UPTOWN — Before you head to your Easter or Passover gatherings this weekend, check out old photographs of Uptown, all courtesy of The Chicago History Museum.
If nothing else, it'll give you something to talk about with your relatives.
The Uptown Hotel at 944 W. Leland Ave.
View of the Sheridan Plaza Hotel and Sheridan Road, looking north from Wilson Avenue in 1923. Photo for the Chicago Daily News.
Rowboats and people in the water along Wilson Bathing Beach in 1919. Photo for the Chicago Daily News.
View of the new elevated tracks for the northwestern el at the Argyle Street station in 1916. Photo for the Chicago Daily News.
View of a crowd at North Broadway and West Lawrence in 1920. Photo for the Chicago Daily News.
People sitting on benches under a roof at the Wilson Avenue Bathing Beach in 1911. Photo for the Chicago Daily News.
Exterior view of Goudy School and portable houses at 503 (now 5120) North Winthrop Avenue in 1909. Photo for the Chicago Daily News.
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