Exhibit tells Garfield Park history through photos
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Wall of family snapshots in the Garfield Park Conservatory's "Meeting History" exhibition. Photo: Monica Eng/Axios
Garfield Park Conservatory is showcasing neighborhood stories in "Meeting History: A Garfield Park Citizen Archive."
The big picture: The small exhibition features vintage snapshots, modern portraits and audio recordings from local families telling stories of celebrations, sorrows and white flight.
What they're saying: Organizers call the modest archive "a historical stamp of a moment in time for the neighborhood."
The intrigue: The show inspired Monica to dig up photos of her own family's decades (1920s-50s) in Garfield Park with a home on Jackson, as well as the Golden Pumpkin restaurant and nightclub on Madison Street.
If you go: The exhibition runs through June 21.
