"No lot or lots in this subdivision may at any time hereafter be sold, conveyed or leased by a grantee or grantees or by any successor or successors in title of a grantee or grantees to any person who is not a Caucasian. No lot or lots in this…
Wilson asks Congress to finance a number of new naval ships and aircraft carriers. The country begins a heated debate about American military preparedness. Addams and other peace activities mobilize against an increase in military spending and the…
"No lot herein described shall be conveyed or leased to any person who is not Caucasian or shall any improvement hereafter erected by occupied by any one person who is not a Caucasian."(Source: Plat #13812466, Platbook 359, Page 48&49. Recorded:…
"The said premises shall be used by white people only, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race employed by owner or tenant."(Source: Plat #12324973, Platbook 329, Pages 2&3. Approved: May 31,…
"Among the most popular Dill Pickle Club events were its frequent masquerade balls. These events appealed to a broad range of partygoers, allowing wealthy residents of the Gold Coast to mingle in relative anonymity with working people and artists.…
"No part of the real estate hereon described shall ever be conveyed or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian…"(Source: Plat #14310191, Platbook 370, Page 44. Recorded: May 10, 1948. Expired: January 1, 1975)Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
1891-?
The Dinet & Delfosse drugstore appears in directories as early as 1891, just three years after its founders, Joseph Delfosse and Henry Dinet, graduated from the University of Illinois. The store spent much of its life in the Columbus Memorial…
Poster for the Chicago Department of Health, showing a flying disc "Toxoid" preventing a lightning bolt from striking a child. The poster reads: "Diphtheria strikes unprotected children / Protect your child with toxoid--Toxoid prevents diptheria :…
