, C.H. Smith home, circa 1890
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.406 23rd and Millard Avenue, C.H. Smith home, glass plate slide, circa 1890
Box 20 Photograph 1.408 23rd Street and St. Louis Avenue, Porter home, 1902
Box 20 Photograph 1.409 4158 W. 24th Place, 1977
Box 20 Photograph 1.409a 4201 W. 24th Place, Kelley home, 1937
Box 20 Photograph 1.411 4213 W. 24th Place, Lunn home, undated
Box 20 Photograph 1.410 4202 W. 24th Place, Patnoe or Sears home, 1937
Box 20 Photograph 1.412 25th Place, Meacham home, 1882
Box 20 Photograph 1.413 4172 W. 25th Street, undated
Box 20 Photographs 1.414-1.419 4172 W. 25th Street, interior, Hempenius home (6), undated
Box 31 Photograph 4.31 25th and California, Chicago Housing Authority project, 1942
Box 20 Photographs 1.420-1.422 4220 W. 25th Place, Hiram Crawford home (4), circa 1930
Box 20 Photographs 1.423-1.425 4230 [4232?] W. 25th Place, West home (3), 1936
Box 20 Photographs 1.426-1.427 25th and Crawford Avenue, Fell home (2), 1902
Box 20 Photograph 1.428 25th and Keeler Avenue, Cole home, circa 1900
Box 20 Photograph 1.428a 25th and Keeler Avenue, Cole home, undated
Box 20 Photographs 1.429-1.431 25th and Keeler Avenue, Broadway home (3), circa 1890
Box 21 Photograph 1.432 25th and Kildare Avenue, Broadway home, 1906
Box 30 Photographs 4.29-4.30 25th and Keeler [Kildare?], Broadway home (2), undated
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 4.30 25th and Keeler [Kildare?], Broadway home, glass plate slide and glass negative, undated
Box 21 Photographs 1.433-1.434 25th and Kolin Avenue, Aggen home (2), 1898
Box 30 Photograph 4.23 [25th and Kolin Avenue, Aggen home?] “Remodeling Barn to Build House,” 1913
Box 21 Photograph 1.435 27th Street and Komensky Avenue, McIntyre home, 1904
Box 21 Photograph 1.436 27th Street and Komensky Avenue, McIntyre home, interior, undated
Box 21 Photograph 1.437 28th Street and Central Park Avenue, Porter home, circa 1895
Box 21 Photographs 1.438, 1.440 28th Street and Ridgeway Avenue, Barnes home (2), undated
Box 21 Photographs 1.439, 1.441-1.442 28th Street and Ridgeway Avenue, Barnes home, interior (3), undated
Box 21 Photograph 1.443 18th Street and Central Park Avenue, Smith home, 1885
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.443 18th Street and Central Park Avenue, Smith home, glass plate slide an glass negative, 1885
Box 30 Photograph 4.24 Bonney/Pridmore home, circa 1890
Box 18 Photograph 1.344 1325 S. Central Park Avenue, Kinder home, undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.345 1931 S. Central Park Avenue, Pink home, circa 1937
Box 18 Photograph 1.346 2131 S. Central Park Avenue, Dwight home, undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.347 2242 S. Central Park Avenue, Putney home, undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.348 2300 S. Central Park Avenue, Burleson home, circa 1888
Box 18 Photograph 1.349 2324 S. Central Park Avenue, circa 1930
Box 18 Photographs 1.350-1.351 Cicero Avenue between Mud Lake and Drainage Canal, Jonathon Hair Farm (2), undated
Box 18 Photographs 1.352-1.353 2130 S. Clifton Park Avenue, Chadwick home (2), undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.354 2255 S. Clifton Park Avenue, Bixby home, circa 1930
Box 18 Photograph 1.356 2836 S. 42nd Court, Lay home, 1897
Box 30 Photographs 4.26-4.27 [De Hender home?], interior (2), circa 1900
Box 18 Photograph 1.355 558 DeKoven Street, site of the origin of the Chicago Fire, undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.357 Hamlin Avenue, Hair home, undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.358 2711 S. Hamlin Avenue, Lanzel home, 1892
