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Chicago History Caught in the Web
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | March 28th 2008 by ChicagoBookBabe
A little Friday link love...Check out the old postcard views of the Art Institute at the Chicago Postcard Museum. It's part of their "The Art Institute of Chicago: Inside-Out" exhibit. I think my favorite is the card above published about 1900. Yep, read more
Henry Blackman Sell & The Chicago Roundtable: Part 2
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | February 6th 2008 by ChicagoBookBabe
"The Sell-ing of a Good Book"Henry Sell's success writing ethnic focused articles for The Chicago Daily News had gotten him in the newspaper's door. But, Sell wanted more. Contributing articles a few times a week was one thing, but Sell wanted a staf read more
Henry Blackman Sell and The Chicago Literary Roundtable
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | January 31st 2008 by ChicagoBookBabe
Part 1: "Who is that Guy?"So, ...a guy walks into the Chicago Daily News editor-in-chief's office and says, "I want to be the editor of the book review section.""Well, asks the editor, "do you have any experience?" "Well, a little," the man replied, read more
Lloyd Lewis and Henry Justin Smith
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | December 14th 2007 by ChicagoBookBabe
I'm reading Chicago: The History of its Reputation by Lloyd Lewis and Henry Justin Smith, and I must say it is one of the most quotable Chicago history books I've read in a long time. For good reason. The book was written by two seasoned newspapermen read more
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