As a follow up to the post from earlier this evening on the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, here is a picture of the Aggens working that land as a farm. They were one of the tenant farmers for decades. So were the Van Latens – all of Merrionette Park was known as the Van Laten Farm. The strip mall that includes Jewel and Bourbon Street was farmland for the Van Latens as late as the 1950s.
