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Universal began in a multi-story Chicago Ave. where they made mostly plaster/chalkware products. In the 1950s they moved to a new second single story building located on Ogden Ave., where they began working with experimental composites.
After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Haegar shipped bricks into the city to help rebuild Chicago. By the 1920s the brickyard's production included teaware, luncheonware, crystal and glassware. At the Century of Progress Exposition in 1934 in Chicago, Haeger Potteries' exhibit included a working ceramic factory where souvenir pottery was made. [1]
Vaughan was founded in 1869 in Chicago, Illinois by Alexander Vaughan, an 18-year-old blacksmith, as a plumbing business. Vaughan soon set up a blacksmith shop behind a hardware store in Chicago owned by Sidney Bushnell. On June 15, 1869, Vaughan was granted a patent for an improved post auger [2] and began producing custom tools.
The past can be quite fascinating.Those of us living in the present find it really interesting what life was like 50, 100, or even a 1,000 years ago. Luckily, we can go almost 200 years to the ...
Products Apparel, fabrics, furniture, sewing machines, baby buggies, toys and games for adults, inexpensive household items The Fair was a discount department store founded in 1874 in Chicago, Illinois .
Ford City Mall, West Lawn, Chicago - closed before or by Nov. 1987 - became Carson Pirie Scott; Randhurst Village in Mt. Prospect, Illinois - closed Dec. 1987, 209,000 sq ft (19,400 m 2), became Bergner's [4] Harlem Irving Plaza in Norridge, 3 floors; Other stores: [5] [6] Chicago Ashland Avenue and Madison Street, Chicago
A landmark lost to history and is considered the world's first skyscraper. Chicago Water Tower and Chicago Avenue Pumping Station, circa 1886. 1886 May 4, the Haymarket riot. [20] Chicago Evening Post published (until 1932). [1] 1887: Newberry Library established. 1888: Dearborn Observatory rebuilt. 1889 Hull House founded. [1] [21] Auditorium ...
Chicago Fire: October 1871 Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States Unknown [s 2] Ancient Ruins in the Canyon de Chelly: 1873 Timothy O'Sullivan: Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, United States Albumen print [s 1] Steinway Hall: 2 December 1873 Unknown New York City, United States Halftone print