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1904
Justice of the Peace System abolished
1905
Mayor cleans up Old Custom House; over 200 houses of prostitution closed
Municipal Court of Chicago created
1906
Upton Sinclair’s exposé, “The Jungle” published
1908
Chicago has 1 million immigrants
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Women and Men Sewing in Sweatshop
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Image of women and men sewing at various tables and sewing machines in the workroom of a sweatshop at 132 Maxwell Street in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois.
Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
Other images from this year
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