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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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Florence Carsello Sitting on Policeman Martin Ernest's Lap
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Half-length portrait of Florence Carsello, a bombing victim, sitting on the knee of Martin Ernest, policeman from the Maxwell Street Station. An unidentified boy is sitting in the background. Florence's family was the target of a bomb explosion in their home at 846 South Miller Street in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. Florence had been buried under the debris, but was rescued by police detectives. The rest of the family also survived with minimum injuries.
Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
Other images from this year
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