Does anyone have any history or photos of the South Side Swedish Club at 7330 S. Ridgeland?
It was later the Ridgeland Club and now apparently is owned by the NOI (it's just east of Mosque Maryam on Stony Island), although it's currently boarded up.

At the --- Foreign Language Press Survey --- Newberry Library, I used the search words "Side Side Swedish Club", and found this . . . hope it's helpful.


http://flps.newberry.org/group/swedish/code/IA2a/?page=2#filters/group/swedish/year/1879;1884;1893;1901;1904;1909;1910;1915;1920;1928;1931;1933/keyword/South%20Side%20Swedish%20Club%20?page=1


Also, there was the Swedish Club, a male singing society.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/11/2013 11:41PM by nordsider.

Thank you much. It must have been a big organization because the building is quite large.
I heard an old radio commercial from 1972 for a fundraiser banquet at the Ridgeland Club; among the guests were Gale Sayers, Fergie Jenkins and Ernie Banks, with Daddy-O Daylie and Duane Dow as MCs and Jack Brickhouse as the toastmaster.
Haven't come across any photos yet, though.