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A Jubilee Clip is a genericised brand name for a worm drive hose clamp, a type of band clamp, consisting of a circular metal band or strip combined with a worm gear fixed to one end. It is designed to hold a soft, pliable hose onto a rigid circular pipe, or sometimes a solid spigot, of smaller diameter.
Ana Cumpănaș or Anna Sage, nicknamed Woman in Red (1889 – April 25, 1947), was a Romanian prostitute and brothel owner in the American cities of Chicago and Gary, Indiana. She is best known for having assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation in tracking down gangster John Dillinger.
Jubilee is a 1978 British drama film directed by Derek Jarman. It stars Jenny Runacre , Ian Charleson , Nell Campbell , Hermine Demoriane and a host of punk rockers . The title refers to the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 1977.
The Sherman House (sometimes called, Hotel Sherman) was a hotel in Chicago, Illinois that operated from 1837 until 1973, with four iterations standing at the same site at the northwest corner of Randolph Street and Clark Street. Long one of the city's major hotels, the hotel's fortunes declined in the 1950s amid changes to its surrounding area ...
Jubilee! was a Las Vegas Strip-based spectacular revue. [2] It opened on July 31, 1981, at an initial cost of 10 million dollars and was originally produced by Donn Arden . [ 3 ] Donn Arden set the standard for all the spectacular Las Vegas shows that celebrated female beauty, in combination with a demand for only the best; in costumes, set ...
The hotel is notable for being Al Capone's primary residence from July 1928 until his arrest in 1931. [5] After the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, some commenters called the hotel "Capone's Castle." [6] [7] It was later renamed "The New Michigan Hotel" and functioned as a brothel with 400 rooms. [3] The hotel closed in 1980. [4]
[2] [3] The building was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 29, 1998. [4] When the Allerton Hotel first opened, it had fourteen floors of small apartment-style rooms for men and six similar floors for women, with a total of 1,000 rooms. The hotel also boasted social events, gold, sports leagues, a library, solarium, and an in-house magazine. [5]
Lampson P. Sherman House, Des Moines, Iowa, NRHP-listed; Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines, Iowa, NRHP-listed; Sherman House Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, closed in 1973, demolished in 1980 after which the James R. Thompson Center was constructed in its place; The Sherman (Batesville, Indiana), hotel and restaurant formerly known as "Sherman House"