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1912
Official "Closing" of the Levee District
Socialist Party candidate Eugene V. Debs runs for President
1914
World War I begins
1915
Black Lawyers Association founded
City Population doubles: Total population reaches 2,448,426
Cook County Bar Association founded
First Black Alderman elected
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Monroe Street
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A view of Monroe Street, looking west towards State Street in 1912.
Courtesy of "Chicago and Its Makers" (Chicago: Felix Mendelsohn, 1929).
Other images from this year
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