"No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any buildings or any lo, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race, domiciled with an owner or tenant" (Source: Plat…
"No persons of any race other than Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant" (Source: Plat #13146931,…
1854-1993
John Doulton opened Doulton & Co. in 1854, producing industrial ceramics (as advertised in the 1870 image below); the company became famous in the last half of this century for its stoneware figurines. King Edward VII granted Doulton a…
1868-1916
In 1868, dentist E. L. Graves began manufacturing his tooth powder on a commercial scale; the powder was meant to prevent decay and make teeth more attractive (as in the 1890 advertisement below). The tooth powder was sold until 1916.…
1868-?
Dr. J. Parker Pray’s story is inextricably tied to that of his first wife, Mary E. Cobb. Having been trained as a manicurist shortly after their 1874 marriage, Cobb opened her first salon in 1878. Pray was originally a chiropodist, but had…
1884-1917
Price Baking Powder Company was established in 1884, nearly twenty years after Vincent Price and Charles Steele first started manufacturing baking powder in Chicago. The company was most famous for its baking powder, but it also produced…
Image of Drs. Neely and Hanley vaccinating building department clerks against smallpox in a room in the County Building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.
1880s-1926
Walter B. Duffy, born in Canada in 1840, was one of the most prominent businessmen and distillers in Rochester New York in the late 19th and 20th centuries; his Malt Whiskey was one of the most popular nationwide at the height of the…
"The ownership and occupancy of the parts or parcels of land shall be restricted to the Caucasion race and no other race or nationality than for whom premises are intended shall occupy or use any dwelling on the premises except that this covenant…
“That no part of said lots or premises shall be conveyed or leased by the owners thereof, or any subsequent grantee or the successors in title to any person or persons nor shall any improvements erected thereon be used or occupied by any person,…
1852-present
E. H. Sargent was established in 1852; a bottle embossed with the company’s name was found at the Charnley-Persky House in 2010. In 1875, Sargent began marketing through a catalog, the first recorded mail order solicitation for…
"No person of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any buildings or any lots." (Source: Plat #14132013, Platbook 366, Page 42. Recorded: August 27, 1947. Expired: January 1, 1980.)
"Ownership and Occupancy of any Lot in this Subdivision shall be restricted to the Caucasian Race."(Source: Plat #14762713, Platbook 382, Page 2. Recorded: March 27, 1950. Expired: January 1, 1968)Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
