Rogers Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Lillian M. Campbell Memorial Collection
Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-lmc
Abstract
Lillian May (Smith) Campbell and her husband, Frank R. Campbell amassed a collection of photographs of Chicago views that primarily depict streetcars, trolley buses and other modes of transportation as well as document opening ceremonies for bus and streetcar lines across the city in the 1930s. The collection is particularly strong in the neighborhoods of Roseland, South Shore, South Chicago, Woodlawn, Lake View, Rogers Park, Portage Park and Logan Square.
Dates:
1858-1940; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1940
John Drury Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: nnhc-jdc
Abstract
John Drury (1898-1972) began his career in journalism as a reporter for the Los Angeles Record in 1920. Three years later, he returned to his native Chicago and became a feature writer and columnist for various Chicago newspapers such as the Chicago Daily News and the Lincoln-Belmont Booster where he wrote his series of historical sketches until 1953. This collection contains photocopied newsclippings from three...
Dates:
1940 - 1959