Frank Suerth

Starting in 1886, the avenue hosted an annual bicycle race from suburban Wheeling into the city.

The train station was built to bring milk from local dairy farms into the nascent city of Chicago.

Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid" will show at sundown Friday in Jefferson Memorial Park, 4822 N. Long Ave.

A liquor moratorium spanned Northwest Highway in Norwood Park from 1947 to 2005.

Throwback Thursday: Before pools were built at Portage Park, neighbors flocked to a lagoon there.

The footage includes Revolutionary War re-enactors and some defunct neighborhood groups.

"Even then it seemed like a disaster waiting to happen," Frank Suerth said, remembering the structure.

A woman on trial in 1932 managed to persuade a court that her Higgins Avenue home was haunted.

Volga Germans were among the area's first inhabitants, and many of their descendants still live there.

Jefferson Park's Rabb, a computer whiz, said prison helped him focus on the future.  

The Northwest Chicago Historical Society is worried a 107-year-old former firehouse will be torn down.

The owners of six acres at Cicero and Lawrence avenues have not decided what to do with the property.

The Jefferson Park Advisory Council is raising money to spruce up and bring events to the park.