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Showing posts with label Charity. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 6, 2023

The Miracle House, 2001 North Nordica Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. (1954)

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Frank Lloyd Wright meets The Jetsons. Scale Model.  Locals called it the "Spider House," "Grasshopper House," or ...
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Monday, April 3, 2023

The House of the Good Shepherd was Founded in 1859 in the Town of Lake View, Illinois.

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The Sisters of the Good Shepherd's original building was located on the West side on Price Place. In 1907 they moved to 1126 West Grace ...
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Friday, May 6, 2022

The Truth About Al Capone's Soup Kitchen at 935 South State Street, Chicago, Illinois.

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In historical writing and analysis, PRESENTISM introduces present-day ideas and perspectives into depictions or interpretations of the pas...
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Monday, May 2, 2022

La Rabida Hospital at Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

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La Rabida Hospital on the south side of Chicago has it's origins in the Santa Maria de la Rabida Convent from the 1893 Chicago World...
Saturday, January 23, 2021

Abraham Lincoln and the Second Portuguese Church.

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See footnote about The Marine and Fire Insurance Company. Pictured here is a check for $5 ($150 today) payable to the Second Portuguese Chur...
Monday, October 21, 2019

The History of the Mary E. McDowell Settlement House in Chicago, Illinois.

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Mary McDowell's (1854-1936) abolitionist father, Malcolm McDowell, brought the family from Cincinnati to Chicago after the Civil War, ar...
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