Box 18 Photograph 1.359 1623 S. Homan Avenue, Thomas G. Masaryk home and Dr. Vistain home, undated
Box 18 Photograph 1.360 1623 S. Homan Avenue, Thomas G. Masaryk home and Dr. Vistain home, undated
Box 19 Photograph 1.361 1528 S. Karlov Avenue, Slauf home, circa 1908
Box 19 Photograph 1.362 1623 S. Karlov Avenue, Dykema home, 1894
Box 19 Photograph 1.363 1623 S. Karlov Avenue, Dykema home, 1903
Box 19 Photograph 1.364 3022 S. Karlov Avenue, Hoeksema home, 1898
Box 19 Photograph 1.377 1928 S. Kedzie Avenue, Fraser home, circa 1900
Box 20 Photograph 1.405 2623 S. Keeler Avenue, Long home, 1890
Box 19 Photograph 1.365 2739 S. Keeler Avenue, Koehne home, undated
Box 34 Photograph 2.4 Keeler and Ogden Avenues, John Crawford home, undated
Glass Plate Slide Box 3 Photograph 2.4 Keeler and Ogden Avenues, John Crawford home, glass plate slide and glass negative, undated
Box 19 Photograph 1.366 1410 S. Komensky Avenue, Horkey home, 1891
Box 19 Photograph 1.367 2634 S. Komensky Avenue, Doan home, 1893
Box 19 Photograph 1.368 2742 S. Komensky Avenue, Lanzel home, circa 1898
Box 19 Photograph 1.369 2806 S. Komensky Avenue, Shafer home, 1899
Box 19 Photograph 1.370 2328 S. Lawndale Avenue, 1977
Box 19 Photograph 1.371 2100 S. Millard Avenue, Weary home, undated
Box 19 Photograph 1.372 2123 S. Millard Avenue, M.C. McCoole home, undated
Box 19 Photograph 1.373 2135 S. Millard Avenue, Hodgekiss home, undated
Box 19 Photograph 1.374 2253 S. Millard Avenue, Lyon home, 1936
Box 19 Photograph 1.375 2316 S. Millard Avenue, Shedd home, undated
Box 19 Photograph 1.376 2330 S. Millard Avenue, Slade home, undated
Box 19 Photograph 1.378 2410 S. Millard Avenue, Bliss home, circa 1889
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.378 2410 S. Millard Avenue, Bliss home, glass plate slide, circa 1889
Box 19 Photograph 1.379 2436 S. Millard Avenue, David home, 1937
Box 19 Photograph 1.380 2440 S. Millard Avenue, Hawks home, undated
Box 19 Photograph 1.381 2454 S. Millard Avenue, Talbot home, 1937
Box 19 Photograph 1.382 2520 S. Millard Avenue, White home, circa 1920
Box 19 Photograph 1.383 2520 S. Millard Avenue, White home, circa 1928
Box 19 Photographs 1.384-1.385 2526 S. Millard Avenue, Porter home (2), 1937
Box 19 Photograph 1.386 2804 S. Millard Avenue, circa 1940
Box 19 Photograph 1.387 2826 S. Millard Avenue, circa 1940
Box 19 Photograph 1.388 Millard Avenue near 22nd Street, Styles home, undated
Box 19 Photograph 1.389 Ogden and Central Park Avenues, E.G. Orvis home, undated
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.389 Ogden and Central Park Avenues, E.G. Orvis home, glass plate slide, undated
Box 19 Photographs 1.390-1.392 Ogden and Central Park Avenues, E.G. Orvis home (3), undated
Box 19 Photograph 1.393 Ogden and Kenton Avenues, Hair home, undated
Box 19 Photograph 1.394 Ogden and Springfield Avenues, Smith Farm, 1884
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.394 Ogden and Springfield Avenues, Smith Farm, glass plate slide and glass negative, 1884
Box 19 Photograph 1.395 2226 S. Ridgeway Avenue, Wilson home, circa 1900
Box 19 Photograph 1.396 2226 S. Ridgeway Avenue, Wilson home, interior, circa 1900
Box 19 Photographs 1.397-1.398 1906 S. Sawyer Avenue, Darrow home (2), 1947
Box 19 Photograph 1.399 2727 S. Tripp Avenue, Skubic home, 1905
Box 21 Photographs 1.444-1.445 Unidentified residences (2), undated
Box 31 Photograph 4.32 Unidentified residence, undated
Box 31 Photographs 4.33-4.36 Unidentified residence interior (4), circa 1905

