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Mar 26, 2024 · Back of the Yards Newspaper Collection. Dates: 1940-2015. Size: 35 linear feet in 50 boxes including 970 photographs. Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, Neighborhood History Research Collection.
Nov 14, 2013 · Chicago Tribune archive photo. Teddy Panceaer, 8, and Rodney Haseltine, 8, at the opening of the 1963 Chicago Free Fair, July 9, 1963.
Nov 20, 2013 · Those photographs—now 40 years old—are being shared in a new book, " Uptown: Portrait of a Chicago Neighborhood in the Mid-1970s ." Rehak shares his experiences documenting a diverse Chicago neighborhood with us. “I always had a passion for photography, and I went by Uptown every day, twice a day, actually on my way to and from work.
Physical Description 35 Linear Feet in 50 boxes, includes 970 photographs. Date. circa 1930s-2015. 1969-2015. Abstract The Back of the Yards Newspaper Collection contains issues and clippings of Back of the Yards Journal, the paper that worked closely with the Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council (BYNC), along with Journal News, City ...
The Back of the Yards neighborhood is located on the southwest side of Chicago and is part of the New City community area, which also includes the bordering neighborhood of Canaryville. The neighborhood was home to the former Union Stock Yard and adjacent packing plants, a giant sprawl that was until the 1950s the largest livestock yards and ...
It was this environment that created a need for an organization like the Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council. The BYNC was formed in 1939 by Joseph Meegan, the superintendent of Davis Square Park, and Saul Alinsky, a colorful, professional organizer. At this point, the BYNC was essentially a collaboration of all the individual ethnic schools ...
