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Aerial view of LSD & Palmolive Building lit at night during the Easter season.
Circa 1936.

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Can someone pls explain to me how they fit an extra 10k fans in Comiskey in 1973?
#chisox #Chicago #baseball #whitesox #chicagohistory

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🤡⚾ Andy the Clown at the last night game at Comiskey Park. These photos are from 400+ images from the Stadium Vagabond archives featured in the “Last Comiskey” book, available exclusively from Eckhartz Press at lastcomiskeybook.comz

#ChicagoHistory #Sox #WhiteSox #OpeningDay

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Visited Burnham Park during International Mermaid Day to finally see the mermaid sculpture!

#internationalmermaidday #nationalmermaidday #chicago #chicagolandmark #chicagolandmarks #landmark #chicagohistory #mermaidsushi #chicagomermaid #windycitymermaids #bloodsirens

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a rainbow colored shooting star with the words the mo you know above it ALT: a rainbow colored shooting star with the words the mo you know above it

So I was looking for skunk gifs for my webpage and I discovered that my hometown Chicago’s name came from a loose translation from the Ojibwe language meaning “on the skunk”.

So that’s a thing…

#chicagohistory #fact #skunk #chicago

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The Real Story Behind Cabrini-Green

#CabriniGreen #TrueStory #ChicagoHistory #RealLife #UrbanHistory #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #Documentary #HiddenTruth

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Ida B. Wells and the Long Crusade to Outlaw Lynching | Retro Report
Ida B. Wells and the Long Crusade to Outlaw Lynching | Retro Report Ida B. Wells, a journalist, civil rights activist and suffragist, dedicated her life to documenting injustices against Black Americans and calling for change…

Ida B. Wells and the Long Crusade to Outlaw Lynching | Retro Report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgb01eh4N9c

#BlackHistory365 #IdaBWells #OnThisDay #BlackExcellence #WomensHistory #CivilRights #TruthMatters #ChicagoHistory #PreservingOurStory

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How one journalist risked her life to hold murderers accountable - Christina Greer
How one journalist risked her life to hold murderers accountable - Christina Greer Ida B. Wells was an investigative journalist, civil rights leader, and anti-lynching advocate who fought for equality and justice.--In the late 1800’s, lynch…

How one journalist risked her life to hold murderers accountable - Christina Greer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fygjGXnaV9w

#BlackHistory365 #IdaBWells #OnThisDay #BlackExcellence #WomensHistory #CivilRights #TruthMatters #ChicagoHistory #PreservingOurStory

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Ida B. Wells had her newspaper destroyed, received death threats, and was written out of the NAACP’s founding history.

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DV_rr3diaBi/

#BlackHistory365 #IdaBWells #OnThisDay #BlackExcellence #WomensHistory #CivilRights #TruthMatters #ChicagoHistory #PreservingOurStory

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Chicago-born silent film legend Gloria Swanson became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars of the 1920s.

Read about her Illinois roots:
hometownstohollywood.com/illinois/glo...

#GloriaSwanson #ClassicHollywood #SilentFilm #ChicagoHistory #FilmHistory 🎬

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From a small town to a global powerhouse: Chicago was officially incorporated on March 4, 1837, and look at it now! #RandomFact #DailyFact #ChicagoHistory #USHistory #CityGrowth

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low-angle photograph of the granite Agriculture statue in the Chicago Board of Trade plaza. The classical female figure, dressed in draped robes, gazes forward with a calm expression while a pigeon sits perched atop her carved stone hair

low-angle photograph of the granite Agriculture statue in the Chicago Board of Trade plaza. The classical female figure, dressed in draped robes, gazes forward with a calm expression while a pigeon sits perched atop her carved stone hair

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She survived demolition, a mysterious disappearance, and decades in a suburban forest preserve. A pigeon on her head? No problem

#ChicagoArchitecture #LaSalleStreet #ChicagoPublicArt #ChicagoHistory #PublicSculpture #ChicagoLoop #StreetPhotography

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When We Can Make It Happen Board Game Night

Clank in Space
Chicago '68
Qwirkle
Lost Ruins of Arnak w/ Expedition Leaders

#BoardGames #GameNight #ChicagoHistory

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What was there. The Palmer mansion on the left, what's there now, apartments. #chicagohistory

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History in the making. Lori Lightfoot’s journey from a small-town trumpet player to Chicago’s 56th Mayor is pure inspiration.

