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20 photos of Chicago in the 1920s


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20 photos of Chicago in the 1920s

Flappers in front of Belmont Theater



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Chicago’s first traffic lights

Elevated view of street traffic



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The Chicago Daily News building

Construction workers on steel frame



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The Art Institute ‘crosses the tracks’

Passersby and cars congregate in the front of the Chicago Art Institue



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Union Station

Union station interior



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CTA Motor Buses

Crowd gathered at bus stop



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The Graf Zeppelin

People in Grant Park



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Liberated ladies

Flappers in front of Belmont Theater



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Prohibition in Chicago

Men dumping wine during prohibition



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The Maxwell Street Market

Maxwell street market vendors



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A brutal winter

Art museum during snowstorm



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The DuSable Bridge

Open drawbridge on Chicago River



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Bert Kelly’s Jazz Stables

Men by sign for Bert Kelly’s Stables



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South Water Street Market

Men at South Water Street Market



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Uptown

Uptown traffic and pedestrians



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A black and tan club

Louis Armstrong and his orchestra appear onstage at the Sunset Cafe nightclub.



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The Chicago PD

Police Squad



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The Palmolive building

Chicago skyline



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A freezing job

Lakeside ice from winter storm



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The Chicago Theater

Chicago Theater



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A dip in Lake Michigan

Summer crowds at Oak Street beach


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