Series 9: Schools, 1884-1977

Scope and Contents

Series 9 contains announcements, bulletins, historical sketches, news clippings, programs and yearbooks on schools in the Lawndale-Crawford area, including early grammar schools such as Lawndale and Howland that are no longer in existence. The series also contains documents on local parent-teacher associations (PTA).

Arrangement

Series 9 is arranged into 2 subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1884-1981 and Subseries B: Photographs, 1885-1977.

Subseries A: Documents, 1884-1981

Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by school name.

Box 6 Folder 7 Robert Burns School, Parent Teacher Association (PTA), board minutes, 1929 March 20-1930 March
Box 6 Folder 8 Robert Burns School, Parent Teacher Association (PTA), board minutes, 1930 April-1931 June
Box 6 Folder 9 Robert Burns School, Parent Teacher Association (PTA), by-laws redraft, 1935 January 8
Box 6 Folder 10 Robert Burns School, Parent Teacher Association (PTA), financial receipts, 1937-1938
Box 6 Folder 11 Robert Burns School, Parent Teacher Association (PTA), meeting programs, 1929-1930, 1934-1935
Box 6 Folder 12 Robert Burns School, Parent Teacher Association (PTA), miscellaneous, 1930-1931
Box 6 Folder 13 Robert Burns School, Parent Teacher Association (PTA), publicity clippings, 1933 July-1934 March
Box 4 Folder 22 Corkery School, announcements, 1935
Box 4 Folder 22 Corkery School, news clipping, 1952
Box 4 Folder 22 Corkery School, programs, graduation exercises, 1899, 1900, 1912
Box 4 Folder 22 Corkery School, yearbook, P.T.A. 1941-1942
Box 4 Folder 23 Farragut High School, E.E.P. Student News, bulletin, 1935 March-April 1935
Oversize Folder 15   Farragut High School, Farragut Scroll, newspaper, vol. XX11, no. 1, 1945 September 28
Box 4 Folder 23 Farragut High School, historical sketches, 1934, 1950
Box 4 Folder 24 Farragut High School, news clippings, 1939, 1950
Box 4 Folder 24 Farragut High School, Emergency Education Program, information sheet, 1934
Box 4 Folder 25 Farragut High School, program, graduation exercises, 1924
Box 6 Folder 15 Farragut High School, “Self-study...in Preparation for the North Central Visitation,” 1981 March
Box 4 Folder 26 Farragut High School, The Log, yearbook, 1945
Box 4 Folder 27 Farragut High School, The Log, yearbook, 1948
Box 4 Folder 28 Farragut High School, PTA yearbook, program, 1953-1954
Box 4 Folder 21 General historical notes, 1900, circa 1940s-1950s
Box 4 Folder 29 Grace Evangelical Lutheran School, brochure, anniversary, 1921
Box 4 Folder 29 Grace Evangelical Lutheran School, program, graduation exercises, 1906
Box 5 Folder 1 Harrison High School, news clippings, 1954, 1957
Box 5 Folder 1 Harrison High School, program, concert, 1949
Box 6 Folder 3 Harrison Technical High School, Dorothy Alter's student scrapbook, 1920-1924
Box 6 Folder 1 Harrison Technical High School, The Harrisonian, 1924
Box 6 Folder 2 Harrison Technical High School, The Harrisonian, 1931
Box 5 Folder 2 Howland School, program, graduation exercises, 1895
Box 6 Folder 14 Illinois Conference of Parents and Teachers, 32nd Annual Convention, report, 1931 April
Box 5 Folder 3 Lawndale School, Crawford Branch, student name cards, 1884
Box 5 Folder 4 McCormick School, announcement, 1955
Box 5 Folder 4 McCormick School, news clippings, 1955, undated
Box 5 Folder 4 McCormick School, program, anniversary, 1955

Subseries B: Photographs, 1885-1977

Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by school name. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Photographic prints and glass plate slides that share a number are the same image.

