The Road Map to this Blog
with over 70 Topical Posts
the last edit
Winter 2021-2022
While my blog is to inform,
my goal is to inspire further research by others
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The Reason
for this Blog
On the corner of Stratford Place Lake Shore Drive Stratford Place
This initial narrowly scoped research project of mine was to become a broader research project of my entire neighborhood of Lake View from its beginnings. I began with Ravenswood-Lake View Historical Association (I am one of several board members) and then branched off from there that would soon include images/photos from contributors from social media pages always trying my best to make sure to credit the contributors. I am constantly updating and editing my work - keeping it real and authenic as possible.
As subsitute teacher, I welcome constructive criticisms that are meaningfull to my work - to our work!
the parking lot at 505 Stratford Place
This blog has over 70 topical posts - adding more information and photo/text all the time. I could have done a better job on formatting and geo-tagging. I am constantly trying to correct this deficit. Some posts are directly related to others and noted at the beginng to each post. I began this research in 2007 in my apartment on Stratford Place and continue my work in Oak Lawn. I will continue until I find a university library willing to adopt this type of online work.
I have assembled a collection of purchased postcards, press photos, books, and collectibles mostly from Ebay - my offine work.
I am a Board of Director Member of
The Association has a board with directors and three officers elected annually by the membership.
The 2017 board of directors
Patrick Butler, President
Dayle Murphy, Vice President
Leah Steele, Secretary/Treasurer
Dorena Wenger, Program Chairperson
Dorena Wenger, Program Chairperson
Garry Albrecht, Associate Director
Peter von Buol, Associate Director
Marcella Kane, Associate Director
Carolyn Bull, Associate Director
Ron Roenigk, Associate Director
Jon Stromsta, Associate Director
The Association's Story
I do have a Facebook page called LakeView Historical that is used to created album narratives from the information collected in my blog as well as information regarding our neighborhood in general.
Also, feel free to use Twitter using the hashtag LakeViewHistorical.
Below is a dashboard view of over 160 Facebook Albums
and on the bottom of every post is the following in bold type:
Important Note:
These posts are exclusively used for educational purposes. I do not wish to gain monetary profit from this blog nor should
anyone else without permission from the original source
me hiding out in Andersonville in 2011
Historical Coverage includes the township of, city of, district of, and finally the community of Lake View.
According to my readings the integration of the City of Lake View into the City of Chicago took awhile. I guessing almost a decade. This was a period in time that the former city was referred to as the 'District of Lake View' until the City of Chicago adopted the 'community areas' concept we refer to as neighborhoods. The territory covered by this blog is Fullerton Avenue to Devon Avenue, Western Avenue to the existing lakefront at that time in history. My focus narrows as after the historical period Lake View became one of the 77 official community areas in the City of Chicago.
A Exhibit
with Discussion in 2018
'I go on the road'
photos from the exhibit - Garry Albrecht
Sulzer Regional Library
in the month of October
4455 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Meeting and Exhibit Room
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4455 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625in the Community of Lincoln Square
This association promotes this exhibit
My Home
Storage Area
in my computer room for now
original painting
about the 1945 World Series
a reprint view from Lake View Hotel from Newberry Library
prior to 1890's
and on the left original rice paper illustration of the dredging of Belmont Harbor prior to 1916 when the harbor was opened
original prints of Lake View restaurants:
The Diner on Halsted
Angelina's on Broadway
Yoshi's on Halsted
original print
Lake Shore Drive
north of Brompton Avenue prior to 1934
Commerical Map Illustration 1980/1990's
I may always discovering new research insights so I regard this blog as a ''living document" to be reshaped by further research and (readers' contributions that can be added to any post comment section provided on the bottom of each post). Everyone is free to contact me on any questions that you may have on the subject of vintage Lake View as well as the resources used in this blog by emailing me at lvhistorical@gmail.com
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Research Sources:
Online Sources & Resources
*subject to change*
The photos I post in this blog reflect the location found and not the original publication or original distributors of the photo. I did this to encourage others to clean-out their storage units, closets & attics so to discover anything related to this subject. Below are web resources I explored/used for this blog.
I refer back to these sources from time to time.
