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Blietz Willamsburg Village Unit no. 4 - Google Earth
"No lot or lots or any interest therein may at any time hereafter be sold, conveyed, leased, or transferred by a grantee or grantees or by any successor or successors in title of a grantee or grantees, either voluntary or by operation of law, to any person who is not a Caucasian..." (Source: Plat #14286191, Platbook 369, Page 48-49. Recorded: April 6, 1948. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
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Blietz Williamsburg Village - Google Earth
"No lots or lot or any interest therein may at any time hereafter be sold, conveyed, leased, or transferred by a grantee or grantees..." (Plat #14927063, Platbook 386, Page 24. Recorded: October 16, 1950. Expired: January 1, 1980) Back to Restricted Chicago Homepage
Blietz' Williamsburg Village Unit no. 4 - Photos
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Newberry Call Number: Midwest MS Balk, Box 10, Folder 330
http://dcc.newberry.org/collections/the-struggle-for-civil-rights-in-the-urban-north
Newberry Digital Collections for the Classroom
"It is an express condition of this conveyance that the premises herein described shall not be conveyed or leased by the Grantee..." (Source: Plat #16405449, Platbook 456, Page 43. Recorded: October 28, 1955. Expired: January 1, 1980.)
Bob Gibson (Crystal Palace); w-12-String
Bob Gibson performing at the Crystal Palace, Chicago, Illinois, November 30, 1963.
"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 #14342175, Platbook 371, Page 13. Recorded: June 22, 1948. Expired: January 1, 1980.)
An early 20th-century bottle of Borolyptol, an "antiseptic and germicidal fluid for internal and external use" commonly used as a mouthwash, itch reliever, and antiseptic
1892-1941 Bourne & Leigh was one of many potteries in this area in the 19th-century; established in 1892, the firm produced earthenware in a variety of patterns (see the May Blossom pattern in the 1922 ad below). Bourne & Leigh was in business until 1941, after which the company continued Leighton Pottery Ltd. A ceramic base (below) made by this company was found at the Charnley-Persky House in 2015. RRH
Rebecca Graff (photograph) Public Domain (advertisement)
1885-1966 Bowman Dairy Co. first came to Chicago in 1885, an outgrowth of a St. Louis milk venture; six years later, Bowman was concentrated in Chicago alone. In early years, Bowman was known for its horse-drawn wagons distributing milk (pictured below in a 1912 postcard). A bottle produced by the company was found at the Charnley-Persky House in 2015 and can be seen below. The company was forced to close in 1966 and was sold to Dean Foods Co. RRH
Ryan J. Cook (photographer) Public Domain (postcard)
Boys and horse drinking from the Drake Fountain in front of City Hall, Chicago, Illinois, 1887.
Chicago History Museum, ICHi-027019, Prints and Photographs Collection (https://images.chicagohistory.org)
Illustration to accompany "Back of the Yards" by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, showing two boys holding the large leg of an animal
Briggs, Wiegel and Kilgallen's 6th Addition to Crawford Gardens
"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 null and void and the property herein described to forthwith thereafter revert to this grantor, in the event that said premises herein described shall be conveyed or leased by the grantee or any of the successors in title of the grantee to any person who is not a Caucasian or in the event the premises herein described to any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied by anyone who is not a Caucasian, except when such person be acting in the capacity of a servant for proper resident. This condition shall not be effective or operative as against any mortgage or mortgages or trust deed or trust deeds in the nature of a mortgage made by any grantee or any successor or successors in title of the grantee or of any remote grantee except and until any person or persons pursuant thereto or the rights thereunder shall acquire and become vested with the title of ownership of any lot or lots herein conveyed in which event the said condition shall apply and be and become effective" (Source: Plat #12924608, Platbook 344. Page 6. Approved: July 8, 1942. Recorded: July 13, 1942. Expired: January 1, 1968)
Briggs, Wiegel and Kilgallen's Sacramento Gardens
"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 null and void and the property herein described to forthwith thereafter revert to this grantor, in the event that said premises herein described shall be conveyed or leased by the grantee or any of the successors in title of the grantee to any person who is not a Caucasian or in the event the premises herein described or any improvements erected thereon shall be occupied by anyone who is not a Caucasian, except when such person be acting in the capacity of a servant for proper resident. This condition shall not be effective or operative as against any mortgage or mortgages or trust deed or trust deeds in the nature of a mortgage made by any grantee or any successor or successors in title of the grantee or of any remote grantee except and until any person or persons pursuant thereto or the rights thereunder shall acquire and become rested with the title of ownership of pursuant thereto or the rights thereunder shall acquire and become vested with the title of ownership of any lot or lots herein conveyed in which event the said condition shall apply and be and become effective" (Source: Plat #13060298, Platbook 346, Page 36. Approved: April 12, 1943. Recorded: April 16, 1943. Expired: January 1, 1969)
Brother John Sellers Performing at the Old Town School of Folk Music
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"Each lot in this subdivision is for all purposes perpetually restricted to the Caucasian race" (Source: Plat #9831921, Platbook 252, Page 23. Approved: September 13, 1927. Recorded: November 4, 1927. Expired: January 1, 1980.)
Buddy Guy and his Bluesband at Club 47, 1967
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Special Collections and University Archives: http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph057-b001-sl007-i005
Building at University of Illinois at Chicago campus, c. 1970
University of Illinois at Chicago campus
Exterior of building at University of Illinois at Chicago campus, c. 1970.
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HB-28664-C, Chicago History Museum, Hedrich-Blessing Collection
"No portion of said property shall ever be leased, rented, sold, or conveyed to or occupied by any person who is not of the Caucasian race, except in capacity of domestic servant employed by the Owner of said property." (Source: Plat #15374966, Platbook 401, Page 46. Recorded: June 26, 1952. Expired: January 1, 1980.)
1871-1923 In 1871, A. G. Burley & Co. (established 1838) became Burley & Tyrrell, importers of glassware and china; the retail business was sold to a nephew in 1883, calling itself Burley & Co. (advertised below in 1902). The companies existed side by side until 1907, when they were rejoined; ceramic bases with makers’ marks from Burley & Tyrrell and from Burley & Co. were found at the Charnley-Persky House (See below). The company was sod to Albert Pick & Co. in 1923. RRH
Ryan J. Cook (photograph) Public Domain (advertisement)