Box 21 Photograph 1.447 Blessed Agnes School, exterior, 1906
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.447 Blessed Agnes School, exterior, glass negative 1906
Box 21 Photograph 1.448 Blessed Agnes School, children at recess, 1923
Box 21 Photographs 1.449-1.451 Blessed Agnes School, class picnic (3), 1924
Box 21 Photographs 1.452-1.453 Blessed Agnes School, class play (2), 1931
Box 31 Photograph 4.37 Robert Burns School, 2524 Central Park Avenue, exterior, 1977
Box 21 Photograph 1.471 Burns School, class picnic, 1905
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.471 Burns School, class picnic, glass plate slide, 1905
Box 21 Photographs 1.454-1.455 Corkery School, parade (2), undated
Box 21 Photographs 1.456-1.459 Corkery School, class picture (4), 1897
Box 21 Photograph 1.460 Corkery School, class picture, 1898
Box 21 Photograph 1.461 Corkery School, class picture, circa 1897
Box 21 Photographs 1.462-1.463 Corkery School, class picture (2), circa 1900
Box 21 Photograph 1.464 Corkery School, class picture, 1900
Box 21 Photograph 1.465 Corkery School, girls, class picture,1901
Box 21 Photograph 1.466 Corkery School, class picture, circa 1914
Box 31 Photograph 4.38 Crawford School, class photo, circa 1880
Box 32 Photograph 1.467 Farragut School, kindergarten band, undated
Box 32 Photograph 1.468 Farragut School, rhythm band, 2nd grade, circa 1933
Box 21 Photograph 1.469 Farragut School, exterior, 1977
Box 21 Photograph 1.470 Farragut School, class picnic, 1900
Box 32 Photograph 1.472 Farragut School, class picture, 1907 June
Box 32 Photograph 1.473 Farragut School, class picture, 1910
Box 32 Photograph 1.474 Farragut School, class picture, 1911 February
Box 32 Photograph 1.475 Farragut School, class picture, 1911 June
Box 33 Photograph 1.476 Farragut School, class picture, 1912 February
Box 33 Photograph 1.477 Farragut School, class picture, 1912
Box 33 Photograph 1.478 Farragut School, class picture, 1913 February
Box 33 Photograph 1.479 Farragut School, class picture, 1913 June
Box 33 Photograph 1.480 Farragut School, class picture, 1914 February
Box 33 Photograph 1.481 Farragut School, class picture, 1914 June
Box 33 Photograph 1.482 Farragut School, class picture, 1915 June
Box 33 Photograph 1.483 Farragut School, class picture, 1916 February
Box 33 Photograph 1.484 Farragut School, class picture, 1916 June
Box 33 Photograph 1.485 Farragut School, class picture, 1917 February
Box 33 Photograph 1.486 Farragut School, class picture, 1917 June
Box 33 Photograph 1.487 Farragut School, class picture, 1918 February
Box 33 Photograph 1.488 Farragut School, class picture, 1919 February
Box 33 Photograph 1.489 Farragut School, class picture, 1919 June
Box 33 Photograph 1.490 Farragut School, class picture, 1920 February
Box 33 Photograph 1.491 Farragut School, class picture, 1920 June
Box 21 Photograph 1.492 Farragut School, class picture, 1921 February
Box 34 Photograph 1.493 Farragut School, class picture, 1921 June
Box 34 Photograph 1.494 Farragut School, class picture, 1922 February
Box 34 Photograph 1.495 Farragut School, class picture, 1922 June
Box 34 Photograph 1.496 Farragut School, class picture, 1923 February
Box 34 Photograph 1.497 Farragut School, class picture, 1923 June
Box 34 Photograph 1.498 Farragut School, class picture, 1924 February
Box 34 Photograph 1.499 Farragut School, class picture, 1924 June
Box 34 Photograph 1.500 Farragut School, class picture, 1925 February
Box 22 Photograph 1.501 Gary School, exterior, 1950
Box 34 Photograph 2.2 Gary School, class picture, 1938 June
Oversize Folder 28 Photograph 2.6 Gary School, class picture, 1939 January
Oversize Folder 28 Photograph 2.7 Gary School, class picture, 1940 January
Oversize Folder 28 Photograph 2.8 Gary School, class picture, 1941 June
Box 31 Photograph 4.39 Joseph Gary School, 3740 W. 31st Street, exterior, 1977
Box 22 Photograph 1.502 Grace Evangelical Lutheran School, class photo, 1907
Box 22 Photograph 1.503 Hammond School, girl’s cooking class, 1898
Box 22 Photograph 1.504 Harrison High School, bookkeeping class, circa 1900
Box 34 Photograph 1.524 Harrison High School, chemistry class, circa 1900
Box 34 Photograph 1.525 Harrison High School, girl’s gym class, circa 1900
Box 34 Photographs 1.526-1.527 Howland School, class play (2), 1912
Box 24 Photograph 1.528 Howland School, class play, 1912
Box 22 Photograph 1.505 Howland School, class picture, 1909
Box 22 Photograph 1.506 Howland School, orchestra, 1912
Box 22 Photograph 1.507 Lawndale School, class picnic, undated
