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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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State Street, Looking North from Quincy in 1889
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Gunther's Candy Store, housing the famous Gunter Historical Collection is shown on the left. At this time the Fair still occupied the northwest corner of Adams Street with a two-story building which adjorned their six-story building on the north.
Courtesy of "Chicago and Its Makers" (Chicago: Felix Mendelsohn, 1929).
Other images from this year
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