HISTORY: UNITED STATES: CITIES: CHICAGO: Encyclopedia of Chicago

[David P. Dillard]

HISTORY: UNITED STATES: CITIES: CHICAGO: Encyclopedia of Chicago


The Newberry Library
Chicago Historical Society
Northwestern University
Encyclopedia of Chicago
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Index : Historical Sources
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Index : Authored Entries
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Index : Maps
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Maps
Full Maps Listing

A

Advertisement for D. S. Taylor Property, c. 1873
Ancient Indian Earthworks in the Chicago Region
Annexations and Additions to the City of Chicago
Arend Van Vlissingen Plan for Lake Calumet Harbor, 1920
Armour and Morris Foreign Houses and Agencies, 1924

B

Birds Eye View of Elevated Railroads, Parks & Boulevards, 1910
Blues Clubs in Chicago
Business Portion of Chicago, 1862

C

Chicago Housing Authority Family Projects
Chicago Medical Record, December 1893, Water Intake Maps
Chicago Medical Record, December 1893, Water System Maps
Chicago Tribune, Map of Chicago and Century of Progress, 1934
Chicago with the School Section and Wabansia and Kinzies Addition, 1834
Chicagos Community Areas
Chicagos Deep Tunnel System in 2003
Chicagos Ethnic Mosaic in 1980
Chicagos Ethnic Mosaic in 2000
Chicagos Evolving Economic Geography
Chicagos Freight Tunnels, circa 1930
Chicagos Lakefront Landfill
Chicagos Non-Judeo-Christian Congregations in 2002
Chicagos Place in the Water Routes of the Great Lakes Indian World,
1600-1830
Chicagos Prairie Avenue Elite in 1886
Chicagos Railroad Pattern in 1950
Chicagos Rapid Transit Lines
Chicagos Regional Interurban Lines
Chicagos Residential Patterns According to Census Racial Categories in
2000
Chicagos Retail Centers in 1948
Chicagos Retail Centers in 2000
Chicagos Southern Railroad Links
Chicagos Street Railways in 1890
Chicagos World Within a Days Travel
Chicago-Area Expressways in 2001
Chicago: Commuting in the Walking City in 1854
Churches of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in the Chicago Area
Commuting by Car in Metropolitan Chicago in 1970
County Boundaries in the Chicago Area
Crams, Map of Chicago and Suburbs, 1928

D

Deep Draft Harbors on Lake Michigan, 1947

E

Economic Origins of Metropolitan Chicago Communities
Existing and Proposed Channels and Bridges, Calumet-Sag Project, 1953
Existing and Proposed Highways in the Metropolitan Region, c.1926

F

Fire Limits in Chicago in the 1870s
Fort Dearborn Addition to Chicago, 1839

G

General Map of Chicago, Showing the Park System, principal Transportation
Lines, and points of Mechanical Interest to be visited
Growth of the Chicago Metropolitan Area
Guide Map of Chicago, 1862
Guide Map of Chicago, 1871

H

H. R. Page and Co., Map of Chicago, 1879
"Hibbardville" in A Great-Grandmother Remembers by Addie Hibbard Gregory,
1940
Highway Map of Cook County, 1970
Hull House Map (Nationalities), 1895
Hull House Map (Wages), 1895

I

Illinois Central Railroad slip, 1895
Indian Settlement Pattern in the Chicago Region, circa 1830
Initial Land Sales in Northeastern Illinois

J

J. S. Wright, Survey Map of Chicago, 1834
Jewish Congregations on the Move in Chicago, 1849-2002
The Journey to Work in Chicago in 1980

L

Labor Unrest in Chicago, April 25-May 4, 1886
Labor Unrest in Chicago, April 25-May 4, 1886 (Rich)
Lake County Fire Protection Districts, 2003
Lake County Municipalities and High School Districts, 2003
Land Subdivision and Urbanization on Chicagos Northwest Side
Locational Stability: Saint Aloysius Parish, Chicago in 1951