#LoriLightfoot #ChicagoHistory #BlackQueerExcellence #BHM2026

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Don’t be one of these guys

#chicagohistory #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #mayordaley

Read: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...

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Founded on Valentine's Day 1920, the League of Women Voters began in Chicago with a mission to champion civic engagement and women's rights. #RandomFact #DailyFact #WomensHistory #CivicEngagement #ChicagoHistory

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#Chicago was founded by #JeanBaptistePointduSable and his name is not mentioned enough. #BlackHistory #HatianHistory #ChicagoHistory

THAT'S ON #duSable❣️

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Antique business card of Mrs. A. Beccavin, Lace Curtain Laundry. 
It is dark ochre/ orange with an illustration of a window with curtains. It lists prices for her services starting at 30 cents for a plain pair.

Antique business card of Mrs. A. Beccavin, Lace Curtain Laundry. It is dark ochre/ orange with an illustration of a window with curtains. It lists prices for her services starting at 30 cents for a plain pair.

I found this business card several years ago. It's a favorite. I've wondered about this woman and her laundry enterprise.

Chicago's Rogers Park/ West Ridge Historical Soc. website shows that a Anna Beccavin lived on that street in 1919.

#Chicagohistory
@rpwrhs.bsky.social
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Seven men sitting in a row, most white one Black, wearing white tank tops that say nowhere but the Gold Coast.

Seven men sitting in a row, most white one Black, wearing white tank tops that say nowhere but the Gold Coast.

The Gold Coast staff in 1977. Photograph by A Thousand Words Unlimited from the Chuck Renslow collection at the LA&M. #LeatherBars #ChicagoHistory #ChicagoBars

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The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson

#Reading #TrueCrime #UrbanPlanning #GildedAge #SerialKiller #WorldsFair #Chicago #ChicagoHistory

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Chicago is a ghost town today, Jan 23, 2026. A heavy silence has fallen as the city shuts down under an Extreme Cold Warning. Schools, offices, and religious sites are shuttered; the streets are empty.
​• Actual Temp: -2°F
• Wind: 25 mph
• Wind Chill: -35°F

#ChicagoWeather #Chicago #ChicagoHistory

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Anna Davlantes discusses Chicago history highlights with Bob Sirott: parking meters anniversary & more. 🏙️ #ChicagoHistory https://fefd.link/cYKDY

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Every Bears fan should have this memorized.

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“I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice is also great." - Robert Frost.

@ayeeecaleb 🧊

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Episode 5 is out from my Podcast " Who Murdered Champagne Johnnie? "

#ChicagoHistory #UnsolvedMystery #ChampagneJohnnie #ColdCase #GoldCoastChicago #80sCrime #Podcast #truecrime #crimejunkie #LGBTQ

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​When he was found brutally murdered, the killer didn't take his Rolex or his cash. They took the secrets. The Rolodex and a collection of cassette tapes vanished, and with them, the names of the most powerful men in Chicago.

#ChicagoHistory #UnsolvedMystery #ColdCase

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DEFEND OUR CITY.

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After 58 years of bringing groundbreaking education and entertainment to millions of children and adults, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has officially shut down.

What a truly sad time for #America. I still hold onto hope that one day things will be better.

#ChicagoHistory 🧸

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A must-read for Chicago south siders!"
Marybeth calls "Green Street: Black and White" a heartwarming story that blends Chicago history with identifiable, well-developed characters.
#GreenStreet #DaveLarsen #ChicagoHistory #SouthSide #BookReview #HistoricalFiction

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