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Mausoleum of Vice President Charles Gates Dawes (1865-1951)
Mausoleum housing Charles Gates Dawes, Vice President to President Coolidge.
The Chicago Cubs
Chicago franchise of the Major League Baseball and a member of the National League. Winner of the 1908 World Series against the Detroit Lions, and contender in the 2016 NLCS series to advance to the World Series against the Cleveland Indians. One of…
Field Museum of Natural History
Field Museum of Natural History and its collections originated from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and is now one of the largest such museums in the world. The Field Museum is also an example of classical revival.
BLACK SIDEWALK SALESMEN ARRANGING THEIR FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE. MANY OF THE CITY’S BLACK BUSINESSMEN STARTED SMALL AND GREW BY WORKING HARD. TODAY CHICAGO IS BELIEVED TO BE THE BLACK BUSINESS CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES. BLACK ENTERPRISE MAGAZINE REPORTED IN 1973 THAT THE CITY HAD 14 OF THE TOP 100 BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE COUNTRY, ONE MORE THAN NEW YORK CITY
"The captions are John White's own, written some time after he took his photographs. In some cases White used virtually the same caption for several images.
All photographs used in Portrait of Black Chicago were made from the original DOCUMERICA…
All photographs used in Portrait of Black Chicago were made from the original DOCUMERICA…
YOUNG WOMAN SOLICITING FUNDS FOR A CHICAGO ORGANIZATION IN A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT. SHE IS ONE OF THE NEARLY 1.2 MILLION BLACK PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP OVER A THIRD OF THE POPULATION OF CHICAGO. IT IS ONE OF THE MANY BLACK FACES IN THIS PROJECT THAT PORTRAY LIFE IN ALL ITS SEASONS. THE PHOTOS ARE PORTRAITS THAT REFLECT PRIDE, LOVE, BEAUTY, HOPE, STRUGGLE, JOY, HATE, FRUSTRATION, DISCONTENT, WORSHIP, AND FAITH. SHE IS A MEMBER OF HER RACE WHO IS PROUD OF HER HERITAGE
"The captions are John White's own, written some time after he took his photographs. In some cases White used virtually the same caption for several images.
All photographs used in Portrait of Black Chicago were made from the original DOCUMERICA…
All photographs used in Portrait of Black Chicago were made from the original DOCUMERICA…
A BLACK MAN, ONE OF NEARLY 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE OF HIS RACE WHO MAKE UP OVER ONE THIRD OF CHICAGO'S POPULATION. IT IS ONE OF THE MANY BLACK FACES IN THIS PROJECT THAT PORTRAY LIFE IN ALL ITS SEASONS. THE PHOTOS ARE PORTRAITS THAT REFLECT PRIDE, LOVE, BEAUTY, HOPE STRUGGLE, JOY, HATE, FRUSTRATION, DISCONTENT, WORSHIP AND FAITH. IN SHORT, PORTRAITS OF INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEINGS WHO ARE PROUD OF THEIR HERITAGE
"The captions are John White's own, written some time after he took his photographs. In some cases White used virtually the same caption for several images.
All photographs used in Portrait of Black Chicago were made from the original DOCUMERICA…
All photographs used in Portrait of Black Chicago were made from the original DOCUMERICA…
BLACK COUPLE AND THEIR DOG IN THEIR APARTMENT IN SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO. FROM 1960 TO 1970 THE PERCENTAGE OF CHICAGO BLACKS WITH AN INCOME OF $7,000 OR MORE JUMPED FROM 26 TO 58%. MEDIAN BLACK INCOME DURING THE PERIOD INCREASED FROM $4,000 TO $7,883. BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR MEDIAN INCOME AND THAT OF WHITES INCREASED FROM $3,251 TO $3,603 DURING THE 10 YEARS
The captions are John White`s own, written some time after he took his photographs. In some cases White used virtually the same caption for several images.
All photographs used in Portrait of Black Chicago were made from the original DOCUMERICA…
All photographs used in Portrait of Black Chicago were made from the original DOCUMERICA…
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC)
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is a man-made hydrologic connection between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins that was completed in the early 20th century to address sanitation and flooding. Construction of the CSSC allowed the…
Parsons, Lucy
Portrait of Lucy Parson, 1920s anarchist
Beulah Witch hand puppet
Hand puppet of the character Beulah Witch created by Chicago puppeteer Burr Tillstrom around 1947 for the popular children's television show Kukla, Fran and Ollie.