During the 1960's on the southside of the city of Chicago Illinois, the huge and very popular Free Fair Carnival on the northwest corner of west 47th Street and South Damen Avenue was the place to be!

This large annual carnival event in Chicago's Back of the yards neighborhood, was sponsored by the Chicago Back Of The Yards Neighborhood Council. Every year, this event would last a record 20 days during the month of July, and would draw Chicagoans from nearly all over the southside of the city and adjoining neighborhoods.

Aside from the many portable carnival rides on the midway, live entertainment in the form of cultural and ethnic music acts were featured, as well as several unusual contests and a car raffle booth, where one could win a brand new Cadilac coupe of the era.

I went there with My family a handful of times when I was a litle boy growing up on the near southwest side of Chicago during the 1960's, and always had a great time there any summer.

This photograph appears courtessy of the Chicago Tribune Newspaper. http://www.chicagotribune.com/

A happy memory!

Thanks.
Eddie K.