"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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.…
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…
"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,…
"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…
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 :…
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…
"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
"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.…
"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,…
