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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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Joe Loomis Injured
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Informal portrait of Joe Loomis, with bandages wrapped around his head, being held at the elbow by a policeman and standing on a sidewalk in Chicago, Illinois. He was associated with the Carr murder case.
Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
Other images from this year
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