M

Map of Chicago & Environs, 1888
Map of Chicago and Additions, 1836
Map of Chicago Showing Location of All Catholic Churches, 1926
Map of Chicago, Business District and Principal Transportation Lines
Map of Chicagos Gangland, 1931
Map of Cook and DuPage, and parts of Kane, Kendall, and Will Counties,
1851
Map of Graceland Cemetery
Map of Intercommunity Councils, 1963
Map of Lake Forest, 1873
Map of Sewers and Sewerage District, 1857
Map of Union Stock Yard, 1891
Metropolitan Chicago Reference Map
Movie Theaters in Chicago, 1926, 1937 and 2002

N

Neighborhood Change: Chicagos Prairie Avenue, 1853-2003
Norwood Park, 1851
Norwood Park, 1870

O

Organized Crime in 1920s Chicago

P

Plan for Proposed Comprehensive Terminal at the South End of Lake Calumet,
1953
Plan of Manila in Plan of Chicago
Plat Map of Cook County, 1861
Population Density by Wards, 1904
Prairie Avenue, 1853
Progress of the Chicago Fire of 1871
Proposed Improvements in Calumet River, 1953
Proposed Plan for Improving the Mouth of the Chicago River, 1830
Proposed River Straigtening Project, 1921

R

Racial Restrictive Covenants on Chicagos South Side in 1947
Railroad Commuting to Chicago in 1934
Railroads and Chicagos Loop, circa 1930
Railway Map of Chicago and Environs, 1879
Rand McNally & Co.s New Street Number Guide Map of Chicago, 1910
Rand McNally Map of Chicago, 1886
Rand, McNally & Co.s Map of the Central Portion of Chicago, 1895
Recreational Facilities in Chicagos Loop
Rees and Rucker, Map of Chicago and Vicinity, 1849
Religious Diversity on Chicagos Southwest Side in 2002
Revised Preliminary Plan of Grant Park, 1903
Robinsons Atlas of the City of Chicago, 1886
Robinsons Map of Chicago (entire), 1886
Ross and Browne Real Estate map of Chicago, 1928

S

Souvenir Map of the Worlds Columbian Exposition, 1893
Subscribers to the Chicago Defender, 1919

T

Thompsons Plat of 1830

W

Watsons New Township and Sectional Map of Illinois, 1871
Womens Garment Factories in Chicago in 1925
Worlds of Prairie Avenue

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Index : Authored Entries
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Content Sample of Entry Titles:

