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Showing posts with label Infamous. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Infamous. Show all posts
Saturday, May 18, 2024

Nightlife and Entertainment Clubs in Mid-20th Century Chicago.

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Chicago nightlife proliferated in the wake of the 1871 Chicago Fire and again in conjunction with the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition...
Thursday, April 4, 2024

What Happened to all the Alewives in Lake Michigan?

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Alewives are small fish native to saltwater but migrate to freshwater rivers and streams to spawn. They are also called River Herring, Sawbe...
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

A Brief History of Alphonse Francis “Sonny” Capone Jr.

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Alphonse Francis “Sonny” Capone Jr. was born December 4, 1918, in Chicago, Illinois, to parents Al Capone and Mary "Mae" Josephine...
Friday, January 5, 2024

Al Capone's Police Photo from New York City, December 26, 1925. The real story.

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Twenty-six-year-old Al Capone's primary reason for being in New York was to bring his son, Albert "Sonny" Capone, to a special...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

The Legacy of Chicagoan David Kennison, Debunked.

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RECORDED HISTORY Most Chicagoans have likely never heard of David Kennison (aka Kinnison). And yet, when he died here in 1852, his funeral w...
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Saturday, August 26, 2023

Chicago's First Crime King, Irishman Michael Cassius McDonald. (1839-1907)

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Though long-forgotten by many, latecomers like Capone, Torrio and Colosimo owe a debt of gratitude to Michael Cassius McDonald, the man who ...
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Friday, July 21, 2023

Cut-Rate Toys at 2424 West Devon Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, (1958-1991). My Story.

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Marvin Hecht (1927-2019) opened Cut-Rate Toys at 2424 West Devon Avenue, Chicago, in 1958.  He was an angry man who apparently didn't li...
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Monday, July 3, 2023

The "Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab Kit," the Most Dangerous Toy in the World.

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Marshall Field & Co. State Street Store sold the U-238 , Christmas 1950,  as informed by a former Toy Dept. employee. The U-238 Atomic E...
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Mobster, Johnny Torrio, and the Handshake Murder.

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In the nineteen twenties, Johnny Torrio was one of the top Chicago gangsters. He was prominent in the underworld but small in size at only f...