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The Chicago democrats could deliver the votes in every other way. In 1932, Chicago as a city was about 100 years old since it was established by Jean Baptiste Du Sable, and had developed into a massive city with a huge population of 3.4 million in 1932.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. ... 1930 March 6: 50,000 gather for International Unemployment Day, ...
In the Vicinity of Maxwell and Halsted Streets, 1890–1930; History of Chicago from its founding to the World's Fair at PBS.org; The Northwest Chicago Historical Society's official website; Chicago History Archived January 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine and other overlooked elements at Forgotten Chicago
A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1933 to 1934. The fair, registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), celebrated the city's centennial.
Chicago Express, 1842–1843; Chicago Globe, 1887–1895; Chicago Herald, 1881–1918; Chicago Herald-American, 1939–1958 (became Chicago's American) Chicago Herald-Examiner, 1918–39 (became Herald-American) Chicago Journal, 1844–1929 (absorbed by Chicago Daily News) Chicago Mail, 1885–1894; Chicago Morning News, 1881 (became Chicago ...
The political environment in Chicago in the 1910s and 1920s let organized crime flourish to the point that many Chicago policemen earned more money from pay-offs than from the city. Before the 1930s, the Democratic Party in Chicago was divided along ethnic lines - the Irish, Polish, Italian, and other groups each controlled politics in their ...
Chicagoans are familiar with disappointment. “There’s always next year,” was the motto for generations of Cubs fans who waited 108 years between the team’s last two championships. Yet ...
Archibald Motley painting Blues (1929). The Chicago Black Renaissance (also known as the Black Chicago Renaissance) was a creative movement that blossomed out of the Chicago Black Belt on the city's South Side and spanned the 1930s and 1940s before a transformation in art and culture took place in the mid-1950s through the turn of the century.