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Chicago Collections
@chicollections.bsky.social
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A consortium of libraries, museums, and other institutions with archives that collaborate to preserve and share the history and culture of the Chicago region.
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 1d
Put me down for an order of the brass knuckles!
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 1d
It's not but clip art, our budget is small.
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 1d
Already designed the tee
A red short-sleeve tee with Chicago Building Nerd Collective and an image of a house
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 1d
I love the Chicago Building Nerd Collective! We ride at dawn!
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 1d
Very excited for this book! Have to take these joys where we can find them.
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 2d
Aka the Tronc guy
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 2d
This is a great read from @chicagocovenants.bsky.social The parallels to today--a white criminal preferable to a black homeowner . . .
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Al Capone’s Covenant — Chicago Covenants
By Ben Miller In the late 1920s, covenant fever swept the South Side of Chicago. As the city’s Black population boomed, white residents mobilized to prevent their neighborhoods from becoming integra...
www.chicagocovenants.com
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 2d
Just realized that Todd Blanche's name is literally Todd White.
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 2d
💯 This and @southsideweekly.bsky.social's story
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 3d
Remember when we did protection instead of deportation?
Midwest Committee for Protection of Foreign Born records, 1947-1963, bulk 1950-1958
explore.chicagocollections.org/ead/chicagoh...
explore.chicagocollections.org
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 4d
Voting for the timelessness of a burger as most soothing.
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 6d
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 11d
Here for things with no reason, especially in these times!
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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · 17d
Kevin M. Schultz and Daniel Kaliszyk describe troubling cuts at the Chicago History Museum.
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Chicago History Museum cuts hinder research, exploration
The timing couldn't have been worse. The Trump administration has slashed museum budgets, the Smithsonian is being reviewed to align with Donald Trump's vision of America and the school year just star...
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 17d
Right exhibit in the right place! We look forward to seeing it.

Member DePaul has the Young Lords collection: explore.chicagocollections.org/ead/depaul/8...
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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 19d
The View from the Ground archive is a searchable collection of Jamie Kalven’s original reporting and a robust collection of black and white film photographs by Patricia Evans from the final chapter of high-rise public housing in Chicago.
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 19d
Like any research, it started with something else, in this case, a question about the United Center.
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 19d
Man, the world is scary, so why not go down the rabbit hole of Chicago Stadium research with a coworker
A tuxedo cat lies on a laptop keyboard interfering with a search in the ECC portal for the Chicago Stadium.
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 24d
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Chicago History Museum cuts hinder research, exploration
The timing couldn't have been worse. The Trump administration has slashed museum budgets, the Smithsonian is being reviewed to align with Donald Trump's vision of America and the school year just star...
chicago.suntimes.com
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 25d
He wrote for the Vassar Spectator with Marc Theissen and Richard Miniter
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The Vassar Spectator — Browse by title — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive
Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive
newspaperarchives.vassar.edu
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 25d
Can't listen for even 5 minutes!
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 26d
We're here for whatever Dominic Pacyga writes!
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Chicago mag @chicagomag.com · 26d
Anton Cermak dreamed of a Chicago Tammany Hall. Richard J. Daley perfected nepotism. Richard M. Daley embraced LGBTQ+ voters. A new book explores how the Chicago political machine kept reinventing itself. buff.ly/Etq0NBt
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · Sep 9
Perhaps a copy signed by the authors will find its way into our hands?
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · Sep 9
What a treat to see the interior! Can't wait to read the book!
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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · Sep 8
Wondering that too.
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