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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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Miss Annie Hinrichsen and Police Captain Talk to Girl Prisoner
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Image of Miss Annie Hinrichsen of the State Board of Charities and Police Captain Thomas Meagher standing by a jail cell and talking with a girl prisoner at the Des Plaines Street police station in Chicago.
Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
Other images from this year
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