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Incredible New Photos Show Evolution Of Far North Side From Earliest Days

By Linze Rice | December 20, 2016 5:27am

ROGERS PARK — A new historic photo-based art project in Rogers Park has brought to light 100 archival photos of how life in the Far North Side neighborhoods has evolved over the last century. 

The pictures offer a snapshot into the daily life of Rogers Park and West Ridge residents — from ground-breaking ceremonies of now long-established buildings, to forested areas unspoiled by development, to influential figures.

The images were released online and made available for public use by the Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society as part of a collaborative project with the Roman Susan Art Foundation for a spring 2017 exhibit called, "Property."

The project focuses on the way the neighborhood has changed "as a result of land development."

The public is encouraged to "repurpose, reimagine, or respond" to the photos, according to organizers. 

Entries are accepted through March 25, with some being selected for display in the historical society's storefront museum, 7363 N. Greenview Ave. 

Though not all the dates of the photos are known, they tend to range from 1871 to 2005 and feature some of the area's most influential places and people, such as Pottawattamie tribe members and the Pollard family. 

Communion at St. Margaret Mary's  [Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society]

Men who appear to be drunk at Devon and Clark, circa 1907, according to a photo caption from the Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society [Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society]

The Pottawattamie tribe in 1909 [Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society]

A group of policemen on Farwell Avenue [Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society]

Beauty queens at the former Norshore Theater on Howard Street  [Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society]

The Pollard Family, circa 1900 [Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society]

The building of the United Church of Rogers Park [Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society]

A former greenhouse at 7046 N. Western Ave. [Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society]

The corner of Greenview and Greenleaf avenues [Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society]

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