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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
1894
Ida Platt, first Black woman admitted to the Bar
Louis Sullivan builds the Chicago Stock Exchange
Pullman Strike and Great Northern Railroad Strike
1896
Democratic Convention held in Chicago; Bryan defeated by McKinley in November election
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Timeline of the City's History : 1893 |
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"Cattle Cars"
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A view of Michigan Avenue from the viaduct during the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, showing people boarding the so-called 'cattle cars' to take them to the fir. The first part of the Congress Hotel, the Auditorium and the Studebaker Building (now called Fine Arts Building) and in the distance the statue of Columbus may be seen.
Courtesy of "Chicago and Its Makers" (Chicago: Felix Mendelsohn, 1929).
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