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A Kansan in South Chicago stories by Lynn H. Nelson

Biography
- Collected Biographies
  - Biographies from Chicago in 1919 [eCUIP]
  - Notable Chicago African Americans [CPL]
  - The Chicago Defender Weekly Newspaper, African-American, founded May 5, 1905
  - The Jews of Chicago [Virtual Jewish Chicago]
  - Notable Impresarios of Jazz Age Chicago [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Final Resting Places of Chicago's Mayors, Rosehill Cemetery: A Historic Perspective
  - Guide to Gay and Lesbian Resources: A Classified Bibliography University of Chicago Library
- Individual Biographies
  - Abbott, Robert S. (Chicago Defender)
  - Abbott, Robert S. (Chicago Defender), 1868ï¿½1940 Newspaper publisher
  - Addams, Jane [Britannica]
  - Addams, Jane [The Nobel Foundation]
  - Ade, George (1866-1944)
  - Armour, Philip D. (meat-packer) [wikipedia]
  - Biederbecke, Leon "Bix" [Red Hot Jazz Archive]
  - Burnett, Leo [Time Inc.]
  - Burnham, Daniel H(udson) , (1846-1912)
  - Capone, Al , Chicago Historical Society
  - Capone, Al Crime Library
  - Cermak, Anton J. [Britannica]
  - Cermak, Mayor Anton J.
  - Cermak, Anton [Cermak Technologies, Inc.]
  - Colosimo, James [Britannica]
  - Condon, Albert "Eddie" [Red Hot Jazz Archive]
  - Daley, Richard J. [Britannica]
  - Darrow, Clarence, An Essay
  - Darrow, Clarence Seward, (1857 - 1938)
  - Darrow, Clarence [Prof. Douglas Linder]
  - Dell, Floyd [Britannica]
  - DuSable, Jean-Baptist-Point [Britannica]
  - Field, Marshall [Britannica]
  - Foster, Andrew "Rube" (baseball pitcher) [Shadowball]
  - Freeman, Bud [Red Hot Jazz Archive]
  - Garroway, Dave
  - Gerber, Arthur U. [Tom Burke]
  - Goodman, Benny[Red Hot Jazz Archive]
  - Harper, William Rainey
  - Hecht, Ben [Britannica]
  - Holabird, William, and Martin Roche [City of Chicago]
  - Insull, Samuel: The Samuel Insull Story
  - Jackson, "Shoeless" Joe ["Shoeless" Joe Jackson's Virtual Hall of Fame]
  - Jenney, William LeBaron [City of Chicago]
  - Jordan, Michael
  - Krupa, Gene [Red Hot Jazz Archive]
  - McCormick, Robert
  - McDowell, Mary E.: Angel of the Stockyards
  - McPartland, Jimmy [Red Hot Jazz Archive]
  - Mezzrow, Milton "Mezz" [Red Hot Jazz Archive]
  - Monroe, Harriet [Britannica]
  - Moody, Dwight
  - Moran, George "Bugs" [Britannica]
  - Mundelein, George William [ Britannica]
  - Netsch, Walter
  - Nitti, Frank [Britannica
  - O'Banion, Dion [Britannica]
  - O'Hare, Butch [Chicago Department of Aviation]
  - Palmer, Potter [Britannica]
  - Pollack, Ben [Red Hot Jazz Archive]
  - Pulaski, Casimir [CHS]
  - Pullman, George [Britannica]
  - Ricca, Paul [Britannica]
  - Root, John Wellborn [Britannica]
  - Sengstacke, John (Chicago Defender) [PBS]
  - Shedd, John Graves
  - Spanier, Mugsy [Red Hot Jazz Archive]
  - Sullivan, Joe [Red Hot Jazz Archive]
  - Sullivan, Louis
  - Swanson, Gloria
  - Swanson, Gloria [Britannica]
  - Swift, Gustavus Franklin [Britannica]
  - Teschemacher, Frank [Red Hot Jazz Archive]
  - The Last Gangster
  - Torrio, Johnny [Britannica]
  - Washington, Harold: Remembering Harold [CPL]
  - Washington, Harold
  - Washington, Harold [Britannica]
  - Washington, Harold [CPL]
  - Washington, Harold [United States Black On-Line]
  - Wright, Frank Lloyd
  - Wright, Frank Lloyd [CHS]
  - Wrigley, William, Jr. [Britannica]
Topics
- Communications
  - The Chicago Tribune
  - The Bolingbrooke-Romeoville Sun
  - The Chicago Reader
  - The Chicago Sun-Times
  - The Copley Chicago Newspapers
  - The Daily Herald
  - The Daily Southtown
  - The Fox Valley Villages
  - The Homer Sun
  - La Raza
  - The Lincoln-Way Sun
  - Nordstjernan
  - Pure News USA
  - Broadcasting in Chicago, 1921-1989, by Rich Samuels
  - WLS in 1932
  - WMAQ. Chicago's Oldest Radio Station.
