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481 U.S. Steel Corp., ( Business Dictionary )
...company. The sudden decline of the American steel industry in the late 1970s adversely affected U.S....
482 Victor Adding Machine Co., ( Business Dictionary )
...pioneering adding machine maker had been an industry leader in the 1930s, when it employed about 200...
483 Women's Garment Factories in Chicago in 1925, ( Map )
...had a thriving women's garment manufacturing industry. In 1925, during its heyday, it was located...
...between Chicago and North Avenues. The industry declined with foreign competition and outsourcing of...
484 Hart, Schaffner & Marx, ( Business Dictionary )
...most comprehensive ever to occur in the clothing industry; by 1915, the majority of the company's...
485 Western Electric Co., ( Business Dictionary )
...Gray & Barton, a telegraph industry supply company founded in 1869 by Elisha Gray and Enos Barton,...
486 Field (Marshall) & Co., ( Business Dictionary )
...Place. In 1982, when it was purchased by BAT Industries of London, Field ceased to be an independent...
487 Sears, Roebuck & Co., ( Business Dictionary )
...by 1920, the tremendous growth of the mail-order industry was slowing. In 1924, the company made a...
488 Reading the Plan, Carl Smith( Interpretive Digital Essay (Essay) )
...Street but also for sanitary reform of industry and housing situated near Halsted's intersection...
489 Creating the Plan, Carl Smith( Interpretive Digital Essay (Essay) )
...to provide access from there for heavy industry, which was increasingly located on the city's far...
490 Antecedents and Inspirations, Carl Smith( Interpretive Digital Essay (Essay) )
...as the home of the Museum of Science and Industry (1933). The new Field Museum opened in 1921 at its...
491 Chicago's Prairie Avenue Elite in 1886, ( Map )
...cities. As the twentieth century dawned, and industry crept closer to the district, Prairie Avenue's...
492 Chicago's Evolving Economic Geography, ( Map )
...a manufacturing city of staggering proportions, and industry of all types spread across the urban...
...a disproportionate amount of heavy industry. For all its diversity, Chicago's manufacturing pattern...
493 Homes on Goose Island, 1909, Photographer: Chicago Daily News( Historical Source )
...Despite the fact that many industries were noxious (and sometimes toxic) neighbors, a small...
...the closing decades of the century by Polish workers drawn to the many new industries on the island....
Date Created: 1909, Date Depicted: 1909
494 Joliet Iron Works Historic Site, 2005, Photographer: Douglas Knox( Historical Source )
...There are no museums devoted to the history of industry and labor in the Chicago...
...region, but landscapes of defunct industries still exist, and in some cases have been preserved and...
Date Created: 2005, Date Depicted: 2005
495 Chicago Miniature Opera Theater, Rigoletto, Photographer: Unknown( Historical Source )
...and his puppets were recruited by the Gas Industries of America to perform at the 1939 New York...
...of the theater's puppets and sets are on permanent exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry....
Date Created: 1939, Date Depicted: 1939
496 The Historic Illinois & Michigan Canal Corridor in 1851, ( Map )
...paper towns." Water power and minerals added industry to the commercial base of many of the canal...
497 Lakefront at 59th Street, 1920-1929, Photographer: Unknown( Historical Source )
...what would soon be the Museum of Science and Industry is still under construction. Outer Lake Shore...
Date Created: c.1920, Date Depicted: c.1920
498 Calumet River and Harbor, 1920s, Photographer: Unknown( Historical Source )
...By the 1920s, the Calumet Harbor was built up with industry and commercial venues. Seen here is the...
Date Created: 1920s, Date Depicted: 1920s
499 Cracker Jack Co. Plant, 1958, Photographer: William S. Engdahl, Hedrich-Blessing( Historical Source )
...produced by E. J. Brach, Tootsie Roll Industries, Wrigley Co. , Curtiss Candy Co. , Blommer...
Date Created: 1958, Date Depicted: 1958
500 O'Leary's on South Halsted Street, 1906, Photographer: Chicago Daily News( Historical Source )
...of the Union Stock Yard, many of the area's customers were affiliated with the meatpacking industry....
Date Created: 1906, Date Depicted: 1906

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