The exterior street view of Marshall Field and Company store and 1907 State and Washington Corner Great clock. The store, both a National and City Landmark, is official modern day house of Macy's department store.
"No lot in this subdivision shall be sold, leased or conveyed to any person who is not a Caucasian" (Source: Plat #10498028, Platbook 279, Page 36. Approved: October 1, 1929. Recorded: October 4, 1929. Expired: May, 1950)
"There is no suggestion here that the government's power to coerce has been used to further the interests of Christianity or Judaism in any way. No one was compelled to observe or participate in any religious ceremony or activity. Neither the city…
Cover of Two Short Plays by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, edited with an introduction by Ioana Cornea and Benjamin Goluboff; illustrations by Jaime Deare and Emily Murman
Cover of Prize Homes. From the title page: "The book includes 92 houses, complete with floor plans elevations, including the twenty-four prize winners in full color and sixty-eight other excellent designs submitted in the Chicago Tribune's $24,000…
"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…
"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.)
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…
"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…
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…
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.…
"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…
