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| The Iroquois Theater Fire
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Fire in a theatre that killed 602 persons on December 30th, 1903. Includes photo gallery, list of victims, and recommended reading.
http://www.inficad.com/~ksup/iroquois.html
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Claim this Link | | Chicago Historical Society
A privately endowed, independent institution devoted to collecting, interpreting, and presenting the rich multicultural history of Chicago and Illinois, as well as selected areas of American history, to the public through exhibitions, programs, research collections, and publications.
http://www.chicagohistory.org/
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Claim this Link | | Chicago Maritime Society
Features an extensive collection of Eastland Disaster artifacts and historical pertinent information. Offers programs, research, a kids section, and community outreach.
http://www.chicagomaritimesociety.org/
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Claim this Link | | Chicago Timeline
Gathered by the Chicago Public Library, includes a brief chronological history of Chicago which includes links to selected biographies.
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/chihist.html
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Claim this Link | | Chicago Tunnel Company Railroad
Railroad historical society devoted to the history, both past and present, of the Chicago Tunnel Company, which operated 60 miles of 2 foot gauge railroad under the city's streets until 1959. Photos, history overview and FAQs provided.
http://www.ameritech.net/users/chicagotunnel/tunnel1.html
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Claim this Link | | Chicago's Hyde Park Historical Society
The Society's building, formerly the cable car waiting room for the 1893 Columbian Exhibition in Chicago's Hyde Park, contains archival material, books, photographs, posters and historic documents about the city's growth.
http://www.hydeparkhistory.org
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Claim this Link | | Historic Pullman Foundation
Focused on preservation and restoration activities within the Pullman Historic District. Events and program calendars, location map and foundation activities.
http://www.pullmanil.org/
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Claim this Link | | Liam T.A. Ford's Chicago Page
City history, with a focus on the history of the news business, Chicago neighborhoods and landmarks and the Ford family. A reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
http://members.fortunecity.com/ltaford/liamtafordspage/
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Claim this Link | | Maxwell Street Market
An outdoor market that existed from 1871 to 1994. Includes photographs and postcards, articles and recommended reading, and links to related sites.
http://www.openair.org/oldmax/oldmax.html
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Claim this Link | | PBS: Goin' to Chicago
A film that traces the history the great migration of African-Americans from the rural South through the personal stories of a group of older Chicagoans born mostly in the Mississippi Delta. Overview of the story, the people, and offers video clips and archival resources.
http://www.pbs.org/gointochicago/
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Claim this Link | | The Pullman Strike
In 1894, the workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a strike that eventually became the first nationwide workers' strike. Provides history of the event, biography of Union president Eugene Debs, and bibliography.
http://www.cc.ukans.edu/kansas/pullman/index.html
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Claim this Link | | The White City
Images of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition's White City as designed by Olmstead, Louis Sullivan, McKim, Root and many other architectural legends.
http://www.thewhitecity.info/
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Claim this Link | | World's Columbian Exposition
The history and cultural significance of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair is highlighted with use of contemporary articles and literature.
http://www.boondocksnet.com/expos/columbian.html
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