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Egyptians, Daniel Greene(
Authored Entry
) ...organization established on the South Side of Chicago in 1995, and the Arab American Business and...
...at the Islamic Cultural Center of Greater Chicago (ICC), founded in Northbrook in 1974. At the ICC,...
...the second Coptic church established in the Chicago area,built a home in Palatine during the mid-...
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Grocery Stores and Supermarkets, Paul Gilmore(
Authored Entry
) ...forced residents and small retailers out of the old market areas. Large wholesalers and commission...
...arrival to the food store industry, Jewel Tea Company (an old door-to-door sales company), became a...
...market leader in 1950s by remodeling the old Loblaw Groceterias chain and opening supermarkets in...
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Ice Hockey, Seth Brady(
Authored Entry
) ...with occasional competitions between neighboring towns. Youth hockey was at first played on outdoor...
...Ice Hockey and Polo Guide reported in 1898 that Chicago had a significant interest in hockey....
...The first clear institutional indication of Chicago's interest in ice hockey, however, came much...
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| 764 |
Czechs and Bohemians, Alicia Cozine(
Authored Entry
) ...had linked the city to the East Coast. In the following two decades the cost and duration of...
...Czech immigration to Chicago began in the 1850s, after the railroads...
...facilitated that leg of the journey as well. Chicago's Czech-born population reached its peak in the...
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| 765 |
Colombians, A. K. Sandoval-Strausz(
Authored Entry
) ...professional classes of the nation's Caribbean coast, many of whom emigrated in the 1950s during a...
...also provided aid to Colombian newcomers to Chicago. The Colombian consulate has also served as the...
...the homeland. Among the most enduring of many Chicago Colombian organizations is Colombianos Unidos...
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| 766 |
Turn-of-the-Century Industrialization and International Markets, Sarah S. Marcus(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...Jr. ) Co. ; Globalization (Digital Essay) Sarah S. Marcus The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society....
...The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights Reserved. Portions are...
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| 767 |
Cholera, Page 1, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...two sailors had recently died of cholera. The small town was up in arms because residents had gone...
...Hospitals ; Public Health Back | Page 1 | Page 2 | Forward The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society. The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights...
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| 768 |
Race Divisions on Public Beaches, Page 2, Gwen Hoerr Jordan(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...Chicagoans still dominated the use of Oak Street Beach, located north of the Loop. See also: Gold...
...Coast ; Leisure ; Near North Side Beach on the Near South Side of Chicago, late 1980s Photographer:...
...1980s, de facto segregation continued at many Chicago beaches. See also: Leisure ; Near South Side ;...
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Singaporeans, Tracy Steffes(
Authored Entry
) ...Restaurant caters many Singaporean events and serves as a gathering place for Chicago Singaporeans....
...Singaporeans have been coming to the Chicago area for work and school since the late 1960s....
...have settled permanently, the majority of Chicago's Singaporeans remain for short periods on visas...
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| 770 |
"The Whole World Is Watching", Sarah S. Marcus(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...Daley's Chicago ; Year Page: 1968 Sarah S. Marcus The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society....
...The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights Reserved. Portions are...
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| 771 |
Chinatown, Ying-cheng (Harry) Kiang(
Authored Entry
) ...i3494 Parade in Chinatown, 1928. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Chicago Historical Society. FIGURE 1...
...areas have mostly two-story structures, both old and new. High-rises include the Archer Court and...
...Fe Railroad parallels the South Branch of the Chicago River , which forms its northwest boundary....
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| 772 |
Colonial Trans-Atlantic Networks, Ann Durkin Keating and Sarah S. Marcus(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...an artifact of both trade and culture. See also: Chicago in the Middle Ground ; Fort Dearborn ; Fur...
...Year Page: 1812 Ann Durkin Keating and Sarah S. Marcus The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society. The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights...
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| 773 |
Street Naming, Michael Paul Wakeford(
Authored Entry
) ...than 170—bear the names of real-estate developers. English towns...
...Of the more than a thousand streets within Chicago's city limits today, the greatest number—more...
...and Chicago's former mayors and aldermen have provided the next most popular sources of names....
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| 774 |
Ferry Keepers, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...began in 1831, just after Chicago organized as a town. Bridges quickly replaced ferries across the...
...view of the Polk Street Bridge. See also: Bridges River Ferry Boat, 1922 Photographer: Chicago Daily...
...News Source: Chicago Historical Society (DN-0074514) Private ferry boats also operated on the...
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| 775 |
Street Railways, David M. Young(
Authored Entry
) ...Chicago Transit Authority to buy them. The last suburban streetcar ran on the West Town's system in...
...1948, and Chicago's last streetcar operated June 22, 1958, on the Clark-Wentworth line. The street...
...of the streetcar companies, was acquired by the new Chicago Transit Authority in 1947 for a bargain-...
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| 776 |
Illinois and Michigan Canal, John Lamb(
Authored Entry
) ...ended with World War II , efforts to reuse the old canal right-of-way for this purpose were later...
...and private speculators platted numerous towns in the 1830s and 1840s, including Lockport ,...
...Channahon, and LaSalle, as well as other towns that did not survive. Canal construction began in...
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| 777 |
Sleepy Hollow, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...barn became the village hall. By 1960 the town's population totaled 311. Within the next decade the...
...to 1,729 residents in 1970 and 3,553 by 2000. The town remained residential without business or...
...Deer Creek and Surrey Ridge subdivisions. The town has no fast-food restaurants, no downtown, and...
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| 778 |
Belizeans, Robert Morrissey(
Authored Entry
) ...arts—among the young Belizeans living in Chicago. The Belize Cultural Association has sponsored...
...numbers of Belizeans first migrated to Chicago during the 1940s and 1950s. Many were hired as...
...Great Migration ” of black southerners to Chicago which continued through the 1960s. Still others...
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| 779 |
Typhoid, Page 1, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...discussion on the connections between water and disease in Chicago. See Also: Water Supply ; Public...
...Health Back | Page 1 | Page 2 | Forward The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society. The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights...
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| 780 |
Corporate Headquarters and Industrial Relics, Sarah S. Marcus(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...the world's iron and steel supply. Sites like the old Joliet Works no longer embodied the region's...
...Preservation ; Iron and Steel ; Pullman Sarah S. Marcus The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society. The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights...
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