May 5th was opening Day at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893. It was the 400 (and one) anniversary of Columbus arriving in the New World. Here is an actual souvenir from one of the world buildings, this on Silk culture. There were several silk coccoons, some silk thread, and a silk ribbon withContinue reading “May 5 “In fourteen hundred ninety two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. In eighteen hundred and ninety three, Chicago debuted the ‘White City’””
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March 4 “My kind of town…”
Happy birthday to Chicago. It was incorporated March fourth, 1837. I would like to showcase some interesting books I have of Chicago. First, with some of the older ones. I will begin with “The Great Conflagration. Chicago, Its Past, Present, and Future” by James W. Sheahan and George P. Upton, published December of 1871. TheContinue reading “March 4 “My kind of town…””
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