Box 22 Photograph 1.508 Lawndale School, class picture, circa 1888
Box 22 Photograph 1.509 Lawndale School, class picture, circa 1890
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.509 Lawndale School, class picture, glass plate slide, circa 1890
Box 22 Photograph 1.510 Lawndale School, class picture, circa 1891
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.510 Lawndale School, class picture, glass plate slide, circa 1891
Box 22 Photograph 1.511 Lawndale School, class picture, 1891
Box 22 Photograph 1.512 Lawndale School, Room 2, class picture, 1891
Box 22 Photograph 1.513 Lawndale School, Room 4, class picture, 1891
Box 22 Photograph 1.514 Lawndale School, Room 5, class picture, 1891
Box 22 Photograph 1.515 Lawndale School, Room 8, class picture, 1891
Box 22 Photograph 1.516 Lawndale School, class picture, 1892
Box 22 Photograph 1.517 Lawndale School, Room 3, class picture, 1892
Box 22 Photograph 1.518 Lawndale School, Room 6, class picture, 1892
Box 22 Photographs 1.519-1.520 Lawndale School, class pictures (2), 1893
Box 22 Photograph 1.521 Lawndale School, class picture, 1900
Box 22 Photograph 1.522 Lawndale School, boys class, 1902
Box 23 Photograph 1.523 Lawndale School, photograph album (tintypes), 1895
Box 24 Photograph 1.529 Lawndale School, Crawford Branch, exterior, 1876
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.529 Lawndale School, Crawford Branch, exterior, glass plate slide, 1876
Box 24 Photograph 1.530 Lawndale School, Crawford Branch, exterior, 1910
Box 24 Photograph 1.531 Lawndale School, Crawford Branch, school picnic, circa 1895
Box 24 Photograph 1.532 Lawndale School, Crawford Branch, class picture, 1885
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.532 Lawndale School, Crawford Branch, class picture, glass plate slide and glass negative, 1885
Box 24 Photograph 1.533 Lawndale School, Crawford Branch, class picture, 1891
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.533 Lawndale School, Crawford Branch, class picture, glass plate slide1891
Box 24 Photograph 1.534 Lawndale School, Crawford Branch, class picture, 1893
Box 24 Photograph 1.535 Lawndale School, Crawford Branch, class picture, 1897
Box 24 Photograph 1.536 Lawndale School, Crawford Branch, faculty party, circa 1900
Box 24 Photograph 1.537 McCormick School, exterior, 1941
Box 24 Photograph 1.538 McCormick School, 3rd grade, class picture, 1930
Box 24 Photograph 1.539 McCormick School, 3rd grade, Chinese project, 1935
Box 24 Photograph 1.540 McCormick School, class picture, 1938 February
Box 31 Photographs 4.40-4.41 McCormick School, 2712 S. Sawyer Avenue, exterior (2), 1977
Box 24 Photograph 1.541 St. Ludmilla School, exterior, 1900
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.541 St. Ludmilla School, exterior, glass plate slide, 1900
Box 24 Photograph 1.542 Sawyer School, clean up parade, 1930
Box 24 Photograph 1.543 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1947 June
Box 24 Photograph 1.544 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1949 January
Box 24 Photograph 1.545 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1948 June
Box 24 Photograph 1.546 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1949 June
Box 24 Photograph 1.547 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1950 June
Box 24 Photograph 1.548 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1951 January
Box 24 Photograph 1.549 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1951 June
Box 24 Photograph 1.550 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1952 January
Box 24 Photograph 1.551 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1952 June
Box 24 Photograph 1.552 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1953 January
Box 24 Photograph 1.553 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1953 June
Box 24 Photograph 1.554 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1954 January
Box 34 Photograph 1.555 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1954 June
Box 24 Photograph 1.556 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1955 January
Box 34 Photograph 1.557 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1955 June
Box 34 Photograph 1.558 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1956 January
Box 34 Photograph 1.559 Eli Whitney School, class picture, 1956 June
Box 31 Photograph 4.42 Eli Whitney School, 2815 S. Komensky, exterior, circa 1920
Box 31 Photographs 4.43-4.44 Eli Whitney School, 2815 S. Komensky, exterior (2), 1977
Box 24 Photograph 1.560 Worthy School for Boys, exterior, undated

