Northside High Schools Digital Collection

CPL's Digital Collections document life in Chicago through archival images, documents and artifacts.

Captain Louis D. Walz and Lake View High School drum major and majorettes, 1942

Lake View High School, 1985

Gold in Them Thar Hills, Lake View High School, 1940

Amundsen High School vs. Taft High School, Winnemac Park, 1949

Lake View High School football team en route to the Orange Bowl, Midway Airport, 1953

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See photographs of high school football games, theatrical productions, dances and extracurricular activities from the 1870s to the 1950s.

This collection includes the following digital collections:

Amundsen High School digital collection: The Winnemac Park school opened in its doors in 1930. Cheer on their football team as they do battle with Taft High School.
Helen G. Kinsella digital collection: Dramatic productions and other activities led by the award-winning Lake View High School drama and public speaking teacher.
Lake View High School digital collection: Academics and extracurriculars at the first high school in Lake View Township.
Louis D. Walz digital collection: The life of the long-time director of the Lake View High School band and World War I veteran.

These collections are housed in the Northside Neighborhood History Collection at Sulzer Regional Library.

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Acknowledgment of Harmful Materials

Chicago Public Library collects images, documents and other archival materials from different communities and time periods to preserve and make available the cultural and historical record. As historical objects, some of these materials contain harmful or disturbing content. CPL presents these artifacts as an unfiltered social record and does not endorse the views expressed therein.