| 1931 |
Wolff (L.) Manufacturing Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...he was 18 years old. The following year, he started a small plumbing business with Torrence McGuire...
...the company had about 3,500 workers at two Chicago-area plants and sales and service operations in...
...Ludwig Wolff emigrated with his family from Germany to Chicago in 1854, when...
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| 1932 |
Farwell (John V.) & Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...the United States. In 1838, when he was 13 years old, John V. Farwell moved with his family from New...
...sales and employed over 1,000 people at its Chicago headquarters, but it was no longer growing and...
...to Illinois. In 1845, the young Farwell headed to Chicago, where he worked as a clerk for several...
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| 1933 |
Batavia, IL, Marilyn Robinson(
Authored Entry
) ...The Windmill City. ” Following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 , quarries in Batavia shipped Niagara...
...produced most of the newsprint used by the Chicago Tribune, and the Western Paper Bag Company made...
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| 1934 |
Tax Strikes, David T. Beito(
Authored Entry
) ...Between 1931 and 1933, Chicago and Cook County experienced one of the largest tax strikes in...
...budget of over $600,000 and a radio show in Chicago. But it suffered a demoralizing blow in October...
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| 1935 |
Torrens Title, John T. Durkin(
Authored Entry
) ...a substantial improvement over past systems. The Chicago fire of 1871 destroyed Cook County real-...
...estate records. As Chicago and Cook County were expanding rapidly, providing an adequate...
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| 1936 |
Traction Ordinances, Harold L. Platt(
Authored Entry
) ...Passed in February 1907 by the Chicago City Council, the traction ordinances represented the...
...The roots of the controversy lay in Chicago's tremendous growth in size and population following the...
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| 1937 |
DePaul University, Sarah Fenton(
Authored Entry
) ...institution with campuses in the heart of Chicago and its outlying suburbs, DePaul is also (since...
...its founding Vincentian fathers traveled to Chicago from LaSalle, Illinois, and established a church...
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| 1938 |
Capital Punishment, Jess Maghan(
Authored Entry
) ...murder, arson, horse stealing, and rape. In Chicago, a bitter legacy of justice is found in the 171...
...penalty remained a controversial issue in Chicago's legal and civic community. Execution by lethal...
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| 1939 |
Coal City, IL, Brandon Johnson(
Authored Entry
) ...the vast coal reserves that lie just south of Chicago. Peter Lansett, a Canadian , has been credited...
...made Coal City a major contributor of coal to Chicago. By the twentieth century, the manufacturing...
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| 1940 |
Fermilab, Adrienne W. Kolb(
Authored Entry
) ...Accelerator Laboratory (NAL). Continuing Chicago's tradition of scientific discovery that began with...
...nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago in 1942, NAL became an international center for...
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| 1941 |
Fort Sheridan, Eleanor Hannah(
Authored Entry
) ...Designed by the Chicago architecture firm of Holabird & Roche, Fort Sheridan occupied over 600 acres...
...purchased in 1887 by the Commercial Club of Chicago and donated to the federal government with the...
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| 1942 |
Gautreaux Assisted Housing Program, Paul Fischer(
Authored Entry
) ...of class-action law suits filed against the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) and the U.S. Department...
...throughout the country as well as within the Chicago area. What began as a controversial experiment...
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| 1943 |
Jungle, The, James Diedrick(
Authored Entry
) ...emerged from a seven-week investigation of Chicago's slaughterhouses. Researching the book in 1904,...
...to a nightmare on the “killing floors” of the Chicago packinghouses. Jurgis Rudkus and his bride Ona...
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| 1944 |
Kitchenettes, Wendy Plotkin(
Authored Entry
) ...described a newly constructed small apartment in Chicago, first appearing around 1916 in Uptown , at...
...80,000 conversions of this type had occurred in Chicago, leading to a 52 percent increase in units...
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| 1945 |
Merriam Center, Howard Rosen(
Authored Entry
) ...located on the campus of the University of Chicago in Hyde park , was home to the International City...
...belonged to Louis H. Brownlow and University of Chicago political scientist Charles E. Merriam....
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| 1946 |
Museum of Contemporary Art, Judith Russi Kirshner(
Authored Entry
) ...organization supported by a dedicated group of Chicago collectors and patrons to a national...
...of Mies van der Rohe as well as the tradition of Chicago architecture , the $46 million structure is...
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| 1947 |
Nightclubs, Richard A. Wang(
Authored Entry
) ...Chicago nightlife grew rapidly in the wake of the 1871 fire and then again in conjunction with the...
...longest continuously operating nightclub in Chicago. Performers such as singer/comedian Joe E. Lewis...
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| 1948 |
Playground Movement, Julia Sniderman Bachrach(
Authored Entry
) ...were opened in nine major cities including Chicago. Settlement houses or civic groups opened early...
...the Municipal Science Club began studying Chicago's need for additional “breathing spaces,” and in...
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| 1949 |
Hoffman Estates, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...Schaumburg Township remained without incorporated towns or villages. Schaumburg Centre at Roselle...
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| 1950 |
Bowman Dairy Co., (
Business Dictionary
) ...of the 1930s, Bowman employed over 3,000 Chicago-area residents. The company continued to carry on a...
...J. R. Bowman & Co. In 1885, Bowman entered the Chicago market by purchasing the milk business of M....
...to sell their St. Louis operation and move to Chicago, where they formed the Bowman Dairy Co. This...
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