1865-1920s
Samuel Merrill Bixby began manufacturing and selling shoe blacking in 1860, selling his short-lived shoe store to focus full-time on the venture in 1865. Soon after, S. M. Bixby & Company was formed, producing a wide range of dye-related…
"It is an express condition of this plat that the premises herein described shall not be conveyed or leased by the owners or any of the successors in title of the owners to any person who is not a Caucasian; that neither the premises herein described…
View of the ruined stage of the Iroquois Theater, Chicago, Illinois, after the fire on December 30, 1903. Taken on January 4, 1904, the photographer was looking down from the balcony.
1893-1910
Roxbury Distilling Company produced liquor, most famously Roxbury Rye, from 1893 to 1910. The company’s founder, George T. Gambrill was convicted of fraud in 1910 and the company was shut down. Gambrill’s most famous product, Roxbury…
1901-1932
A figure from the 1915 patent for a new design for the Coca-Cola bottle, created by the Root Glass Company. Established by Chapman J. Root in 1901, the Root Glass Company is best known for manufacturing bottles for Coca-Cola, beginning in…
"No part of the real estate hereon described shall ever be conveyed or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian and shall never at any time be used or occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian" (Source: Plat #13755560, Platbook 358, Page 41.…
"No part of the real estate hereon described shall ever be conveyed or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian and shall never at any time be used or occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian" (Source: Plat #13680367, Platbook 356, Page 29.…
"It is an express condition of this conveyance that no part of the real estate herein described shall ever be conveyed or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian and shall never at any time be used or occupied by any person who is not a…
"No conveyance, contract or lease is ti be made to or with any person not of the Caucasian race" (Source: Plat #12378407, Platbook 331, Page 5. Approved: September 13, 1939. Recorded: October 5, 1939. Expired: January 1, 1965)
Rep. James Fulston of Pennsylvania introduced a resolution to a "civil rights clause" to the Pledge of Allegiance, which would read as follows: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands,…
In 1954, the House Judiciary Committee took up the issue of changing the wording of the pledge to introduce the phrase "one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." From a New York Times article May 26, 1954.
"It is an express condition of this plat that the premises herein described shall not be conveyed or leased by the owners or any o the successors in title of the owners to any person who is not Caucasian; that neither the premises hereon described…
"The premises hereon described shall not be sold, conveyed or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian…" (Source: Plat #14244324, Platbook 369, Page 18. Recorded: February 2, 1948. Expired: January 1, 1980.)
