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May 2019
Made In Chicago: Extended for the Summer
Our hands-on exhibit of products manufactured in 20th Century Chicago is on view any Wednesday or Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop in to see a fascinating array of familiar products and make some new discoveries about our city's past, on loan from collector and curator Andrew Clayman.
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The Gangsters of West Ridge Tour Returns July 13
Last time sold out quickly. Register now to reserve your ticket for the walking tour that takes you back to a fascinating look at a sometimes glamorized, sometime buried era of Chicago history, with links to our own community. Tony Soprano wasn't the first mobster drawn to quiet suburban-style living. In the Roaring 20's, the new bungalows of West Ridge provided an idyllic refuge on the northern edge of the city for organized crime figures involved in the gambling, rum-running,…
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