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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
1919
Al Capone moves to Chicago
Chicago Race Riot
Illinois ratifies 18th Amendment and passes State prohibition statutes
1920
U.S. Prohibition begins January 16
1921
19th Amendment (U.S. Constitution): Women attain the Right to Vote
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Group portrait of Women Packers in the Canning Department of Libby, McNeil, and Libby
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Group portrait of women packers in the canning department of Libby, McNeil, and Libby, in Chicago, Illinois, posing next to a table stacked with products for a photograph. They are all wearing long aprons that are visibly soiled.
Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
Other images from this year
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