  - Flashback to WMAQ Merchandise Mart Studios
  - NBC Chicago Studios, Merchandise Mart, 1930
  - The Merchandise Mart Studios
  - The Control Room of Studio D in 1930
  - "The Chicago School of Television"
  - Bill Ray, First Program Director of WNBQ/WMAQ-TV News
  - WNBQ/WMAQ-TV, 1948-1968
  - WMAQ-TV Facilities as They Appeared in the 1970's
    - Kukla, Fran & Ollie
      - Here We Are Again! Kuklam Fran and Ollie [history and photos from the Chicago Historical Society]
      - Kukla, Fran & Ollie [from The Museum of Museum of Broadcast Communications]
      - Kukla, Fran and Ollie: Color Pioneers
      - An Introduction to Burr Tillstrom, Creator of "Kukla, Fran and Ollie"
      - Burr Tillstrom, The Wall
      - The Kuklapolitans, 1950
      - The Kukla, Fran, and Ollie Mikado (NBC-TV, 1954)
      - The Unofficial Kuklapolitan Webpage
      - KFO Fan Letters
      - KFO Video and Audio Clips [RealPlayer. offers scenes from The Dragon Who Lives Downstairs]
      - Audio and Video Clips of Classic Moments
      - The Kuklapolitan Players' Dress Rehersal of The Mikado
      - Picture Gallery
    - Meet May Hartline...
    - Mary Hartline Links
  - The History of Transportation in Chicago
    - History of the Illinois Central Railroad [Illinois Central Historical Society]
    - Chicago 'L' [Graham Garfield]
    - L System History
    - South Side Elevated - Chronology 1888-1924
    - Lake Street Elevated Chronology, 1888-1924
    - Metropolitan West Side Elevated - Chronology, 1892-1924
    - Northwestern Elevated Chronology, 1893-1924
    - Chicago Rapid Transit Company (CRT) Chronology, 1924-1947
    - South Side Elevated [Jazz Age Chicago]
    - The "L" Heads into the 21st Century
    - Chicago Area Interurbans [Bill Vandervoort]
    - The Chicago, North Shore, and Milwaukee Interurban [J.L. Toth]
    - The Chicago, North Shore, and Milwaukee Interurban [L. Hedien]
    - The South Shore Interurban [NICTD]
    - Chicago Railroad Stations [National Railroad Museum]
    - Passenger Rail Station Index [Jazz Age Chicago]
    - Chicago History Timeline Chicago Public Library
    - O'Hare Airport
    - The Great Ships of the Great Lakes
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  - The development of Urban Amusements
    - A Historical View of Jackson Park (World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 )
    - Parks and Beaches Articles [Jazz Age Chicago]
    - Aragon Ballroom
    - Riverview Park [Jazz Age Chicago]
    - Riverview Remembered [News-Star/Booster]
    - Central Park Theatre, October 1917, Chicago [jazz nights, included first Bennie Goodman professional playing in 1921]
    - First AC air conditioned movie theater, Central Park Theatre October 1917
    - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    - Second City
    - White City [Jazz Age Chicago]
    - Chicago's Front Door [CPL]
    - Uptown Beaches
- The Great Chicago Department Stores
  - The Boston Store [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Gilmore's [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Becker-Ryan / Sears Roebuck [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Carson Pirie Scott and Company [Saks Incorporated]
  - The Fair in the Loop [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Loren Miller / Goldblatt's [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Mandel Brothers [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Marshall Field and Company [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Montgomery Ward and Company
  - South Center Department Store [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Wieboldt's on Milwaukee Avenue [Jazz Age Chicago]
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- Histories of Chicago Businesses
- Landmarks, Monuments, and Historic Sites
  - Chicago Bee Building [National Register of Historic Places]
  - Chicago Bee Building [Tour Black Chicago Inc.]
