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20th Century

20th Century, Collection Essays

Picturing the Century of Progress: The 1933-34 Chicago World’s Fair

Photo of a group of people admiring a large globe.

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July 12, 2016

20th Century, Collection Essays

Art In Chicago 1900-1935

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June 15, 2016

20th Century, Collection Essays

The New Deal in Chicago and the Midwest

Black and white photo of six long, one-story, pre-fab buildings standing in a row in a clearing. A seventh building stands behind the row of buildings, its long end facing their short ends. Dirt roads surround the buildings on two sides, and there are trees behind them.

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September 14, 2014

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Commodities and the Transformation of the North American Landscape

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March 6, 2014

20th Century, Collection Essays

Perspectives on the Mexican Revolution

The Chicago-based mapmaking and printing company Rand McNally published this representation of the Mexican Revolution in 1914.

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February 21, 2014

20th Century, Collection Essays

The Struggle for Civil Rights in the Urban North

Poster of text

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January 30, 2014

20th Century, Classroom Materials, High School

Raising Support for World War I

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June 28, 2013

20th Century, Collection Essays

World War I in U.S. Popular Culture

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June 27, 2013

20th Century, Classroom Materials, High School, Lesson Plans

Reading Visual Images: The First World War

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June 13, 2013

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Immigration and Citizenship in the United States, 1865-1924

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November 7, 2012

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Faith in the City: Religion and Urban Life in Chicago, 1870-1920

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September 14, 2012

18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Anti-Statism in U.S. History

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June 26, 2012