Beginning with the letter A

ACLU (see American Civil Liberties Union )
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
AMR Corp. (see American Airlines Inc. )
AT&T (see Western Electric Co. )
Abbott Laboratories
Abolitionism
Accounting
Ace Hardware Corp
Acme Steel Co.
Acting, Ensemble
Addison, IL
Adler Planetarium
Admiral Corp.
Advertising
Advice Columns
Afghans
African Americans
Agnes Nestor and the WTUL
Agrarian Movements
Agricultural Journals
Agricultural Machinery Industry
Agriculture
Air Quality
Airlines
Airports, Commuter
Al Capone
Albanians
Albany Park
Alberto-Culver Co.
Alcohol (see Drugs and Alcohol )
Alcohol (see Liquor Distribution )
Aldermanic Privilege
Aldermen (see Government, City of Chicago )
Algerians
Algonquin, IL
All-American Girls Baseball League
Alleys
Allstate Corp.
Almshouses
Alpha Suffrage Club
Alsip, IL
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
American Airlines Inc.
American Biscuit and Manufacturing Co. (see National Biscuit Co. )
American Brake Shoe & Foundry Co. (see IC Industries Inc. )
American Can Co.
American Car & Foundry Co.
American Civil Liberties Union
American Fur Co.
American Giants
American Hospital Supply Corp.
American Plan
American Planning Association
American Steel Foundries
American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (see Western Electric Co. )
American West Indian Association
Americanization
Ameritech Corp. (see Illinois Bell Telephone Co. )
Amoco Corp. (see Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) )
Amos 'n' Andy
Amos Alonzo Stagg and Football at Chicago
Amsted Industries Inc. (see American Steel Foundries )
Amusement Parks
Anarchists
Andersen (Arthur) & Co.
Andersonville
Andrew "Rube" Foster: A Baseball Legend
Andrew Corp.
Andrews (A. H.) & Co.
Angel Guardian Orphanage
Anglo-American Provision Co.
Angolans
Anixter Bros. Inc.
Annexation
Annie McClure Hitchcock
Anti-Communism (see Cold War and Anti-Communism )
Antioch, IL
Antiunionism
Antiwar Movements
Aon Corp. (see Combined Insurance Co. of America )
Apartments
Aragon Ballroom
Archdiocese of Chicago (see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago )
Archer Heights
Archibald John Motley, Jr.
Architecture
Architecture: The City Beautiful Movement
Architecture: The First Chicago School
Architecture: The Prairie School
Architecture: The Second Chicago School
Ardis Joan Krainik and the Lyric Opera
Argentinians
Argo (see Summit, IL )
Argonne National Laboratory
Arlington Heights, IL
Armenians
Armories
Armory Show of 1913
Armour & Co.
Armour Square
Armour, Dole & Co.
Arnold, Schwinn & Co.
Art
Art Centers, Alternative
Art Colonies
Art Criticism and Scholarship
Art Fairs
Art Galleries (see Galleries )
Art Institute of Chicago
Art, Public
Art, Self-Taught
Artists, Education and Culture of
Arts Funding
Arts and Crafts Movement
Ashburn
Assassination of Carter Harrison
Associated Negro Press
Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians
Assyrians
Athletic Clubs (see Fitness and Athletic Clubs )
Auburn Gresham
Auditorium Building
Audy Home
Aurora University
Aurora, IL
Austin
Austin High Gang
Australians
Austrians
Automatic Canteen Co. of America
Automatic Electric Co.
Automobile Manufacturing
Automobile Parts
Automobile Racing (see Motor Sports )
Automobiles (see Motoring )
Avalon Park
Avondale

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Content Sample from the Article on Baseball

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The history of baseball in Chicago is usually associated with the two
major league teams that call the city homethe Cubs and the White Sox. But
Chicago's baseball history actually encompasses many different levels of
the diamond sport.

The earliest recorded game in the Chicago area was played in August 1851
between amateur teams from Joliet and Lockport. The Union Baseball Club
was organized in Chicago in 1856; city newspapers first reported on its
August 1858 game against the Excelsiors. Baseball experienced a rapid
growth in popularity in Chicago after the Civil War. By 1867 there were 45
amateur teams competing in the city. By 1870 the newspapers of Chicago
were reporting the results of games played between amateur teams, company
teams, and youth teams.

Encouraged by the growing attendance at games between the top-flight
amateur teams, the city's eight strongest clubs decided to join together
in organizing the Chicago City League in 1887. With the players sharing in
the proceeds from the gate receipts collected at the enclosed ballparks,
these teams moved into the ranks of semiprofessional baseball. The Chicago
City League reached its nineteenth-century peak in popularity in 1890, but
the circuit was disbanded after the 1895 season when the better teams
opted to play the financially more attractive schedules of an independent.

Semiprofessional baseball in Chicago and surrounding suburban areas
continued to grow from 1900 to 1910, both in overall quality of play and
fan attendance at the city's dozen enclosed ballparks. During this period
Chicago's legendary semipro teamsthe Logan Squares, the Gunthers, and the
West Endswere all organized. Similar expansion also continued in the ranks
of Chicago amateur baseball and in the industrial leagues. In the days
before softball became a popular recreational sport, amateur baseball
fulfilled that role in Chicago. The city's newspapers carried reports of
games in a wide range of leagues sponsored by organizations such as
churches, corporations, fraternal orders, banks, hardware dealers, and
jewelers.

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