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The Club DeLisa was owned by the four DeLisa brothers, Louis, John, Jimmy and Mike. It opened in 1934 following the repeal of prohibition. In 1941, the original building burned down but was soon replaced with the New Club DeLisa, which was a larger space. Nightly "revue-style entertainment" at the club was presented in a variety show format ...
Theresa McLaurin Needham (April 17, 1912 – October 16, 1992) was an American tavern owner who became known as "the Godmother of the Chicago blues". [1] She was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001. Born Theresa McLaurin in Meridian, Mississippi, she was raised Catholic, married Robert Needham and moved to Chicago in the ...
Chas A. Stevens was a Chicago department store. It started in 1886 as a catalog business and eventually grew to 29 locations in the Chicago metropolitan area. [1] In 1988 the chain filed for bankruptcy and liquidated. Its flagship State Street store was the hub of fashion during the 1940s, 50s and 60s in Chicago. It featured six floors of ...
The Caxton Club (1895) The Chicago Athletic Association (1890–2007), insolvent [137] The Chicago Club (1869) Chicago Yacht Club; The Cliff Dwellers Club (1907) [138] The Covenant Club; Columbia Yacht Club of Chicago; Lake Shore Athletic Club (1927–1977) The Metropolitan Club; The Mid America Club; The Quadrangle Club (1893) The Racquet Club ...
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The Regal Theater was a night club, theater, and music venue, popular among African Americans, located in the Bronzeville neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. [1] The theater was designed by Edward Eichenbaum, [2] and opened in February 1928. It closed in 1968 and was demolished in 1973.
0–9. 2nd National Hockey League All-Star Game; 1941 NFL Championship Game; 1942 NFL draft; 1943 Chicago mayoral election; 1943 NFL Championship Game; 1943 NFL draft
The Everleigh Club was a high-class brothel which operated in Chicago, Illinois, from February 1900 until October 1911. [1] It was owned and operated by Ada and Minna Everleigh . [ 1 ]