"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:…
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 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…
"A nationwide celebration of the golden anniversary of the flag pledge is being promoted this week by the Daughters of the American Revolution." The Daughters of the American Revolution is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who…
1866-?
David R. Dyche took over his deceased brother’s drug store in 1866; after the 1871 Fire, the store moved to the corner of State & Randolph (pictured below in 1904). After Dyche’s 1893 death, his heirs incorporated the company as D. R.…
1886-1902
Cunningham & Co. Ltd. was just one iteration of the glassworks headed by the Cunningham family in Pittsburgh in the second half of the 19th-century. The family got its start with the Pittsburg City Glass Works (ad below) around 1845; this…
"The Crofts focus on the addition of the word "pray" [**30] without examining the other changes. But the amendments were introduced as a package to change the start of every school day to include the pledges of allegiance and a more comprehensive…
The American Union Against Militarism and the Fellowship of Reconciliation – Addams sits on both boards – agree to create a new National Civil Liberties Bureau to fight for free speech and the rights of conscientious objectors. Addams agrees to…
"Each lot in this subdivision is for all purposes perpetually restricted to the Caucasian race" (Source: Plat #9209604, Platbook 224, Page 45. Approved: March 17, 1926. Recorded: March 17, 1926. Expired: January 1, 1980.)
"No sale or lease shall be made to any persons other than a Caucasian nor shall any person not a Caucasian be permitted to use or occupy any building on any lot described herein except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic…
