IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Haymarket Riot, or Haymarket ...

Even the savviest of Chicagoans can be excused for not recognizing Desplaines Street. Situated just east of the Kennedy Expressway, it runs roughly between Ohio Street, to the north, and 21st Street, ...

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A lot of the “history” we were taught in school was nothing more than fables. Christopher Columbus didn’t prove the world was round. George Washington’s teeth weren’t made of wood. Abraham Lincoln ...

On May 4, 1886, a bomb went off in Chicago that ignited one of the nation's first red scares. The blast killed seven police officers and led to the hanging of four anarchists accused of plotting the ...

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