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Chicago Portrait CompanyChicago Portrait Company was founded in 1893 and located 509 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.Info...
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Rainbo Gardens and Kinetic Playground Here are a few remembrances and notes: In early 1968 I lived in the neighborhood now known...
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Check out the Cook County, Illinois GenWeb site. Lots of great ideas for sources of information there. The Newberry...
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The City of Chicago's NameMost people believe that the name Chicago came from Indian tribes meaning 'skunk' or 'wild onion' but...
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The Latin Kings have a huge effect on the Humbolt Park area. Even bigger than most people would like to believe. The fact that...
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AnswerHistory of Chicago Housing Authority AnswerThe history of (CHA)is poverty. It was a terrible idea to put all of...
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I recently heard about a book: It is called Wicker Park from 1673 thru 1929 and Walking Tour Guide by Elaine A. Coorens. ...
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On a map of the Chicago World's Fair, 1933/1934 Century of Progress, the following Illinois Central Stations are shown: 18th...
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According to Irv Kupcinet, in his book, Kup's Chicago, (publish date 1962 [out of print]), Louella Parsons wrote scenarios for...
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Timewarp, If your token was made before 1909, when the new Chicago street address system was adopted, the 172-176 N. Clark...
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This is a question about a now defunct cruise line. You can find out about its history at...
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AnswerI believe th Chicago Park Police was absorbed into the CDP in 1957.My father was a Park Policeman from 1931. He retired...
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I believe this [Cafe Idrott, not Cafe Edrit] is the correct spelling; I have an old ad book from a Swedish fraternal society at...
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Several years ago Gay Chicago Magazine (Aug 10 1995) did an article on Boystown history. I saved this article and will share a...
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One of Chicago�s famous buildings is the Auditorium Building. � Designed by the famous architects/engineer: Dankmar Adler...
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Chez Paree My grandmother danced there in the mid-40's, with Tony Martin, the singer. I can't find any detailed info as of yet....
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Many. Back at the turn of the century many Europeans immigrated to Chicago. Mostly Italians and Irish at the time. But not to...
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The Morrison Hotel, the "Hotel of Perfect Service," was a premier Chicago hotel by the 1920s. Located in the center of the city...
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Historically, due to the lack of jobs in Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries, Latinos have migrated to the US in...
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The Ravenswood Lakeview Historical Society is part of the Sulzer Regional Library of the Chicago Public Library System. Check out...
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Riverview roller rink My friends and I skated there every Friday night, then went straight into the "Park" and went on rides...
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I am not a real OLD TIMER but I did live in a three flat on Lincoln Highway in Chicago Heights about 1954 to 1956 when I was just...
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AnswerI don't know about the "old" Kenwood, but Kenwood Academy High School, a Chicago Public School, is located at 5015 S....
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AnswerWilliam Skakel rented the entire building at 122, 124 South Clark Street for $708.33 and 1/3 per month from the Lansing,...
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The intersection of Carroll and Des Plaines Streets, where Northwestern House was located, no longer exists on my 2001 map. The...
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Have you contacted the Newberry Library in Chicago? http://www.newberry.org/nl/newberryhome.html The reference librarian's...
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Yes littlefield ranch is in business and has had a peak year. www.littlefieldranch.com. From the website, it states: =...
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Somewhere in Chicago, it seems. Check this link for info on Ms Hamilton....
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Rowe Brothers were J. Leslie Rowe and Arthur or Alfred Rowe. J. Leslie owned Blake and Ham Jewelry Store in Frankfort, Indiana. ...
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AnswerChicago was nicknamed the Windy City not for the wind but for the politicians and city boosters who were full of "hot...
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AnswerThat of course was the slang term used by many to describe the area and I am sure it was not an official designation.The...
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In the book "Chicago and Cook County Sources: A Genealogical and Historical Guide" by Loretto Dennis Szucs (publish date 1986),...
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AnswerFrances,I don't know if there is a connection with Margaret Dyer and a Charles Volney Dyer but this may perhaps be of some...
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The Chicago Tribune Tower was built in the 1920s. The old Tribune Building was located on the southeast corner of Dearborn and...
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I don't know much about the history, but I can tell you that it's a single word: Budlong On the northwest side of...
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I do believe this company still exists in the Chicago suburbs. The Chicago Plant on Cicero near Division moved sometime in the...
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The Chicago Guernsey Farm was located on Garfield Road in Hinsdale, IL. My father worked there as a dairy man in the mid-twenties...
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About 45 minutes.
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The Deering Works was the Deering Reaper Works. It manufactured farm-harvesting machinery and was founded by William Dearing in...
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You can search on the address at http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/search/search.asp. Click on the camera icon for a...
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Most likely would have used Calvery, Evanston, Illinois, or Mt. Olivet, Worth, Illinois. I would try Mt. Olivet on 111th...
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According to H. Mayer & R. Wade, in their book -- Chicago, Growth of a Metropolis, page 177 -- the City of Lake View's annexation...
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My grandfather's name was Peisach Brichke. My grandmother was Ida Brichke. As far as my 80 year old father knows, they always...
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Try going to the Illinois Regional Archives Depository site: Archives enter in your surname, and send away for old documents,...
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Gary, The following was taken from the book Chicago: Pictorial and Biographical, Volume II, published in 1912: Perkins...
