At the Northside Neighborhood History Collection at Sulzer Regional Library, as we look forward to the concerts, performances and festivals the Year of Chicago Music is sure to bring, we wanted to look back at just a few of the ways music has played a role in Northsiders’ lives over the years. Social, cultural, religious…
Winter in Chicago: Historical Photos
Winter is here! What are some things you like to do in Chicago in the wintertime? Here are some photos of winters gone by from the Northside Neighborhood History Collection at Sulzer Regional Library…
Celebrating Veterans Day with the Captain Louis D. Walz Papers
The Captain Louis D. Walz Papers feature over a hundred letters from Lake View High School graduates discussing their military experiences during World War II. Captain Walz was the band director at Lake View High School from 1928 to 1961. He served as a cornet player in an Army band during World War I. In…
Celebrating New Year’s Day in Ravenswood in the 1870s & 1880s
Happy New Year's! How do you like to celebrate New Year's Day? According to Helen Zatterberg's Early Days in Ravenswood, Ravenswood residents in the 1870s and 1880s enjoyed hosting open house parties for their neighbors in the village. The open houses started at 10 a.m. and lasted until late in the evening. The women stayed…
John Reed: Radical Socialist
Reading about radical socialists is fun. I'm a fan of the early 20th century ones, the ones who fell for Russia when they thought it was all a grand rebellion and not just another violent coup. American journalist John Reed was enough of a supporter of Bolshevism he was buried at the Kremlin Wall. People who…
