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Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty ImagesDuring Prohibition, enforcing the nation’s liquor ban was a game of cat and mouse. Smugglers, speakeasies, and ...
In July 1940, the company opened up a store at 200 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. [21] It was the first retail establishment in the Midwest to be entirely equipped with fluorescent lighting, and was noted for being entirely air conditioned. [21]
The origins of the business lie with Mortimer Birdsul Mills, who was born in 1845 in Canada West (today's Ontario, Canada) [3] but who later became a citizen of the United States, resident in Chicago, Illinois. Mortimer Mills would have 13 children. [4] One son, Herbert Stephen Mills, was born in 1872 when his father was about 27. [3]
Pages in category "1940s in Chicago" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Located in and beneath the south end of the museum's Central Pavilion, The Coal Mine re-creates a working deep-shaft bituminous coal mine, using original equipment from Old Ben #17, a mine in Johnston City, Illinois which closed in 1923. It is the museum's oldest exhibit, opening with MSI in 1933.
Yorktown Mall, Lombard, Illinois; 4 stores remained open longer: 1 N. State Street at Madison Street in Downtown Chicago's Loop - former Mandel Brothers store. 9 stories, reduced to 5 floors in 1985. Closed July 18, 1987. [3] Ford City Mall, West Lawn, Chicago - closed before or by Nov. 1987 - became Carson Pirie Scott
Spalding has sold sports equipment from late 1876 to present. [1] "Spalding Athletic Library" sold sports and exercise books through the American Sports Publishing Company from 1892 to 1941. Both companies were owned and founded by Spalding. Spalding created the Spalding Athletic Library in 1892.
United States historic place Loop Retail Historic District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district State Street in 1907 Show map of Chicago metropolitan area Show map of Illinois Show map of the United States Location Chicago, Illinois Coordinates 41°53′N 87°38′W / 41.883°N 87.633°W / 41.883; -87.633 Area 26 acres (11 ha) Built 1871 Architect ...