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Yes. But probably not with intentions of hurting your grandmother unless they were probably worried of getting caught in some...
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AL CAPONE. Gangster who was involved in prohibition.
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The site of the old Kenwood School for Girls is now occupied by the campus of the Kenwood Academy and the Canter Middle School,...
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Go to www.chicagolandbeerhistory.com for more info. George Joseph Cooke was my grandfather, but I know little about the...
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This was a small dairy on the northwest side of Chicago. The deliveries were made by horse & buggy. My mother remembers them...
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The Chicago Riot of 1886 is also known as the "Haymarket affair" occurred on May 4, 1886 in Chicago. It began as a rally in...
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Lakeside was a Montgomery Ward & Co. brand name applied to a number of different products over the years, including stoves,...
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It would be about :1 hour, 53 minutes:If you were to go at 500mph.
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Well, in most returaunts somewhere between 9 and midnight. For bars, whenever they close.
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The Glorious Windsor stove was manufactured by Lakeside Foundry of Chicago, a company owned and operated by Montgomery Ward...
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ramsey Lewis Dave brubeck Stan kenton theolonius monk Answer You would be hard pressed to find anyone who did not play...
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120 miles taking this route: Take I-70 EAST to I-57 NORTH towards CHICAGO. Take I-57 NORTH to Mattoon.
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You can search on the address at http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/search/search.asp. Click on the camera icon for a...
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From an article about Mayor Harold Washington, at Black Chicago Ralph Metcalf, he was one of the Silent Six, and had been...
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I do not know if this would be helpful to you, but a Frederick Boldenweck is mentioned in '*Who's Who in Chicago' 1931;...
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AnswerA Google search with the words, "Garden City Brewery Chicago", gave the following: The brewery existed from 1901 to 1950...
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See the link to the right for an article talking about someone who performed there regularly: VJMUK
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I remember this hotel very well. It was red and black with stairs leading below ground level. I attended a grammar school in...
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Residents of Chicago are referred to as "Chicagoans".
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Check Bill Roemer's book "The Enforcer", biography of Tony Spilotro by a former FBI agent in Chicago. Mentions the hotel many...
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Here are some bits of information that you may find helpful:According to the book �Chicago Sun Times: Metro Chicago Almanac�,...
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AnswerThe original general partners of Meyer C. Weiner and Martin H. Braun signed a contract with Inland Construction to be their...
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I obtained a wooden wagon wheel with an iron rim and it was stamped "St. John & Co. Chicago" If anyone would like a digital...
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It depends on the country where you have that surgery done. Never less than $ 2.000 USD and usually about $3.500 up to $7.500 in...
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A young artist named Griesel, with the following biography, "Grisel was born and raised in the Logan Square neighborhood of...
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I'm not sure if this is a trick question. The action is set in Chicago, and, according to multiple (Internet) sources, the movie...
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For some reason, I thought the family came from the Oak Park-River Forest area, and in googling, I found the following in the...
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AnswerMy family moved to Portage Park in 1949. I was told that the park got its name because the Indians "portaged" their canoes...
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Here is what FAQ Farmers have had to say: The 1968 riot had nothing to do with the killing of Doctor Martin Luther King. That...
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CHI PUB LIB Try this website, at the Chicago Public Libraries....in their special collections Chicago Public Library Special...
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Because the tall skyscrapers form a wind tunnel.
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I don't have too much information. However, the company was last at 7220 W. Wilson in Harwood Heights, Illinois. They were bought...
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Brief History of Olson Rug Co. Olsonrug.com Olson Rug Co. was established in 1874. The manufacturing mill was located in Chicago...
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A Feminist Newspaper called "The Revolution" written shortly after the Chicago Fire of 1871, read as follows: "Mrs. Leary denies...
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According to one historian; in the early days of Chicago, a point of land jutted out into the river at the junction of the North...
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AnswerSo do I. It was my grandparents'. I think they bought it in upper Michigan. I drove by the address on the table a few years...
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It is my understanding that the Lake View community is bounded by Fullerton Avenue on the South, to Devon Avenue on the North,...
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AnswerThe McCormick Reaper factory began the manufacture of farm harvest reapers in 1848 and was located between north Water...
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Storybook Park and Adventureland were in Addison, IL. There is also a Storybook Gardens in the Wisconsin Dells, in case you...
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Richard J. Daley served the following: Terms of Office 1st term: 1955-1959 2nd term: 1959-1963 3rd term: 1963-1967 4th...
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My family moved to Brighton Park in the early 1900's. They were Irish Catholic (attended St. Agnes Church), and were railroad...
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located on Broadway, it consisted of restaurant, night club featuring entertainment(George Gobel, George Brunis dixieland group...
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N O ! , Chicago is located on the shores of Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes. No, but we've got one heck of a...
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you would enter the area off of diversey and walk down past umbrella tables with chairs. there was a mobile unit next to the...
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My grandfather Hugh Livingston Cole was part owner of the Cole Hot Blast Mfg Co. with his brothers. The factory went out of...
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Named after William Harrison, the 9th president of the U.S. In regards to the follow-up question: "Is there a definitive...
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AnswerL. Frank Baum wrote "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" while living in Chicago at 1667 N. Humboldt Boulevard near Humboldt...
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