Mario Lanza and Gene Autry sang Christmas
In this 1951 ad for Trage Brothers Appliance Company at 7440 Madison (present day Grand Appliance), they suggest giving records…
Forest Parkers’ pride
In 1949, Refiners Pride, the local gas station at Randolph Street and Belvidere Avenue, sponsored the local girls basketball team.…
Remembering Scolaro’s IGA
Tony Scolaro moved his fruit and vegetable business from Maywood to 7412 Madison in the 1920s and, with his son…
The fifth child of the first Black Maywood family
Here is Myrtle Hurst’s senior class photo and quote from the 1923 Provi, the Proviso High School yearbook. Myrtle was…
Home Guard and the War Camp Recreation Fund
The Home Guard, also known as the Local Defence Volunteers, of Forest Park served the community during World War I.…
Bump in the night
The legendary Victorian on the 900 block of Elgin was built by Chicago lumber mill magnate and cabinet maker, John…
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