"This property shall not be sold or leased to nor occupied by any other than a Caucasian" (Source: Plat #9980343, Platbook 258, Page 26. Approved: May 19, 1928. Recorded: April 6, 1928. Expired: January 1, 1980.)
"This property shall not be sold or leased to nor occupied by any other than a Caucasian" (Source: Plat #9458129, Platbook 236, Page 32. Approved: September 29, 1926. Recorded: November 6, 1926. Expired: January 1, 1980.)
Fred Hampton, the leader of the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party, speaks to children during a free breakfast program at 1512 South Pulaski in the Cicero neighborhood of Chicago in April 1969.
"No conveyance, contract or lease is to be made to or with any person not of the Caucasian race" (Source: Plat #12461342, Platbook 333, Page 29. Approved: March 26, 1940. Recorded: April 8, 1940. Expired: January 1, 1960)
"No conveyance, contract or lease to be made to or with any person not of the Caucasian race"(Source: Plat #12560625, Platbook 335, Page 40&41. Approved: September 7, 1940. Recorded: September 7, 1940. Expired: January 1, 1980)Back to Restricted…
"No contract or lease shall be made with any person not of the Caucasian race"(Source: Plat #12246559, Platbook 325, Page 48&49. Approved: November 1, 1938. Recorded: December 8, 1938. Expired: January 1, 1980 )Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
"It is an express condition of this conveyance that no part of the real estate herein described shall ever be conveyed or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian and shall never at any time be used or occupied by any person who is not a…
"No conveyance contract or lease to be made to or with any person not of the Caucasian race" (Source: Plat #12560338, Platbook 335, Page 39. Approved: September 14 1940. Recorded: October 9, 1940. Expired: January 1, 1960)
1871-1935
Gale and Blocki was established in 1871, a reorganization of Gale Brothers wholesale and retail drug enterprise. The druggists also sold White Rock Ginger Ale produced by the White Rock Mineral Spring Company; an early advertisement for…
An image of Garrick Theatre (May 1958, Chicago Tribune) where Vesta Tilley, male impersonator, performed male and female roles in the play "Algy" in October 1903
"It is an express condition of this conveyance that the Grantor herein made at its option…"(Source: Plat #14099472, Platbook 366, Page 14. Recorded: July 14, 1947. Expired: January 1, 1980)
"It is an express condition of this conveyance that the Grantor herein may at its option (which option shall be exercised by filing notice thereof in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois), declare this deed to be and become…