Series 10: Streets, circa 1880-1977, undated

Scope and Contents

Series 10 consists primarily of historical sketches and news clippings related to streets in the community. Of particular interest is the controversy in the 1930s and 1940s surrounding the name change from Crawford Avenue to Pulaski Road.

Arrangement

Series 10 is arranged into 2 subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1900-circa 1950, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1880-1977, undated.

Subseries A: Documents, 1900-circa 1950, undated

Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by street name.

Box 5 Folder 19 25th Street, news clippings, 1937, circa 1950
Box 5 Folder 20 26th Street, news clippings, 1930
Box 5 Folder 5 Crawford Avenue, name change controversy, historical sketches, 1933, 1935
Box 5 Folders 6-7 Crawford Avenue, name change controversy, news clippings, 1938
Box 5 Folder 8 Crawford Avenue, name change controversy, news clippings, 1939
Box 5 Folder 9 Crawford Avenue, name change controversy, news clippings, 1941
Box 5 Folder 10 Crawford Avenue, name change controversy, petitions and related historical notes, 1933-1938
Box 5 Folder 11 Crawford Avenue, name change controversy, published reports, 1935, 1937
Box 5 Folder 12 Haussen Court, news clippings, 1938
Box 5 Folder 34 Maps of area around Crawford farm depicting 1860s, circa 1930s
Box 5 Folder 13 Millard Avenue, postcard, 1900
Box 5 Folder 14 Ogden Avenue, historical sketch, undated
Box 5 Folder 15 Ogden Avenue, news clippings, 1939, circa 1950
Box 5 Folder 16 Pulaski Road, news clippings and program, 1937
Box 5 Folder 17 Roosevelt Road, historical sketch, 1922
Box 5 Folder 18 Southwest Plank Road, historical sketch, undated

Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1880-1977, undated

Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by street name. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Photographic prints and glass plate slides that share a number are the same image.

