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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
1893
American Railroad Union founded
Financial panic and economic depression
Mayor Carter Harrison assassinated
World Columbian Exposition
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Michigan Avenue Looking North from Congress Street
Michigan Avenue looking north from Congress Street in the quiet days before the advent of the automobile. The residences at the left were the homes of prominent families.
Courtesy of "Chicago and Its Makers" (Chicago: Felix Mendelsohn, 1929).
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