  - 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments [Rich Lewis]
  - Auditorium Theater
  - Black Metropolis [National Register of Historic Places]
  - African-American History Tour
  - Bridgeport: Lock Zero
  - Buckingham Fountain [City of Chicago]
  - Chicago Stadium
  - Chicago Theater [CAPA] [History of]
  - City and County Building (City Hall) [City of Chicago]
  - City and County Building (City Hall) [CPL]
  - Congress Hotel [Ramada Inns]
  - Early City Halls [City of Chicago]
  - Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago
  - Garrick, Harris, and Selwyn Theaters [The Goodman Theatre]
  - Historic Places in Chicago [National Register of Historic Places]
  - History of Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center
  - History of the Oriental Theater [Livent]
  - Hull House [Britannica]
  - IIT Campus Renewal: Mies van der Rohe
  - Labor History Sites [Illinois Labor History Society]
  - Marshall Field Wholesale Warehouse
  - Midland Hotel
  - Music Box Theater
  - O'Hare Airport [Chicago Dept. of Aviation]
  - Oak Park Post Office [Oak Park Tourist]
  - Old Comiskey Park
  - Paradise Theater [Lee Ann Mercer]
  - Profile of the Inland Steel Building [Skidmore Owings Merrill]
  - Profile of the John Hancock Tower [Skidmore Owings Merrill]
  - Quinn Chapel, City of Chicago
  - Regal Theater
  - Restoration of the Oriental Theater [AIA Chicago]
  - Robie House [Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation]
  - Robie House [University of Chicago]
  - Soldier Field, Home of The Chicago Bears
  - St. James Cathedral (Episcopal)
  - Uptown Theater [Friends of the Uptown]
  - Victory Monument (Doughboy Statue)
  - Wabash Avenue YMCA, City of Chicago
  - Widow Clarke House, City of Chicago
  - Wrigley Building [Wrigley Company]
  - Wrigley Field [Chicago Cubs]
- Neighborhood Histories [Please note that those histories provided by Jazz Age Chicago deal with the period 1920-1930]
  - Bridgeport [University of Illinois-Chicago]
  - Bronzeville Residential Streets [Tour Black Chicago Inc.]
  - Bronzeville/47th Street [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Chinatown
  - Downtown Evanston [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Englewood [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Forest Park [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Garfield Park and Conservatory [Chicago Park District]
  - Garfield Park [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Gary: "America's Magic Industrial City" [Christopher A. Meyers]
  - Historic Hyde Park Houses [UChicago-CUIP Digital Library]
  - Lower Milwaukee Avenue [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Marquette Park, Chicago Park District
  - Maxwell Street Market
  - North Lawndale
  - Nortown, Lincoln-Belmont [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Oak Park, The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest
  - Oak Woods Cemetery
  - Prairie Avenue -- Clarke and Glessner Houses
  - Historic Pullman - Chicago, Illinois
  - Historic Pullman Structures [HPF]
  - Rogers Park / West Ridge Historical Society
  - Sans Souci
  - Uptown [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - West Madison [Jazz Age Chicago]
  - Woodlawn [Jazz Age Chicago]
- Parish Histories

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Site managed by George Laughead, manager, United States History and Website Tools. Thanks to Dr. Lynn H. Nelson, original author, true son of Chicago and Kansas Heritage Group founder. Hosted at WWW-Virtual Library @ www.vlib.us/ Posted: 14 April 2001. Updated: 20 December 2017.

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