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Compass Rose Cultural Crossroads has joined forces with
CafePress to bring you a unique selection of items celebrating the history of Chicago. Your purchase will help us continue our mission of preserving and promoting the history and unique culture of the northside neighborhoods of Edgewater and Uptown.
2005 Uptown Theatre Portrait image by Bob Nick, courtesy Friends of the Uptown, www.uptowntheatre.com. All historic images are from the Compass Rose Cultural Crossroads collection and may not be reproduced without permission.
To learn more about the Uptown Chicago neighborhood, visit our regularly updated blog at http://uptownhistory.compassrose.org
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Clarendon Beach Clarendon Municipal Bathing Beach, Chicago, circa 1930. The facility, once located at Clarendon and Sunnyside Avenues, could accommodate up to 10,000 visitors. |
Sheridan Trust Bank / Borders Building Sheridan Trust Bank / Loren Miller Department Store / Goldblatts / Borders Books and Music Uptown Chicago |
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Wilson Avenue Station Wilson Avenue L Stop Chicago designed by Arthur U. Gerber and built in 1923 in the Beaux Arts style. Located at Broadway and Wilson in Chicago. |
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Sheridan / Wilson /Clarendon Motor Coach This double decker motor coach traveled down Sheridan, Clarendon, and Wilson Avenues in Edgewater and Uptown, Chicago |
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Sheridan Road from Edgewater Beach Hotel Sheridan Road as it once looked from the top of the Edgewater Beach Hotel, Edgewater / Uptown circa 1920 |
Curt Teich Factory The Curt Teich Postcard factory was located near Irving Park Road and Ravenswood in Chicago. |
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Edgewater Beach Hotel Motor Coach Guests arrived at the luxurious Edgewater Beach Hotel in this stylish motor coach. |
