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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
1909
Burnham Plan for Chicago
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Timeline of the City's History : 1907 |
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John L. Whitman, Superintendent of Prisons
Image of John L. Whitman, superintendent of prisons, standing at the Bridewell Prison stone quarries with a line of men pushing wheelbarrows along a dirt ramp in back of him and down in a quarry pit. The quarries were located at South California Avenue and West 26th Street, in the Little Village community area in Chicago, Illinois and city buildings and rooftops can be seen in the background.
Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
Other images from this year
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