Box 27 Photograph 1.641 24th Place and Keeler Avenue, undated
Box 27 Photographs 1.642-1.643 25th Street (2), circa 1900
Box 27 Photograph 1.644 25th Street, undated
Box 27 Photograph 1.645 25th Street, circa 1917
Box 27 Photographs 1.646-1.647 25th Street and Keeler Avenue (2), circa 1900
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.646 25th Street and Keeler Avenue, glass plate slide, circa 1900
Box 27 Photographs 1.648-1.649 25th Street and Keeler Avenue (2), undated
Box 27 Photograph 1.650 25th Street and Kildare Avenue, 1910
Box 27 Photograph 1.651 26th Street and Christiana Avenue, undated
Box 27 Photographs 1.652-1.1653 26th Street and Cicero Avenue (2), 1890
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.652 26th Street and Cicero Avenue, glass plate slide, 1890
Box 27 Photograph 1.654 26th Street and 42nd Avenue [Keeler?], 1911
Box 27 Photograph 1.655 26th Street and 42nd Avenue, 1911, 1934
Box 27 Photograph 1.656 26th Street and Keeler Avenue, street car, 1906
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.656 26th Street and Keeler Avenue, street car, glass plate slide, 1906
Box 27 Photograph 1.657 26th Street and St. Louis Avenue, 1923
Box 25 Photographs 1.580-1.581 40th Avenue (2), undated
Box 25 Photographs 1.582-1.583 41st Avenue (2), undated
Box 25 Photographs 1.584-1.587 42nd Avenue (4), undated
Box 25 Photographs 1.561-1.562 Albany Avenue (2), undated
Box 25 Photographs 1.563-1.566 Avers Avenue (4), undated
Box 25 Photographs 1.567-1.568 California Avenue (2), undated
Box 25 Photograph 1.569 Central Park Avenue, undated
Box 25 Photograph 1.570 Clifton Avenue, undated
Box 25 Photograph 1.571 Clifton Avenue [Drake?], undated
Box 25 Photographs 1.572-1.573 Clifton Avenue (2), undated
Box 25 Photographs 1.574-1.577 Douglas Park Boulevard (4), undated
Box 25 Photographs 1.578-1.579 Fairfield Avenue (2), undated
Box 25 Photographs 1.588-1.589 Homan Avenue (2), undated
Box 25 Photographs 1.590-1.591 Kedzie Avenue (2), undated
Box 26 Photographs 1.592-1.594 Keeler Avenue and 24th, funeral procession (3), circa 1890
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.592 Keeler Avenue and 24th, funeral procession, glass plate slide, circa 1890
Box 26 Photograph 1.595 Keeler Avenue, undated
Box 26 Photographs 1.596-1.597 Kildare and Ogden Avenues, horse troop (2), 1908
Box 26 Photograph 1.598 Komensky Avenue, 1936
Box 31 Photograph 4.45 Lawndale subdivision, map, circa 1880
Box 26 Photographs 1.599-1.600 Lawndale Avenue, street car (2), circa 1899
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.599 Lawndale Avenue, street car, glass plate slide, circa 1899
Box 29 Photograph 2.3 Lawndale Avenue and 24th Street, tree struck by lightning, circa 1940
Box 26 Photograph 1.601 Millard Avenue, undated
Box 26 Photograph 1.602 Millard Avenue, horse and cart, undated
Box 26 Photograph 1.603 Millard Avenue, undated
Box 26 Photographs 1.604-1.606 Millard Avenue (3), 1906
Box 26 Photograph 1.607 Millard Avenue, 1977
Box 26 Photograph 1.608 Millard and Ogden Avenues, 1905
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.608 Millard and Ogden Avenues, glass plate slide and glass negative, 1905
Box 26 Photograph 1.609 Millard and Ogden Avenues, 1890
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.609 Millard and Ogden Avenues, glass plate slide and glass negative, 1890
Box 26 Photograph 1.610 Ogden Avenue, undated
Box 26 Photographs 1.611-1.615 Ridgeway Avenue (5), undated
Box 26 Photographs 1.616-1.619 Rockwell Street (4), undated
Box 26 Photographs 1.620-1.621 St. Louis Avenue (2), undated
Box 26 Photographs 1.622-1.625 Sawyer Avenue (4), undated
Box 26 Photographs 1.626-1.627 Spaulding Avenue (2), undated
Box 26 Photographs 1.628-1.629 Springfield Avenue (2), undated
Box 27 Photographs 1.630-1.633 Troy Avenue (4), undated
Box 27 Photographs 1.634-1.636 Trumball Avenue (3), undated
Box 27 Photographs 1.637-1.640 Turner Avenue (4), undated
Box 31 Photograph 4.46 Unidentified street in Lawndale, rural scene with fire hydrant, circa 1890
Box 27 Photographs 1.658-1.659 Washtenaw Avenue (2), undated
Box 27 Photograph 1.660 Western Avenue, undated

