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1890
Sears Roebuck moves to Chicago
1891
Chicago Symphony founded
City Population doubles: Total population reaches 1,215,000
Provident Hospital, Chicago’s First Black Civic Institution, founded
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Timeline of the City's History : 1889 |
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On the Lakefront at Harrison Street during a Decoration Day celebration in 1889
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A noticeable change from that distant day forty years ago. Not an automobile to be seen, no Park Row Station, everything vastly different. For that time it was a great crowd. By today's standards, just a handful of people.
Courtesy of "Chicago and Its Makers" (Chicago: Felix Mendelsohn, 1929).
Other images from this year
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