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Burmese, Robert Morrissey(
Authored Entry
) ...dictatorship in 1962. Nationalizing businesses and industry, the military regime prompted thousands...
...century. Many were working in service industries or in professions and generally considered...
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Danes, J. R. Christianson(
Authored Entry
) ...the American Academy of Brewing and made Chicago an international center of the brewing industry....
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Groundwater System, James J. Miner and Richard J. Rice(
Authored Entry
) ...a century, groundwater has been used by industries throughout the Chicago region and for drinking...
...naturally. Although withdrawals by Chicago industry began to decline in the 1970s, drinking water...
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Jamaicans, Robert Morrissey(
Authored Entry
) ...Jamaican men were recruited to work in war industries by the War Manpower Commission and the Farm...
...to work in carpentry, domestic work , and various industries. Although many Jamaicans at first came...
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Movies, Going to the, Max Grinnell(
Authored Entry
) ...Chicago helped launch the movie industry in the United States in the early 1900s, so it is no...
...changing economic status of the motion picture industry and new leisure-time opportunities signaled...
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North Center, Amanda Seligman(
Authored Entry
) ...earning the area the nickname “Bricktown. ” These industries provided work for skilled and unskilled...
...economic subsistence did not depend on local industries increased public objection to the noisome,...
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Opera, Thomas Bauman(
Authored Entry
) ...and his puppets were recruited by the Gas Industries of America to perform at the 1939 New York...
...on permanent exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Chicago...
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Avondale, David M. Solzman(
Authored Entry
) ...the rail lines and the river served to attract industry. Numerous clay pits and brick factories were...
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Introduction, Sarah S. Marcus(
Interpretive Digital Essay
) ...included the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry (later known as the Chicagoland Chamber of...
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Early Lakeshore Development, Gwen Hoerr Jordan(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...land be dedicated for public use. Despite these dedications private industries, most prominently the...
...railroads and steel industries, vied for control of the lakeshore. Canal Commissioner Map, 1836...
...the growth and development of the railroad industry were the iron and steel mills that businessmen...
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Using the Chicago River, David Solzman(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Essay)
) ...1911 The new residences stand where past industries slaughtered cattle , tanned hides , rolled...
...of moveable bridges . They serve the tourist industry that is key to Chicago's economy. Barge and...
...and petroleum and building materials to the many industries that still operate along the river....
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Julius Rosenwald: Chicago Businessman and Philanthropist, Peter M. Ascoli(
Authored Entry
) ...the building of the Museum of Science and Industry, which he initiated and to which he, his estate,...
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Purdue University Calumet, Sarah Fenton(
Authored Entry
) ...this extension campus in Hammond, Indiana—the industry-heavy corridor 3 miles east of the Illinois...
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Union Stock Yard, Dominic A. Pacyga(
Authored Entry
) ...the resulting decentralization of the meat industry brought its decline. The market closed on August...
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Erring Women's Refuge, Mary Linehan(
Authored Entry
) ...and resources necessary to leave the sex industry: education, job training, obstetric care, and the...
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Museums in the Park, Dennis H. Cremin(
Authored Entry
) ...of Sciences , the Museum of Science and Industry , the DuSable Museum of African American History,...
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Bicycling, Allyson Hobbs(
Authored Entry
) ...a spin on the wheel. ” While the women's clothing industry enjoyed a cycling-induced boon, not all...
...Co. The company withstood many of the industry's booms and busts and, when adults' attention shifted...
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Bridgeport, Dominic A. Pacyga(
Authored Entry
) ...the Union Stock Yard after 1865 but the meatpacking industry remained a major employer of Bridgeport...
...residents, while primarily working in local industries, often looked beyond the factories. After the...
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African Americans, Christopher Manning(
Authored Entry
) ...racial ideologies that had excluded blacks from industry. With the cessation of Southern and Eastern...
...racial discord in two of Chicago's major industries, steel and meatpacking, enabling some blacks to...
...notably suffered from the decline of local industries in the final third of the twentieth century....
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East Garfield Park, Amanda Seligman(
Authored Entry
) ...erected to house the population working in local industry. East Garfield Park's early residents were...
...By 1914, modest homes, commercial buildings, and industry intermixed in East Garfield Park. A brief...
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