Open For Business (From The Archives)
London readers continue to browse through a library, even though it was destroyed by German bombs during WWII.
What a powerful, wonderful image that perfectly illustrates the triumphant human spirit.
“Let me tell you something. I’m from Chicago. I don’t break.” - Barack Obama
Happy 176th birthday to Chicago, the greatest city in the world!
Free 2013 CTA Historical Calendar
The Chicago Transit Authority has been nice enough to produce a 2013 historical calendar, and they are giving it away for free!
Click here to download the PDF calendar.
Book Room In The Old Water Tank, Ca. 1873
From the Chicago Public Library Archives:
Measuring 58 feet in diameter and 28 feet high, the Book Room in the water tank was originally able to accommodate 3, 157 volumes. Its most important feature, however, was that it was fireproof.
Ernest Hemingway
The original “Most Interesting Man in the World.”
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