Series 11: Transportation, 1890-1977, undated

Scope and Contents

Series 11 contains a historical sketch, news clippings, ephemeral items and photographs related to Lawndale transportation, primarily mass transit and railroad.

Arrangement

Series 11 is arranged into 2 subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1900-1976, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, 1890-1977, undated

Subseries A: Documents, 1900-1976, undated

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by transit type and alphabetically within.

Box 5 Folder 21 General historical notes, 1930s
Box 5 Folder 22 Railroad - Amtrak, news clippings, 1976
Box 5 Folder 23 Railroad - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, brochure, 1949
Box 5 Folder 24 Railroad - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, historical sketch, undated
Box 5 Folder 25 Railroad - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, news clipping, 1976
Box 5 Folder 26 Railroad - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, ticket, 1900

Subseries B: Photographs, 1890-1977, undated

Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by transit type and alphabetically within. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Photographic prints and glass plate slides that share a number are the same image.

Box 30 Photograph 4.25 Mass Transit - double-decker street car on Lawndale Avenue, circa 1890
Glass Plate Slide Box 3 Photograph 3.4 Mass Transit - [West Chicago Street Railroad], horse car pulling out of Ogden Avenue barn, glass plate slide, undated
Box 28 Photograph 1.661 Railroad - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, early engine, undated
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.661 Railroad - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, early engine, glass plate slide and glass negative, undated
Box 28 Photograph 1.662 Railroad - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, train wreck at Hamlin Avenue, 1906
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.662 Railroad - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, train wreck at Hamlin Avenue, glass plate slide, 1906
Box 28 Photograph 1.663 Railroad - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Crawford Station, exterior, 1890
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.663 Railroad - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Crawford Station, exterior, glass plate slide and glass negative, 1890
Box 28 Photograph 1.664 Railroad - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Crawford Station, interior, circa 1890
Glass Plate Slide Box 2 Photograph 1.664 Railroad - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Crawford Station, interior, glass plate slide and glass negative, circa 1890
Box 28 Photograph 1.665 Railroad - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Crawford Station, interior, 1977
Box 28 Photographs 1.666-1.667 Railroad - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Crawford Station, exterior (2), 1977
Glass Plate Slide Box 3 Photograph 3.3 Railroad - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Millard Avenue Station, glass plate slide, undated
Box 30 Photographs 4.17-4.18 Water - Illinois and Michigan Canal (2), 1942

Series 12: Wartime Activities, 1917, circa 1941

Scope and Contents

Series 12 contains images community wartime activities from World War I and World War II. Photographs 5.1 through 5.5 are contact sheets and include photos of the South Lawndale Victory Garden. The photographs were found in an envelope marked “Toman Branch Library.”

Arrangement

Series 12 is arranged alphabetically by location or topic.

Box 31 Photograph 4.47 Crawford campaign, “Saving Stamps Secures Success,” 1917
Box 31 Folder 5.2 South Lawndale Victory Garden, contact sheet with 6 images, circa 1941
Box 31 Folder 5.3 South Lawndale Victory Garden, contact sheet with 6 images, circa 1941
Box 31 Folder 5.5 South Lawndale Victory Garden, contact sheet with 7 images, circa 1941
Box 31 Folder 5.1 South Lawndale Victory Garden, Edison Company, contact sheet with 6 images, circa 1941
Box 31 Folder 5.4 Toman Branch Library, contact sheet with 7 images, circa 1941
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