The Chicago History Journal is dedicated to remembering Chicago's past and exploring the use of new technology in the study of history.
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Court presentation gown with detachable train, 1892Silk satin, silk velvet, rhinestone, gold cloth, glass beads, netCharles Frederick Worth, Paris
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Yes, there is more we can learn about Abe. http://blog.chicagohistory.org/index.php
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On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected sixteenth president of the United States. He won as “The Railsplitter” candidate, a nickname acquired the previous May when Illinois Republicans convened at Decatur to endorse a favorite son for president.
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Have you hugged your library today? http://ricklibrarian.blogspot.com/2009/1
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Last Friday I was lucky enough to join other reference librarians from Zone 1 of the Metropolitan Library System for a tour of the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago. Susan Augustine, ...
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Be still my heart! We can watch American Experience online! http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperien
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Browse the entire American Experience series featuring over 200 films. Watch full films online, download teacher’s guides, go behind the scenes, and learn more about your favorite films.
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A must read blog http://architectureintheloop.blogspot.co
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DePaul students study Chicago - up close and personal. http://blog.chicagohistory.org/index.php
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This fall a group of DePaul University students are taking a course at the Chicago History Museum, learning about working in museums. As a class project, they have spread throughout the city to explore Chicago’s people and history. ...
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(July 21, 1899-July 2, 1961)There is nothing to write. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.Winner of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes, Hemingway’s economical style in short stories, novels, memoir and journalism had a tremendous influence on world literature. ...
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Popular Columbia College prof Dominic Pacyga's been telling the city's history in pieces for years. Now he's put it all together.
The Chicago History Journal For a good time visit the Harvard University on-line library http://digitalcollections.harvard.edu/
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Over 4,500 botanical and cultural images of Eastern Asia by John George Jack (1861–1949), Ernest Henry Wilson (1876-1930), Frank Nicholas Meyer (1875-1918), William Purdom (1880–1921), Joseph Hers (1884–1965), ...
The Chicago History Journal The Clearing in Door County, founded by Jens Jensen http://theclearing.org/index.shtml
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The Clearing's natural setting, secluded cluster of historic buildings of wood and stone, and program topics are conducive to clearing one's mind and coming to a better understanding of nature and one's own place in the world. ...
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New biography of William Butler Ogden http://www.chicagohistoryjournal.com/200
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In a letter from Paris, dated 22 August 1877, Mary Todd Lincoln, the president’s widow, wrote, “This morning, in a New York paper of Aug. 8, I read the announcement of Mr. Wm. B. Ogden’s death. ...
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Did You Know?Navy Pier first opened as Municipal Pier in 1916. It was renamed Navy Pier at the same time Soldier Field was dedicated to war vets, 1925. It was also used as a staging area for naval training during World War II. ...
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Inside the Cultural Center http://www.midwestguest.com/2009/10/phot
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Beautiful architecture fascinates me, so you can imagine my reaction when I went to the Chicago Cultural Center for our travel bloggers' conference this past summer. I had to return later in the week to prowl around the center and...
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Chicago's history lives http://enjoyillinoisblog.com/2009/10/22/
Ken Burns, Chicago History & a Walk on Dearborn St. « Enjoy Illinois – The Official Blog of the Illi
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I’ve always been struck by the way that Chicagoans embrace their city as their birthright, no matter where they were born. They live their city’s history, hanging out in old corner bars or gathering in huge crowds at events like Taste of Chicago in Grant Park.
