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Grand Army of the Republic, David T. Thackery(
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) ...and G.A.R. meeting place, was a component of the Chicago Public Library building (1897) on Michigan...
...passing of Union veterans, but as late as 1914 Chicago had 23 posts with a combined roster of over...
...organization of Union Civil War veterans. Chicago G.A.R. posts behaved in many respects like other...
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Nursing and Nursing Education, Wendy Burgess(
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) ...century. Early schools of nursing were based in Chicago hospitals. Prominent among them were St....
...other schools, was established in 1891 by the Chicago African American community in order to provide...
...women who were excluded from other schools in Chicago and in the nation. A small but significant...
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Goose Island Residents and Residences, Page 1, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...By this point, evidence points to more familiar Chicago cottages and two-flats on Hickory, North...
...Housing, Self-Built ; Built Environment of Chicago ; Goose Island ; Housing Types Back | Page 1 |...
...Page 2 | Forward The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2005 Chicago Historical Society. The...
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English, June Skinner Sawyers(
Authored Entry
) ...especially to the region eventually known as the Old Northwest, which included what later became the...
...population by 1890. Trying to maintain a bit of the old country's traditions, members of Chicago's...
...descendants have been a significant presence in Chicago since the early nineteenth century. Great...
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Popular Diversions, (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...William Jennings Bryan delivered his "Cross of Gold" speech. Photographer: Unknown Source: Chicago...
...to feature "exotic" dancers from the Midway at Chicago's World's Fair), and penny arcades catered to...
...limited means. Photographer: Unknown Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-04793) Illustration...
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Underground Railroad, Glennette Tilley Turner(
Authored Entry
) ...terminus of most Underground Railroad routes originating in Illinois towns bordering the Mississippi...
...and Ohio Rivers, Chicago was a hub of antislavery activity. Workers provided lodging or...
...in Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee found Chicago to be a relatively safe destination. Although the...
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Fuller Park, Clinton E. Stockwell(
Authored Entry
) ...houses at 5029–5045 S. Princeton. In 1889, the Town of Lake was annexed to the city of Chicago....
...due south of Comiskey Park , the home of the American League Chicago White Sox baseball team....
...One of Chicago's smallest community areas, this narrow two-mile strip lies between the Dan Ryan...
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City Homes Association, Wendy Plotkin(
Authored Entry
) ...Side (near Division and Ashland Streets in West Town ), and the Bohemian district southwest of Blue...
...in New York, the study deplored conditions in Chicago's dense and dilapidated one- to four-story...
...populations. The findings led to the enactment of Chicago's 1902 Tenement House Ordinance, covering...
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West Pullman, Janice L. Reiff(
Authored Entry
) ...homes that were already a quarter of a century old and boasted no modern conveniences. And there...
...existing communities. The first was Kensington , a town established at the junction of the Illinois...
...grew rapidly in the 1880s along with the new town of Pullman that adjoined it. The second was the...
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Bartlett, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...Kane Counties, 30 miles W of the Loop. The town of Bartlett began in a woodland and still retains...
...switching yard. Because of his donations the town was named for him. The Bartlett station attracted...
...property, he donated half of the land to the Chicago & Pacific Railroad (which was succeeded in 1880...
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Glen Ellyn, IL, Jane S. Teague(
Authored Entry
) ...three years, the new postmaster named the town Danby after his birthplace in Vermont. Religious...
...and Philo Stacy arranged to dam the stream near town to form Lake Glen Ellyn, named for the glen in...
...newest suburb and health resort, became the town's official name. The large Lake Glen Ellyn Hotel...
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World War II, Perry R. Duis(
Authored Entry
) ...out 20,000 carrier pilots, who trained on two old lake ships that had been converted into aircraft...
...Between September 1939 and December 7, 1941, Chicago was the scene of a vigorous debate over whether...
...should become involved in the European War. Chicago Tribune publisher R. R. McCormick led the...
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Service Employees International Union (SEIU), D. Bradford Hunt(
Authored Entry
) ...invested the union's large pension fund in major Chicago real-estate developments, including Marina...
...sector workers, reaching 80,000 members in the Chicago area in 2000, roughly half of whom were women...
...washers in apartment buildings organized the Chicago Flat Janitor's Union, the nation's first union...
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Communist Party, Randi Storch(
Authored Entry
) ...off and formed the Committees of Correspondence, which had its founding meeting in 1994 in Chicago....
...A small Chicago Communist Party remained at the close of the twentieth century....
...The American Communist Party was born in Chicago in 1919 and headquartered there until 1927, when...
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Gas Stations, Tracy Steffes(
Authored Entry
) ...last states to authorize self-service, and a Chicago city ordinance required stations to offer some...
...self-service stations have taken over in Chicago and the suburbs. i3586 Standard Oil gas station,...
...Gas stations have developed in Chicago and around the nation in response to the twentieth-century...
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Haitians, William Leslie Balan-Gaubert(
Authored Entry
) ...strong national loyalties among Haitians in Chicago, most of whom maintain strong ties to their...
...approximately 10,000–22,000 Haitians in the Chicago metropolitan area. Community leaders estimated...
...is also reported that some Haitians lived in Chicago around 1917 during the American occupation of...
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Playwriting, Andrea Telli and Richard Pettengill(
Authored Entry
) ...like Victory Gardens Theater, the Goodman, Steppenwolf , and Chicago Dramatists Workshop have...
...all nurtured and developed Chicago writers, in some cases toward New York productions and national...
...the Goodman previously, furthering the nation's awareness of Chicago's role in new play development....
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Press: Suburban Press, Richard Junger(
Authored Entry
) ...to hometown chroniclers to rivals once again, Chicago's suburban newspapers have persevered and...
...with the large downtown dailies. The Chicago area's oldest and the sixth-oldest newspaper in...
...1839, eight years before the founding of the Chicago Tribune. Early settlements along the Illinois...
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Accounting, Paul J. Miranti, Jr.(
Authored Entry
) ...global economy through the competencies of Chicago's accounting and educational organizations. In...
...professional accounting has been deeply intertwined with the developments that have shaped Chicago....
...Chicago's emergence as a major center of professional accountancy began during the 1890s. Initially,...
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Barrington, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
Authored Entry
) ...on the fear that, as happened with the towns along the Northwest Tollway, such a transportation...
...the oak grove and prairie land that lay between Chicago and the Fox River in the 1830s were both...
...in connecting the developing northwest to Chicago's growing port facilities. He gained control of...
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