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In a clip from the documentary Studs on a Soapbox (2000), Studs Terkel talks about Chicago-style television of the 1940s and '50s, and in particular his show Studs' Place, a live sitcom set in a Chicago diner.

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Opened in 1969 and still in service, this one of the oldest drag bars in the city (cited in a publication in 1975 for having "female impersonators")
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Female impersonator appearances (1882)
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an image of male impersonator Hetty King
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A layout of Haymarket Theatre, a place where Vesta Tilley, male impersonator, was voted best dressed man in Chicago (1903) but also performed here in March 1898.
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An image of Garrick Theatre (May 1958, Chicago Tribune) where Vesta Tilley, male impersonator, performed male and female roles in the play "Algy" in October 1903
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A speakeasy, little bohemia that attracted "free-thinking" people and was the site of a lot of prostitution and female impersonation
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GINI Coefficients, data taken from the OECD databse: http://www.oecd.org/social/income-distribution-database.htm
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Power, Distinction, Display: Excavating Elites
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Screenshot from the 1925 film His People
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Screenshot from 1925 film His People
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Screenshot from 1925 film His People
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Screenshot from 1925 film His People
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Exterior view of the pavilion for the Republic of Haiti at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois (1893)
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