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My wife from Altgeld also skated at Kerbys at that time. Did you know a guy Robert Tracy?
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Longford, My wife went to the same schools, however she didn't see your name Longford in the Harper Shield year book. What name are you under?
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My brother graduated from Michaels in 56 and I graduated in 59 I'm sure we seen your step father in our travels. You lived across from Hedges grammer school?
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Talking about cigars and Maxwell street. My brother and I were cigar band collectors in the 50's 60's. We would walk the streets looking for bands. Maxwell street, downtown Chicago and many of the back of the yard taverns were great places to find bands. We would write to Cuban manufacturers. To this date we have over a 1,000 bands each. The good old days.
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Back in the early 60's we use to hang out at Dog N Suds on Cicero & Southwest Hwy. It was a good date place. It had minature golf connected to the drive inn. Back then you would pull in and open the hood of your car to show off your muscle. Every weekend it was what you call now a car show or meet. Another place was Henery's Hamburgers on Archer and Cicero.
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My band, The Royal Crests, played there for a school dance in the early 60's.
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Those were the good old days for sure. Don't forget the mens dressing rooms.
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Does anyone remember the name of the hamburger joint on 55th and Damen, alittle west of Damen. They also sold the little square hamburgers like White Castle and Whimpys for.13cents back in the 50's.
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We had two dairy companys on the southside, Seeley Dairy at 49th and Seeley and another on 53rd and Western Blvd, however, I can't remember the name. We passed it almost every day to get a free carton of choclate milk on the way to Gage Park pool in the 50's.
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Hi again Rich, They had great food. After shopping we all went back to my aunts tavern, Town Club, which you know it as R&S Hideaway. In the 70's I owned three hot dog trucks that would cater to all the car dealers on south Western Ave, Chicago area parks, Oak Lawn, Evergreen park, Bridgeview, Hometown, Alsip.
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I passed Florians just about every evening to walk my grandmother home after she came to eat supper at our home. Rich, I believe I told you about Roger Casper buying Town Club Tavern from my cousin and renamed it R&S Hideway We sure get around this forum. It's great to hear from someone that knows the Back of the Yards as you do.
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zeker434 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My father worked there as a millwright until he > passed away in 1971. Here's a website that has > older aerial photos: > > http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?op=home > > > Also, Google Earth can show older aerial photos. What was your fathers name? Did he pass away at Larado
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Does anyone remember Maxwell Street or as some called it Jew Town, no disrespect intended. We loved going down there as kids. My dad and our uncles would buy their suits and hats down there in the 50's. They had great prices and on the spot tailors. You could smell the grilled onions, hamburgers etc. from blocks away. They were good.
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Back of the yards also had Satala's, Wolniak, Pataka, Kozera's, Broda's, Eudikis and many others to serve all the churches in the yards.
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We lived three homes down from Oakley Playground 50th and Oakley. We had roughly 25-30 kids in the neighborhood that would help the park manager build a berm around the park and Florian our Maint. man would water the area until it was perfectly smooth. No one was allowed on the ice until it was perfect. Sometimes we would go to Kirby's or Rainbow.
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Troop 674 Gage Park reporting. We made many trips in the 50's to Dearborn in the summer and winter, Owassippi for two weeks in the summer and to the White Pines by train in the Fall. We had our Pow Wow's in Marquette Park and many nature hikes in Willow Springs. Those were the days.
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I still have a photo of the 1956 Cardinal Topps football card.
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In the 50's the neighborhood kids called it the white mountains because a area of the hill by the tracks was blown up. In the late 50's the city water company dug a reservoir and we all enjoyed climbing the mud walls and then in the 60's they made it into a ball field.
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I have photos of when the demolished the plant along with my office. We still had 350 union employees and approximately 40 clerical/management. Most of them had enough time to retire and some of us took a transfer to other smaller more practical and economically stable plants. We were just too big. It was a great plant to work. We also had the number one First Place industrial softball team at
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Hey Guys, Your all talking about the big White Elephant. 5 stories high 4 buildings wide with 35 box car loading docks, 27 trucking docks putting out 150 truck loads a day and 50 car loads a day with three switchs per day. It also had one floor large packaging area and a seperate chemical building. Approximate 1.8 million sq. ft. of storage. In 1968 we had 2,000 union employees and 157 clerical
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J B's had very oily lanes, good alleys to practice ball control. Our dentist office was on the same floor. Afer bowling we would go down and have a shake at Gus's
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I have an old National Cash Register dated 1928 which only goes up to .50 cents. It's all original condition with a white marble plate and it's gold name plate on the front. It still works.
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Rich, Growing up in the yards did you know Eddie Surma. He probably be about 5 years older than you, however, he was a great softball player. He would play 2 games a day and maybe 5 games over the weekend on many teams. He was also known as Champ.
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Back in the 50's it was one of our favorite places to bowl. I was seven and I rolled a 66. They were the only bowling alley, besides Marazano Palace bowl that had cork balls. Twenty years later I kept a 180avg.
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I lived a few blocks from Von Solbrig and it was a strange place being right on the corner and off the main street (Pulaski). Foot traffic and loud cars passing by 24hrs a day can't make for a restful nights sleep or peace for the patients. My father died from a massive heart attack and was taken there as a DOA. I remember the dark and dingy hallways at the front entrance.
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That that tavern have great sasuage sandwiches?
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I believe the camera store was directly on 63rd west of Kedzie and the Marquette show. The east side was a dress store.
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It was called Seneses Restaruant
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How about Home Run Inn on 32nd street. They would have 15 people in the kitchen flipping dough. The now store bought Home Run Inn pizzas can't compare to the good old days.
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