Over at the blog, I wrote about George Gallup and the origins of political polling. Go to town.
Meet Lena Springs, the first woman nominated for VP at a major party convention. Over at the blog, I recount how things got real sexist, real fast.
Over at the blog, I provide a little backstory on the Chicago Picasso, which turns 45 next month.
South suburbs + comedy = Adam bait. My new blog post on Tim and Tom, the first interracial comedy team in U.S. history.
Here’s a new post on John B. Drake’s annual game dinner, otherwise known as “Chicago’s Greatest Feed.”
Jayne Kelley, my very funny and smart girlfriend, is pinch hitting on the blog this week. Give her essay on the Beastie Boys’ “half-serious” aesthetic some eyeballs.
From the blog, a not-so-brief history of how a debutante and Mayor La Guardia tried, and mostly failed, to quiet NYC.
Here’s Julia Lathrop, the badass Hull House veteran who helped pass America’s first social welfare program. Read all about the “Better Babies Bill” over at the blog.
The Saddle and Cycle Club, around 1915, Chicago.
Just past south of the center of the photo would be Foster Ave. And of course, the lake now extends at least half a mile to the east.
This inner-city country club still exists, hidden behind a tall wall on the north side of Foster at Marine.
Chicago Public Library Archives
This shot was taken 20 years before the infamous murder, which I wrote about at length six weeks ago.
(Source: calumet412)
Cult street photographer Charles Cushman was on hand to document the famous and grisly Naperville train wreck, which took place 66 years ago today. Over at the blog, I wrote about the tragedy.
