Housing and Back Porches in Uptown Chicago, 1970s

Another photo from the National Archives.

Housing and Back Porches in the Inner City of Uptown Chicago, Illinois 08/1974

Original Caption: Housing and Back Porches in the Inner City of Uptown Chicago, Illinois, a Neighborhood of Poor White Southerners. The Inner City Today Is an Absolute Contradiction the Main Stream America of Gas Stations, Expressways, Shopping Centers and Tract Homes. It Is Populated by Blacks, Latins and the White Poor. Some of the Best American Architecture Survives in Her "Worst" Neighborhoods 08/1974

U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-13499

Photographer: Lyon, Danny, 1942-

Two Youths in Uptown Chicago, 1974

From the National Archives:

Two Youths in Uptown, Chicago, Illinois 08/1974

Original Caption: Two Youths in Uptown, Chicago, Illinois, a Neighborhood of Poor White Southerners. The Inner City Today Is an Absolute Contradiction to the Main Stream America of Gas Stations Expressways, Shopping Centers and Tract Homes. It Is Populated by Blacks, Latins and the White Poor. Some of the Best American Architecture Survives in Her "Worst" Neighborhoods, Only Because It Hasn't Been Demolished 08/1974

U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-13498

Photographer: Lyon, Danny, 1942-

Four Boys in Uptown, 1965

Four Boys, Uptown, Chicago, 1965

If you click on the thumbnail image above, you will be taken directly to the George Eastman House online archives. The vast digital collection includes several images by well-known photographer Danny Lyon, who photographed people in Uptown, such as this group of boys, in the mid sixties. Another image can be found at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Born in 1942, Danny Lyon grew up in Queens, New York. Inspired by the novel On the Road, he hitchhiked across the U.S. when he was 20. He first spent time in Chicago as a student of the University of Chicago, studying history, and returned in 1964, when he joined the Chicago Outlaw Motorcycle Club. He rode with the club for two years, and published his photos in the book The Bikeriders. Other books include Conversations with the Dead, a series of photos from the Texas prison system. Today, Lyon lives in New York, where he continues his photography and filmwork.