Online Photo Archive Available NOW!
See a Selection of our Historic Photos Online We are happy to announce that more than 8,000 digitized images in our photo archive are available for viewing online. Now you […]
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A Year-End Message from the President
Thanks for Your Support in 2022 and Best Wishes for 2023 As 2022 draws to a close, the Board of Directors and I want to thank our members, volunteers, sponsors […]
2021 Annual Meeting Sets Attendance Record
The Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society Board would like to thank all who attended our Virtual Annual Meeting. About 100 members and supporters logged on to Zoom to hear a […]
Six Months Later: 2020’s Last Live Event
It seems impossible, but six months ago, before the Covid-19 pandemic changed almost everything, RPWRHS held its annual member meeting in a spirit of looking forward to a great new year. We’re posting this report now, to remind us all of what our “old normal” lives looked like, as we think about what the “new normal” may eventually bring.
One Juror’s Ordeal: A Daughter’s Perspective on the Chicago 7 Conspiracy Trial
By Kay McSpadden, Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society Board Member On Nov 4, 2019 Marjorie Fritz-Birch spoke as part of the Living History program. Fifty years ago, Her mother Jean […]
Made in Chicago: A Look At Our Manufacturing Past
Another in our series of Living History talks By Kay McSpadden, RPWRHS Events Chair and Board Member The scale that started it all. Photo by Stephanie Barto. When most people […]
The Gangsters of West Ridge: A Walk Through Chicago’s Roaring 20’s
Tom Nall reports on a new walking tour through West Ridge Bungalow Districts with ties to Chicago’s Prohibition Era history.
Revisiting Rosehill Through Rogers Park Eyes
Tom Nall revisits Rosehill Cemetery on our May 18, 2219 tour and discovers new stories of the people who built our community.
The Beauty of “The City Logical”
Volunteer Tom Nall’s appreciation of the Chicago Street Grid and its creator, Edward P. Brennan, as presented by Professor Bill Savage of Northwestern University.
Huckleberry Idyllic in Chicago: A Memoir
Mike Zimmerman grew up in West Ridge in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Now retired, he recently sent us this memoir about his childhood adventures.