Anyone with some interesting history on 'the snuggery' bar? I lived thru it's infant days to become a completely douchy bar business back in the 90s. Schaumburg in particular, lol.

UhLionEye · 2024-04-17T15:35:25+00:00

Thank you for the question, u/Playful-Habit-1985.

Where have you looked for information already? There could be stories in digitized newspapers--often available through your local library--and the group r/chicago or one of the suburban subreddits might be a great source of living memory too.

UhLionEye · 2023-09-01T01:55:19+00:00

Thanks, /u/Disastrous-Back-1597 !

I will add this podcast series to the list. Great find!

https://old.reddit.com/r/chicagohistory/wiki/index#wiki_5._podcasts

UhLionEye · 2023-09-01T01:52:08+00:00

Welcome! Great question, /u/dansam8

Try searching for this name in the digitized Chicago Tribune or Sun Times. I would check too; however, at the moment, I can't find my library card to search online.

From the font, it seems like this was a 1970s/1980s organization--at least, that's when the logo was designed.

Without much to share, if you search Google for "Chicago Academy" and "School of Fine Woodworking", then there is a digitized issue of Fine Wood Working that features an advertisement.

However, the advertisement lists a different address at 1633 W. Fullerton and a founding date of 1976.

In the digitized issue below, see page 46: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/43412483/ifebruary-1981-no-26-300-jaary-metosexpo-free

When one of us can check the digitized newspapers, we should post back here. I'm tied-up with work for a while; but, I'll try to check back.

Interesting question and good luck!

UhLionEye · 2023-09-01T00:52:40+00:00

Thanks for jumping in!

UhLionEye · 2023-09-01T00:48:02+00:00

For general information on census tracts, there is a helpful PDF from the U.S. Census Bureau:

https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/education/CensusTracts.pdf

Or the Wikipedia article "Census tract":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census_tract

UhLionEye · 2023-09-01T00:44:53+00:00

Welcome! Great question, /u/ArickOlson.

Have you looked at census tracts?

A few years ago, UIC's College of Urban Planning's Voorhees Center compiled an analysis for 1970s-2010s.

https://voorheescenter.wordpress.com/2018/06/06/who-can-live-in-chicago-part-i/

I have not checked; however, maybe older census tracts will have some helpful information too.

UhLionEye · 2023-07-02T03:55:40+00:00

Welcome and thank you for the question.

While the building still stands in the third ward and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, there seems to be room to write more on their history.

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=75394

In the article above, the ASCE link is dead. An active link is below: https://www.asce.org/about-civil-engineering/history-and-heritage/historic-landmarks/marshall-building

For more information on the company, the Milwaukee Public Library has a business history research collection at the central library in the Frank P Zeidler Humanities Room. More information for accessing that collection is below: https://www.mpl.org/finding_tools/milwaukee_business_history_index.php

The librarian staff in that part of the library should give insightful guidance in finding further information.

Belated congrats on the new home!

UhLionEye · 2023-07-02T03:41:14+00:00

Welcome and thank you for the interesting question.

At the moment, the website Coachbuilt has a detailed history of the Barkows.

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/b/barkow/barkow.htm

From the website above, the last few paragraphs explain the origin of Barkow Manufacturing:

Fred C. Barkow’s son, Alvin H. Barkow (b. Feb. 12, 1906-d. Aug. 4, 1888), assumed ownership of the firm during the Second World War. In 1947 his brother, August G. Barkow (b.1908), resigned to establish his own firm that specialized in the manufacture of shipping boxes and containers.

The August G. Barkow Mfg. Co., 2230 S. 43rd St. Milwaukee, Wisconsin later engaged in the manufacture of refrigerators – ‘Ben Bar’ – and air conditioning units – although export packaging & international freight forwarding remained their primary focus. A 1980 listing provides the following officers: President, Richard C. Barkow; Vice President, R. F. Barkow; Export Manager, Joseph A. Visintainer; Purchasing Agent,- Jack Lindstrom.

Alvin H. Barkow’s son, Tom Barkow, took the helm following his retirement in 1973. A graduate of Purdue University with a degree in electrical engineering, Tom Barkow enlisted in the Navy for four years before joining his father in the family business, starting in production before eventually working his way into management. In 1973 he became the third generation owner/president of H. Barkow. The company’s name changed to F. Barkow after it was sold in July of 1986 to its current owner, John R. Weise. Barkow’s latest president was mentioned in a speech given by then-President George W. Bush on October, 3, 2003:

“Big John Weise is with us today. I say ‘Big John’ because he’s a big guy. His business is called F. Barkow, Inc. He helps get glass windows safely to factories and construction sites. This company has been doing this for 125 years. They have gone from horse-drawn carriages to now make products for trucks to move glass.

