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2411 Intergovernmental Relations, ( Historical Source )
...Government Editor: Leverett S. Lyon Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-37954) In 1955 State...
...Representative Paul J. Randolph, a Republican from Chicago, served as chair of a commission to study...
...<emph>Governmental Problems in the Chicago Metropolitan Area: A Report of the Northeastern Illinois...
2412 Northwest from Ninth Street and Inner Lake Shore Drive, 1926, Photographer: Chicago Aerial Survey Co.( Historical Source )
...Photographer: Chicago Aerial Survey Co....
Date Created: 1926, Date Depicted: 1926
2413 Halsted Street Vertical Lift Bridge, 1894-1932, Photographer: Chicago Department of Public Works( Historical Source )
...Photographer: Chicago Department of Public Works...
...constructed in 1894 over the South Branch of the Chicago River at Halsted Street (view is looking...
Date Created: n.d., Date Depicted: n.d.
2414 The Great Lakes, ( Map )
...resource region of major significance for Chicago's strategic position and historic growth. Rich...
...to rivers of the great Mississippi River basin, Chicago is the world's largest metropolis to sit...
2415 Incorporation Act of Little Fort, 1837, Creator: State of Illinois (Printed by Chicago Democrat)( Historical Source )
...Creator: State of Illinois (Printed by Chicago Democrat)...
...granted a charter for Little Fort to become a town in 1849. The charter included a provision that...
Date Created: 1849, Date Depicted: 1849
2416 Year Page: 1894, James Gilbert( Year Page )
...lowered wages while keeping rents high in the model town adjacent to the works where employees were...
...let loose destructive forces that shattered Chicago’s grandiose expectations of an unlimited future....
...in his inflammatory book, If Christ Came to Chicago. Based on an 1893 conference that established...
2417 Publication Committee Minutes, 1909, Creator: Publication Committee, Commercial Club of Chicago( Historical Source )
...Creator: Publication Committee, Commercial Club of Chicago...
...to Charles Wacker fifteen days after the Plan of Chicago's formal release, shows how thorough the...
Date Created: 1909, Date Depicted: 1909
2418 "A Call for Better Transportation," c.1920, Photographer: Unknown (produced for Woman's City Club of Chicago)( Historical Source )
...Photographer: Unknown (produced for Woman's City Club of Chicago)...
...congestion continued to be a problem for commuters in downtown Chicago. During the early twentieth...
...organization, like the Woman's City Club of Chicago, called for tighter regulations and improved...
Date Created: c.1920, Date Depicted: c.1920
2419 Portrait of William B. Ogden, Creator: G. P. A. Healy( Historical Source )
...William B. Ogden arrived in Chicago in 1835 and for decades provided a crucial link with New York...
...which he was a part: the Illinois and Michigan Canal; Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (the city's...
...first); the City of Chicago (first mayor); Board of Sewerage; and the Union Pacific Railroad...
Date Created: 1855, Date Depicted: 1855
2420 Arrival of Steamboat with Cholera, 1834, Author: Edmund Stoughton Kimberly( Historical Source )
...of cholera. The small town was up in arms because residents had gone fourteen days without a...
...The steamboat Chicago arrived in its namesake city in...
...August, 1834. Chicago's captain reported that two sailors had recently died...
Date Created: 1834, Date Depicted: 1834
2421 "Tavern Owner Slain in Beer Syndicate War," 1932, Creator: Chicago Tribune( Historical Source )
...Creator: Chicago Tribune...
Date Created: 1932, Date Depicted: 1932
2422 "Wrigley Airs Goose Island Plan," 2002, Author: Thomas A. Corfman, Chicago Tribune( Historical Source )
...Author: Thomas A. Corfman, Chicago Tribune...
...on redevelopment on the island after Divine Inc. , a Chicago high-tech enterprise that did not meet...
Date Created: 2002, Date Depicted: 2002
2423 Mouth of the Calumet River, 1973, Photographer: Chicago Department of Public Works( Historical Source )
...Photographer: Chicago Department of Public Works...
...and 95th Streets were built by the City of Chicago in the 1950s. Both are bascule bridges which are...
Date Created: 1973, Date Depicted: 1973
2424 Board of Public Works Notice, 1873, Creator: Chicago Board of Public Works( Historical Source )
...Creator: Chicago Board of Public Works...
...street improvements and sidewalks. In 1873 the Chicago Board of Public Works issued a routine notice...
Date Created: 1873, Date Depicted: 1873
2425 The Public Faces of Religion, Douglas Knox( Historical Source )
...Society Public Gatherings Church and State   Douglas Knox The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society....
...The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights Reserved. Portions are...
2426 The Grid, Lesley Martin( Historical Source )
...the Grid Transportation and the Grid     Lesley Martin The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society....
...The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights Reserved. Portions are...
2427 Armour Elevator B, 1918, Creator: Chicago River Improvement Association( Historical Source )
...Creator: Chicago River Improvement Association...
Date Created: 1918, Date Depicted: 1918
2428 Construction of Wacker Drive, 1925, Photographer: Chicago Architectural Photographic Co.( Historical Source )
...Photographer: Chicago Architectural Photographic Co....
Date Created: 1925, Date Depicted: 1925
2429 Union Station, 1925, Photographer: Chicago Architectural Photographing Co.( Historical Source )
...Photographer: Chicago Architectural Photographing Co....
Date Created: 1925, Date Depicted: 1925
2430 Municipal Airport, 1929, Photographer: Chicago Aerial Survey Co.( Historical Source )
...Photographer: Chicago Aerial Survey Co....
Date Created: 1929, Date Depicted: 1929

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