by Miguel Alfaro and Nayeli Vargas As part of our Von Historians Club project to research WWII veterans who attended Von Steuben, we were fortunate to meet with a local stage actor who attended our school, Myron “Mike” Nussbaum. We went to his condo with our teacher, Ms. Meghan Thomas, on a Saturday to discuss […]
If you graduated from Von Steuben High School in 1969, this is your 50th reunion. Join your former classmates for a party on August 31 at the East Bank Club in Chicago. For information, send an email to: reunion1969 (at) yahoo (dot) com. Note that I’ve written the email address as text to avoid spam. […]
For those of you who grew up in Hollywood Park before 1970, no explanation necessary. For everyone else, the photo on the left is dated 1968, and the one on the right was taken in 2018. The Hollywood Bowl sold penny candy, and at lunchtime it was jammed with kids buying grape gumballs, licorice records, […]
Written by guest blogger Meghan Thomas, Social Studies teacher, Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center Von Steuben High School has a new mosaic over room 308, the History Department office, honoring fallen WWII soldier, Sherman Levine (or Levin – both spellings are used). Sherman graduated in the class of 1940 and enlisted in the armed forces. […]
Please join me for a lively program about Dr. Theodore B. Sachs, who led a movement to establish the Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium. From the start of his medical career in the Maxwell Street area to his appointment as the founding director of the Sanitarium, which opened in 1915 and closed in 1974. We’ll explore […]
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Milan Mitrovic (Class of ’68), who also contributed the photo. “One of the oddities I noticed as a “Freshie” at Roosevelt High School in 1964 was the Janitor’s Room. Two of the letters on the doors had been defaced so that it read “Janitops Poom.” “At least one […]
If you been in Chicago any time over the past, say, 50 or so years, and have had raisin pumpernickel or onion rye at one of Rich Melman’s Lettuce Entertain You restaurant; an onion pletzle at Ricky’s, Melman’s father’s restaurant; dinner rolls at the Palm or Carson’s the Place for Ribs or one of Gene […]
This is the fourth in a series of blogposts featuring photographs taken by Marc Klowden, class of ’66, at Roosevelt during his tenure as Roosevelt Review photographer. Click on the images to enlarge. If you can identify anyone, please let us know in a comment. See Part 1, Part 2 and Part […]
This is the third in a series of blogposts featuring photographs taken by Marc Klowden, class of ’66, at Roosevelt during his tenure as Roosevelt Review photographer. Click on the images to enlarge. If you can identify anyone, please let us know in a comment.
This is the second in a series of blogposts featuring photographs taken by Marc Klowden, class of ’66, at Roosevelt during his tenure as Roosevelt Review photographer. Click on the images to enlarge. If you can identify anyone, please let us know in a comment. See Part 1 of this […]
