1888-1904
Boyd’s Genuine Porcelain Liners were patented in 1869, originally in colorless glass, then milk glass in 1871. Marion Fruit Jar and Bottle Company was one of many glass manufacturers to produce these; the company specialized in fruit…
Margot and Columbine discuss Harlequin in this scene from "The Wonder Hat" by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman and Ben Hecht. The original caption reads, "I tell you I'm not in love."
Boys learning carpentry during a class at an open air summer school in Chicago, as open air schools were believed to help prevent and combat the spread of tuberculosis among children.
"No persons of any race other than the 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…
"No persons of any race other than the 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…
"The premises herein described shall not be conveyed by the grantee or by any successor in title of the grantee to any person who is not a Caucasian neither shall the premises herein described nor any improvement thereon erected be occupied by anyone…
"The undersigned also expressly restricts each and every lot in said subdivision, perpetually and for all purposes, to the Caucasian race"(Source: Plat #9859573, Platbook 255, Page 31. Approved: November 3, 1927. Recorded: December 2, 1927. Expired:…
This is a list of the active members within the Players' Workshop theatre group. Many familiar names of the Chicago theatre scene appear including Kenneth Goodman.
"It is an express condition of this plat that the premises herein described shall not be conveyed or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian; that neither the premises herein described or any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied by a…
