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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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Cityscape, Washington Street
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Cityscape view east down Washington Street (angling to the left) from the roof of the County Building toward the Marshall Fields building on the left and Montgomery Ward Tower on the right with other low and high-rise commercial buildings on either side in the Loop community area of Chicago.
Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
Other images from this year
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