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Language of Materials. From the Collection: Materials are primarily in English, with a few items in Czech, German, and Spanish. ... Chicago IL 60605 United States ... Cite Item Description. School Map of Chicago, 1914, 1917, Box: 48, Folder: 4. Chicago City-Wide Collection, spe-nhrc-ccw. Special Collections Unit at Harold Washington Library Center.
5 mar 2018 · The 7th Illinois infantry in Chicago during World War I in an undated photo. Soldiers load a 3-inch gun at Fort Sheridan on Nov. 20, 1917, in preparation for heading to France during...
World War I (1914–1918) had a profound impact on Chicago both before and after the American war declaration on April 6, 1917. Illinois provided more than 300,000 recruits for the United States military during the war.
Illinois Training School for Nurses, class of 1913. The first female member of the military killed in the line of duty on May 20, 1917, while with Base Hospital No. 12 aboard the USS Magnolia...
The World War I Collection brings together posters, photographs, ephemera and etchings related to the war effort. The bulk of the collection is comprised of posters created in the U.S. between 1914 and 1921, but also includes several posters from Great Britain, Canada and France.
This collection contains the type-written pages of Histories of the Public Schools in Chicago, which provides a one-page compilation of basic information about each Chicago Public School. Charles S. Winslow compiled this information around 1939.
10 kwi 2017 · World War I helped trigger huge shifts in Chicago, with the rapid Americanization of Germans, an influx of African Americans, Mexicans, and single women, Prohibition, and more all occured or began because of developments during the Great War.
