| 2411 |
State and Madison, 1897, (
Historical Source
) ...Manufacturing Company Institution: Library of Congress The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society....
...The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights Reserved. Portions are...
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| 2412 |
Year Page: 1983, Kathleen McCourt(
Year Page
) ...Brooks and Studs Terkel, performancesby the Chicago Children's Choir and theMorris Ellis Orchestra,...
...1937 1968 1983 At the start of 1983, Jane Byrne was Chicago's first woman mayor. By its end, Harold...
...it was decidedly not politics as usual in Chicago. Helped by a bungled snow removal operation, Byrne...
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| 2413 |
Letter from Herbert Brown to Edward Brennan, 1934, Creator: Herbert Brown(
Historical Source
) ...renaming initiative in 1936, the proceedings of the Chicago City Council for April 21, 1937, proudly...
...noted, "[T]here are now only 1363 street names in Chicago for 3624 miles of streets. . . ....
...There are now fewer street names in Chicago than in any other city in the country of even one-half...
Date Created: 1934,
Date Depicted: 1934
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| 2414 |
View of the Wooded Isle of the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Photographer: Charles Dudley Arnold(
Historical Source
) ...Osaka Japanese Garden in 1993 in honor of Chicago's "sister city" relationship with the city of...
Date Created: 1893,
Date Depicted: 1893
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| 2415 |
Remarks of Clarence A. Burley at Site of Old Fort Dearborn, 1922, Creator: Clarence Burley(
Historical Source
) ...Clarence Burley, president of the Chicago Historical Society in 1922, remembered seeing the second...
...he described his memory of the fort and the Chicago River in remarks made at ceremony at the laying...
...Guarantee and Accident Co. In 1971 the City of Chicago designated the site of Fort Dearborn a city...
Date Created: 1922,
Date Depicted: 1922
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| 2416 |
Menu from a Ball in Honor of the Prince of Wales, 1860, Creator: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...on September 19, 1860, the Prince of Wales did not arrive in Chicago until September 21, according...
...to reports in the Chicago Tribune. The prince traveled through the city as...
...part of a North American tour. While in Chicago, the royal party stayed at the Richmond House at...
Date Created: 1860,
Date Depicted: 1860
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| 2417 |
Armour & Co. Advertisement, 1911, Artist: Albert Guillaume(
Historical Source
) ...Armour & Company's Meat Extract demonstrates the international reach of Chicago's meatpackers. Beef,...
...pork, and meat byproducts from Armour and other Chicago firms made their way around the world from...
...At the beginning of the twentieth century, Chicago meatpackers entered and quickly dominated the...
Date Created: c.1891,
Date Depicted: c.1891
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| 2418 |
Gerard & Rabe Clothing Manufacturers, c.1880, Photographer: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...The Gerard & Rabe factory was located at what was, by Chicago's old street numbering system, 377...
...W. Chicago Avenue, which now corresponds to 1413...
...W. Chicago, just west of Noble Street on the Northwest Side....
Date Created: c.1880,
Date Depicted: c.1880
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| 2419 |
Lakeshore Property (Formerly U. S. Steel South Works), 1987, Photographer: Bob Thall(
Historical Source
) ...The shoreline on the South Side of Chicago that was laden with steel mills for most of the twentieth...
...Park, occupied a mile and a half of lakefront property. In 2004, the city of Chicago was working...
...with South Chicago to develop public space along that stretch of lakefront....
Date Created: 1987,
Date Depicted: 1987
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| 2420 |
Students and faculty at the Institute of Design, c.1950, Photographer: Ray Pearson(
Historical Source
) ...Chicago's Institute of Design, founded in 1937 as the...
...Bauhaus, served along with the Art Institute, Chicago Society of Arts and Crafts, and the Arts Club...
...regarded for its design curriculum, making Chicago an important center of industrial art and design....
Date Created: c.1950,
Date Depicted: c.1950
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| 2421 |
Temperance Parade, 1908, Photographer: Charles R. Childs(
Historical Source
) ...Cook County Woman's Christian Temperance Union organized a "dry" parade in Chicago that drew 6,000...
...marchers, according to the Chicago Record Herald. Under the campaign slogan "Let Illinois Go Dry,"...
...communities to prohibit the sale of liquor but found little support in Chicago's precincts....
Date Created: 1908,
Date Depicted: 1908
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| 2422 |
W. T. Stead Map, 1894, Cartographer: W. T. Stead(
Historical Source
) ...Stead's If Christ Came to Chicago opened with a foldout juxtaposing an image of Christ and the money...
...Clark, Dearborn, Harrison, and Polk Streets in Chicago's First Ward. The map both illustrated many...
...social information that informed the Hull House Maps and Papers and the Chicago School sociologists....
Date Created: 1894,
Date Depicted: 1894
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| 2423 |
Ticket to Joe Louis - Jim Braddock fight, 1937, (
Historical Source
) ...eighth round was not only a matter of pride for Chicago's African American community, it was also a...
...the fight, about 75 percent were visitors to Chicago. Included in the audience were governors,...
...Airlines flew six extra 21-seat planes to Chicago. The largest hotels were booked six weeks in...
Date Created: 1937,
Date Depicted: 1937
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| 2424 |
Chapters in the History of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Oscar Lovell Triggs, 1902, (
Historical Source
) ...Oscar Lovell Triggs, an English instructor at the University of Chicago, helped found the...
...Industrial Art League of Chicago in 1899. Along with Frank Lowden, Emil Hirsch, Newton Partridge,...
Date Created: 1902,
Date Depicted:
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| 2425 |
Introduction, (
User's Guide or Introductory Material
) ...readers, thereby stimulating new research, not just on Chicago but other cities as well. James R....
...Grossman Ann Durkin Keating Janice L. Reiff Spring 2004 The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society. The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights...
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| 2426 |
Plaque Commemorating Opening of Michigan Avenue Bridge, Photographer: James D. McMahon(
Historical Source
) ...On the lower right, E. H. Bennett, one of the authors of the 1909 Plan of Chicago, is listed as...
...Consulting Architect of the Chicago Plan Commission....
Date Created: n.d.,
Date Depicted: 1920
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| 2427 |
"Defying the Authorities," c.1920, Photographer: Unknown (produced for Woman's City Club of Chicago)(
Historical Source
) ...Photographer: Unknown (produced for Woman's City Club of Chicago)...
Date Created: c.1920,
Date Depicted: c.1920
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| 2428 |
"Boy's-Eye View of Lake Michigan," c.1920, Photographer: Unknown (produced for Woman's City Club of Chicago)(
Historical Source
) ...Photographer: Unknown (produced for Woman's City Club of Chicago)...
Date Created: c.1920,
Date Depicted: c.1920
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| 2429 |
River Traffic at Rush Street Swing Bridge, c.1900, Photographer: Mellen(
Historical Source
) ...The swing bridge at Rush Street was rebuilt after the 1871 Chicago Fire. At the turn of...
...century, the movable bridge still operated on a Chicago River busy with a wide range of shipping, as...
Date Created: c.1900,
Date Depicted: c.1900
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| 2430 |
Portrait of Charles H. Wacker, n.d., Creator: Unknown(
Historical Source
) ...Charles H. Wacker, Chairman of the Chicago Plan Commission from 1909 to 1926....
Date Created: n.d.,
Date Depicted: n.d.
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