Nice write-up of my book from Chicago History Museum President Gary Johnson, who writes a monthly commentary ... "Author! Author!" on significant books. Chicago has always impressed me with its love of history. The museum is well-worth a visit and it ... to play for George Halas, the young owner of the Chicago Bears and a "missionary" for what professional football could become. The third indispensible ...

[via [note that this was posted to the UNC list on 09/19/08] Project Archivist Hedrich Blessing Processing Project Chicago History Museum Chicago, IL The Project Archivist will work as part of a grant-funded project team processing the Hedrich Blessing Photography Collection (1970-1979) November 1, 2008-August 31, 2010. ...

Emily & family have just returned from their summer in California. So we arranged to meet at the Chicago History Museum yesterday morning cos it was free entry there and they'd never been.the 3 year olds were very pleased to be reunited, We got there almost 45 minutes later than we had planned, cos Ms ...

... 's colorful Westmont basement is a journey like no other through Chicago — a place where history and beer collide to tell an American story of ... now defunct Peter Hand Brewery started in Chicago in 1891 — might be the largest in the country, but Hardy is not the only local ... a beer lover's can collection. "A lot of the items are from Chicago and the breweries don't even exist anymore — Meister Brau, ...

Anyone interested in the history of Chicago land values (and that should be everyone around here) will enjoy getting lost in the 1916  Valuations of central business property which I just found at the Internet Archive. As a period piece it's fascinating, but it also provides interesting comparisons to real estate prices and practices of [...]

See the Chicago Tribune article.We're lucky. We're really lucky. We only have streams running through our basement, not standing water. We don't really have anything valuable in our basement, and what is worth keeping was already up on boards or shelves. Our sump pump is working...our neighbor's stopped working. Yeah, our yard is flooded and we do have water in our basement.But compared to a lot ...