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Polio, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...See also: Water ; Epidemics Unofficial Rules for the Polio Epidemic, 1952 Creator: Chicago Tribune...
...Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-38030)...
...On September 13, 1952, the Chicago Tribune reported that more than seven hundred people had...
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Scots, June Skinner Sawyers(
Authored Entry
) ...members of the professional or merchant class. Chicago's Scots established their own organizations,...
...the Scottish American community. In 1846 Chicago Scots founded the Illinois Saint Andrew Society,...
...Scottish immigrants played major roles in Chicago's early development. John Kinzie was probably...
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Thais, Paul D. Numrich(
Authored Entry
) ...practices in nearby states, particularly Michigan, though they maintain ties to the Chicago region....
...Thai immigration to metropolitan Chicago has mirrored national immigration patterns for this...
...leaders founded the Thai Association of Greater Chicago in 1969, which incorporated as a nonprofit...
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Togolese, Charles Adams Cogan and Nourou Yakoubou and Ben Kokouvi Mensah(
Authored Entry
) ...the Togolese scholars visiting or teaching on Chicago's North Side were drawn there by the Africana...
...Togolese immigrants are among Chicago's most recent arrivals. From a...
...members in the 1970s, the Togolese community in Chicago grew rapidly in the 1980s, when closer ties...
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| 975 |
Turks, James S. Kessler(
Authored Entry
) ...weekend Turkish-language school. In addition, Chicago has also been the site of a Turkish consulate...
...Turks constitute a small proportion of Chicago's population, with an estimated total of 5,000...
...arrived in the United States in general and Chicago in particular prior to World War I is difficult....
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Ugandans, Tracy N. Poe(
Authored Entry
) ...Ugandan immigration to Chicago has taken place in four waves. The first,...
...who came to study at the University of Chicago , Loyola University , and the Illinois Institute of...
...cabinet member Luyimbazi Zake settle in the Chicago area during this period, establishing Chicago's...
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Bensenville, IL, Aaron Harwig(
Authored Entry
) ...airport suburb, reflecting the changes of the Chicago area. As in other DuPage communities, the...
...dairy products. A stage road connecting Chicago, Elgin, and Galena and a plankroad that paralleled...
...in the region. The opening of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad in 1849 to the south also...
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Beverly Shores, IN, Elizabeth A. Patterson(
Authored Entry
) ...interurban rail line initially known as the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend, which began to...
...provide through-service from South Bend to Chicago shortly after 1900....
...Chicago utilities magnate Samuel Insull reorganized the railroad as the Chicago, South Shore & South...
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Welsh, Anne Kelly Knowles(
Authored Entry
) ...The Welsh have left a light trace on Chicago. Although the city was once home to one of the largest...
...through cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago en route to agricultural areas or coal and...
...the Welsh did make their presence felt in Chicago—during the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893....
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Beninese, Tracy Steffes(
Authored Entry
) ...in size in the 1990s, Beninese began to move to Chicago and other major cities in search of economic...
...encouraging friends and family to follow. In Chicago, many Beninese women established African...
...educated migrants from Benin and Europe came to Chicago in the late 1990s for graduate education and...
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Clubs, Patriotic and Veterans', Barbara Truesdell(
Authored Entry
) ...to have substantial membership and influence in Chicago and around the country was the Grand Army of...
...Senate bid against Lyman Trumbull. The GAR in Chicago, as in the rest of the country, lobbied for...
...Day. They responded to disasters such as the Chicago Fire by organizing relief campaigns. Chicago-...
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Motoring, James Akerman(
Authored Entry
) ...transportation hub and merchandising center, Chicago played an important early role in the promotion...
...in 1893, and on Thanksgiving Day 1895, the Chicago Herald staged a well-publicized test race through...
...the city's streets. Six years later the first Chicago Automobile Show was held, yet only one out of...
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Paraguayans, Stephen R. Porter(
Authored Entry
) ...community of Paraguayans to settle in the Chicago area began migrating in the middle 1960s from the...
...portion of Caraguatay's residents had migrated to Chicago, and especially New York, by 1980....
...many had worked in agriculture, some came to Chicago skilled in carpentry and metallurgy. All came...
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Peruvians, José R. Deustua(
Authored Entry
) ...messengers during the Inca Empire), which contains information on the Peruvian community in Chicago....
...census and survey data, the Peruvian community in Chicago numbered approximately 10,000 to 20,000 in...
...Miami; and in the area around Los Angeles. In Chicago most Peruvians have located on the Northwest...
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Good Government Movements, Jon C. Teaford(
Authored Entry
) ...party organization consolidated its grip on Chicago and was only periodically bothered by good...
...mid-twentieth century when he observed, “Chicago ain't ready for reform yet. ” From the sidelines,...
...ruled. i3737 Municipal election campaign poster, 1894. Source: Chicago Historical Society. FIGURE 1...
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Liquor Distribution, Sudhir Venkatesh(
Authored Entry
) ...areas considered “dry. ” Photographer: Unknown. Source: University of Illinois at Chicago. FIGURE 1...
...Midwest, particularly in grain and hops, made Chicago a natural choice for liquor manufacturing and...
...industry formed in close conjunction with Chicago's social evolution as it responded both to demand...
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United Charities, Scott Lien(
Authored Entry
) ...the social service effort throughout metropolitan Chicago. UCC operates an array of social services,...
...United Charities of Chicago (UCC), one of the city's most visible...
...organizations, is a direct descendant of Chicago's first citywide charity association, the Chicago...
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Venezuelans, Robert Morrissey(
Authored Entry
) ...Although Chicago has never attracted many Venezuelan immigrants, a small but viable community has...
...in the city beginning in the 1950s. Chicago's earliest Venezuelans included Chico Carrasquel, White...
...city during the 1950s. Venezuelan migration to Chicago accelerated during the 1970s and 1980s. Many...
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Wrigley Field, Richard H. Brown(
Authored Entry
) ...i3324 Wrigley Field, 1950. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Chicago Historical Society. FIGURE 1...
...A mecca for baseball fans, a Chicago landmark, and the heart of “Wrigleyville,” fabled Wrigley...
...Field originated in 1914 as home of the Chicago Whales in the short-lived Federal League. When that...
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Bolivians, José R. Deustua(
Authored Entry
) ...produced a national jubilee, and Bolivians from Chicago, elsewhere in the United States, and back...
...including the national anthem. Bolivians in Chicago try to recreate their culture and traditions in...
...Among the smallest of Chicago's Latino ethnic groups, Bolivians are also less residentially...
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