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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
1916
Great Migration of American Blacks to city
1917
United States declares war against Germany and Japan
1918
Spanish Flu Epidemic: 8,500 deaths in Chicago
World War I Armistice
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The Joseph Carsello Family, Bomb Explosion Survivors
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Group portrait of Joseph Carsello and family, involved in a bomb explosion in their home at 846 South Miller Street in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. Left to right are John, Domenica (mother), James (baby), Joseph (father), Florence, and Tony (standing). The family survived the explosion with minimum injuries, although much damage was done to the home and attached family store.
Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
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