An illustration of Briggs House (a hotel in Chicago) being raised, as the city planned to lift the buildings up by a few feet in order to install new foundations and municipal sewage systems
"No lot or lots in this subdivision or any interest therein may at any time hereafter be sold, conveyed, leased, or transferred by grantee or grantees or by any successor or successors in title of a grantee or grantees; either voluntarily or by…
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. This written piece about the Pledge seeks to denote and understand what each word means. A transcript is as follows: When I was a small…
"It is an express condition of this conveyance that the grantor herein may at its option…" (Plat #14410270, Platbook 372, Page 48. Recorded: September 28, 1948. Expired: January 1, 1980.)
"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.)
"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…
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.
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,…
"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)
"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 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.…
"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.…
