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261 Institute of Design, Stephen Daiter( Authored Entry )
...sponsorship of the Association of Arts and Industries with László Moholy-Nagy as its first director....
262 International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts, Laurie Pintar( Authored Entry )
...during the late 1890s. As the motion picture industry developed over the next several decades, IA...
263 Jackson Park, David M. Solzman( Authored Entry )
...and home to the famed Museum of Science and Industry . Jackson Park was originally designed in the...
264 American Steel Foundries, ( Business Dictionary )
...of steel castings in the United States. Amsted Industries continued to grow into the 1970s, when it...
...States. In 1962, when its name became Amsted Industries, the privately held company bested $100...
265 National Malleable and Steel Castings Co., ( Business Dictionary )
...railroad, farm wagon, and horse-drawn carriage industries. In 1891, Chicago Malleable became part of...
...1923, when it had begun to supply the automobile industry, the company changed its name to National...
266 Railroad Strike of 1877, Karen Sawislak( Authored Entry )
...in the railroad, meatpacking , and lumber industries. Thanks to a mass mobilization of “special”...
267 South Loop, Dennis McClendon( Authored Entry )
...rail yards vacant, while changes in the printing industry had emptied out Printers' Row . The 1973...
268 Batavia, IL, Marilyn Robinson( Authored Entry )
...railroads served Batavia's citizens and industries. In the last quarter of the nineteenth century,...
269 Spaniards, Robert Morrissey( Authored Entry )
...to the area by jobs in steel mills and other industries. However, with the national quota system...
270 Willowbrook, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry( Authored Entry )
...Suburban growth came in the 1970s, drawing industry and retail. Industrial parks include Willowbrook...
271 Winthrop Harbor, IL, Wallace Best( Authored Entry )
...majority being single-family, detached homes. Industry is located outside Winthrop Harbor in Zion,...
272 DePaul University, Sarah Fenton( Authored Entry )
...free instruction to men and women seeking war industry jobs, as well as V-1 training for young men...
273 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Eric R. Smith( Authored Entry )
...the AFL. In 1978, the decline of the railroad industry led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters...
274 American West Indian Association, Robert Morrissey and Frances Matlock( Authored Entry )
...Indians were recruited to work in American wartime industry and agriculture under the War Manpower...
275 Nursery Schools, David Blanke( Authored Entry )
...absenteeism by parents in war-related industries. The withdrawal of federal financial support after...
276 Coal City, IL, Brandon Johnson( Authored Entry )
...began to complement the village's mining industry. On February 16, 1883, one of Illinois' worst mine...
277 Communist Party, Randi Storch( Authored Entry )
...trades ; printing ; railroads ; and food industries. Through party-organized workers' schools,...
278 Eight-Hour Movement, John B. Jentz( Authored Entry )
...newly stable labor institutions, different industries gradually decreased hours, giving workers more...
279 Housing, Mail-Order, Mark S. Harmon( Authored Entry )
...prefabricated houses. Aladdin quickly became the industry leader with its large variety of catalog...
280 Argonne National Laboratory, Jack M. Holl( Authored Entry )
...among government, universities, and private industry. After the collapse of the nuclear reactor...

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