Online Tools
*subject to change*
(Chicago library card # required)
Ravenswood - Lake View Community Collection
(Chicago library card # required)
(Chicago library card # required)
(registration required)
(Rascher's Atlas in sections)
(Chicago library card # required
and separate access to HIG)
Fullerton to Devon
HIG 1887 - Volume 9
(Rascher's Atlas)
Fullerton to Devon
HIG 1891- Volume 10
(Rascher's Atlas)
(a revised 1886 map)
South of Irving Park Road
HIG 1894 - Volume 9
HIG 1923 - Volume 9
HIG 1950 - Volume 9
(a revised 1923 map)
North of Irving Park Road
HIG - Volume A - 1894
HIG -Volume 17 - 1905
South of Fullerton Avenue
(a Luna version)
History of Cook County 1884 p. 708-744
Chicago and its Environs 1893
Township of Lake View Laws 1879
Township of Lake View Laws 1885-86
Township of Lake View Treasurer 1879 Report
Chicago and its Environs 1893
Township of Lake View Laws 1879
Township of Lake View Laws 1885-86
Township of Lake View Treasurer 1879 Report
(Boulevards and Cemeteries)
Library of Congress - Chicago(Ryerson & Burnham Archives)
a century of marvelous growth
University of Illinois-Chicago Photographic Images of Change
Ryerson & Burnham Archives Archival Image Collection
Digital Research Library of Illinois History
Ryerson & Burnham Archives Archival Image Collection
Digital Research Library of Illinois History
(Lincoln Park, Boulevards & Cemeteries)
Chicago and Cook County Cemeteries
Chicago and Cook County Cemeteries
(until 1937)
(from 1923)
Vintage Wrigley Field/Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune - Classic Wrigley Field
Chicago History Museum - Wrigley Field
Explore Chicago Collection - Wrigley Field
Wrigley Ivy.com
Chicago Tribune - Classic Wrigley Field
Chicago History Museum - Wrigley Field
Explore Chicago Collection - Wrigley Field
Wrigley Ivy.com
Industrial History: C&E:
(1926-1935)
(story of 4+1's)
(Lake View)
Yelp
Google Map Viewer
Google Map Earth
Yo Chicago
Moss Design
Chicago Past
Forgotten Chicago
Yelp
Google Map Viewer
Google Map Earth
Yo Chicago
Moss Design
Chicago Past
Forgotten Chicago
Swedish - American Historical Quarterly
Chicago Gay History
Lake View Patch Facebook
Lake View Citizens Council
Chicago Gay History
Lake View Patch Facebook
Lake View Citizens Council
Moving Picture World
Evanston History Center
Edgewater Historical Society
Chicago Historic Schools
Chicago "L"
Encyclopedia of Chicago
Chicago Past
The Man on Five
Old Chicago
Ebay
Evanston History Center
Edgewater Historical Society
Chicago Historic Schools
Chicago "L"
Encyclopedia of Chicago
Chicago Past
The Man on Five
Old Chicago
Ebay
DNAinfo Lake View & Wrigleyville
(out of business November 2017)
DNAinfo Boystown
(out of business November 2017)
(out of business November 2017)
DNAinfo Boystown
(out of business November 2017)
Some Facebook Pages of Interest
Forgotten Chicago Discussion Group
Forgotten Chicago Discussion Group
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Index
the vintage Google Maps
(need a Chicago Library Card to access)
with
Finding Number & Street Name Changes
Finding street addresses and street names in Chicago prior to 1909 can be a bit of a task. This video can help that process along.
This pdf file is the bible of discovery on address number changes while this pdf is a quick way of finding the changes of street names.
1) Chicago and it's Suburbs by Everett Chamberlin published in 1874. Please scroll to page 343 to start from the beginning. This publication, as well as the next one covers the Township of Lake View. The community of Ravenswood is on page 370.
2) History of Cook County: The History of Lake View Township by Theodore Andreas published in 1884 - begin on page 708. The Community of Ravenswood is mentioned on page 712.
4) Historical Review of Chicago & Cook County: published 1908
5) Northsiders: Essays on the History and Culture of the Chicago Cubs published in 2008 that has more modern prospective of the Community of Lake View.
Some YouTube Videos of Interest:
of Great Interest:
Hidden History of Ravenswood & Lake View
by Patrick Butler
Lake View - Images of America
by Matthew Nickerson
The Lake View Saga
Hidden History of Ravenswood & Lake View
by Patrick Butler
Lake View - Images of America
by Matthew Nickerson
by Matthew Nickerson
the first book
there were a total of two publications
1837-1974 & 1837-1985
photos - Ebay
both editions part of my collection
Lake View Saga
2nd Edition
Special Magazine Edition
published by the Lincoln-Booster Newspaper
and part of my collection
Helen Zatterberg Manuscript
written in 1937
The first known modern
account of the history of Lake View
Ravenswood-Lake View (Society) Association Founder
Helen Zatterberg
Ms. Zatterberg help established the Ravenswood-Lake View Historical (Society) in 1934. I am member of the now called 'Association' as well as one of its Board of Directors.
Below is an account of its founding in 1940
the first home
This article written and submitted by Helen Zatterberg who was
the Secretary-Historian of the Ravenswood-Lake View Association in 1940. The collectibles of vintage Lake View and Ravenswood are housed in the Sulzer Regional Library, a member library of Chicago Public Library system initially that was once housed at Hild Library in Lincoln Square. The 'Society' originally had its own building on the corner of Montrose and Hermitage Avenue.
Where the History was/is Stored:
The Homes of the
Ravenswood-Lake View
Historical Association
the organization that obtains and maintains information
on the history of Lake View
called Library Hall that was once located at southwest corner of
Montrose & Hermitage
with the third location below - Sulzer Regional Library
the collection is housed in its own section of the library
photos below - Garry Albrecht
Day One at Sulzer Library 1985
in 2017
Sulzer Regional Library had an 'open house' that year and I was invited to show some of my private collection.
Sulzer Regional Library had an 'open house' that year and I was invited to show some of my private collection.
My collection has tripled its size since then.
at Home in Storage
some of my book collection
some of my album collection
The Nomadic Historian
Any organization who needs me for an event can email me at
lvhistorical@gmail.com
for the Collection
stereoscope viewer
slide scanner
slide scanner
Post Notes:
Explore the countless photography from various contributors of
Lake View from Flickr, as a starter mosaic to my over seventy blog posts on the history of Lake View.
A Neighborhood Awaits
poem by Garry Albrecht
A neighborhood can captivate an endless story,
From its' noble beginnings to nondirectionalness ends,
An historical teller is
what I do,
For study it well for its
substance and tales,
So to learn and thing or
two about for its unpredictable zeniths and its foreseeable predictable miscarries of time,
For history repeats so told for those who doesn't
listens, studies, and learns.
Important:
These posts are exclusively used for educational purposes. I do not wish to gain monetary profit from this blog nor should anyone else without permission from the original source.
thanks!