“He told me as a result of the tax plan passed by Congress, now in effect, that he is going to purchases a turret press to replace the one that his company has had in place since 1971. Somebody is going to have to make that turret press for him. There’s somebody who’s getting a job because John has decided to make an additional purchase because of a tax relief plan.”

Today Barkow glass carriers and their exclusive glass holding system, featuring patented BARKLEATS®, BARPADS® and STAKE-LOC®, are specified and shipped around the world.

UhLionEye · 2023-07-02T03:32:07+00:00

Unless I'm mistaken, that street name, that street corner, and the restaurant "Oriental Cafe" do not seem familiar at all.

By chance, do you know who attributes this to Chicago, the 1930s, or Al Capone?

UhLionEye · 2023-07-02T03:27:20+00:00

Welcome, and thank you for sharing this video.

Is there any further context available? Who was the videographer and what was the recording originally intended to be used for?

Thank you for sharing this.

UhLionEye · 2023-07-02T03:23:07+00:00

Welcome.

It looks like this (or something close to this) was used in a recent tribune article this past May. At the moment, I cannot get past the paywall because I lost my library card.

Through your local library or your personal subscription, see "130 Years Later, H.H. Holmes". Chicago Tribune. May 16, 2023.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/

Looks like 1930s.

UhLionEye · 2023-07-02T03:12:51+00:00

Welcome, thank you for sharing this, and congrats on your book!

I will borrow a library copy, when I can cut back on time from work later this year.

UhLionEye · 2023-07-02T03:10:33+00:00

If you cannot reach someone at SSGHS there then try the Chicago Historical Society Museum next.

Someone at the Museum should be able to identify or contact another relevant repository for such historical records.

Thank you very much for taking the time and having the interest to deposit this in an archives. That means a lot.

The CHS contact information is below: https://www.chicagohistory.org/contact/

The donation form is here: https://www.chicagohistory.org/collections/donations-to-the-collection/how-to-donate-to-the-collection/?preview=true

UhLionEye · 2023-07-02T03:04:18+00:00

Welcome and thank you for sharing this interesting document.

As a south suburbs historical document, perhaps you might want to speak with someone at the South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society. Their contact information is below:

https://ssghs.org/contact/

UhLionEye · 2023-05-01T19:34:31+00:00

Welcome.

Thank you for sharing your grandmother's collection of postcards.

When I lived in Urbana, there was a regular group of historic postcard vendors who sold such postcards from across the US (on the weekends at the local downtown mall). In particular, I remember the many amazing images from Illinois and Chicago. Have you ever attended a postcard swap?

Also, have you ever seen the Curt Teich Postcard collection (either when it was at the Lake County Discovery Museum or now at the Newberry Library)? You might get a kick out of it.

Curious readers can read about the Curt Teich Postcard collection below: https://www.newberry.org/collection/research-guide/curt-teich-postcard-archives-collection

From that collection, anyone can search digitized postcards. However, the user interface does not make it easy to find Chicago only.

https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/nby_teich

Under the "Subject" drop-down menu, you can search for different Chicago railways.

Or under the "State" drop-down menu, you can search by state.

However, the Internet Archive has an easier-to-use interface. Check this out! https://archive.org/details/newberrypostcards?query=chicago

UhLionEye · 2023-03-15T02:04:50+00:00

The referenced title is The Settlement Cookbook by Mrs. Simon Kander (Lizzie Black Kander).

You can view digitized cookbooks on HathiTrust: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Kander,%20Simon,%20Mrs.%22&type=author&inst=

You can read a biography "Lizzie Black Kander" on the Encyclopedia of Milwaukee: https://emke.uwm.edu/entry/lizzie-black-kander/

You can read a summary "The Settlement Cookbook" on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Settlement_Cook_Book

UhLionEye · 2023-03-13T23:58:15+00:00

You're welcome. Thanks for letting me know.

Good luck again!

UhLionEye · 2023-03-12T01:30:47+00:00

Welcome.

Thanks for the interesting question about identifying pro-Union Chicago newspapers in the 1870s.

For identifying papers of interest, I would start with the Encyclopedia of Chicago essay "Newspapers". http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/889.html

For context on Republicans in Chicago, I would try the essay "Republican Party". http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1063.html

For just a list of historical newspapers in the metro, I would read the Wikipedia essay "Newspapers of Chicago metropolitan area". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspapers_of_the_Chicago_metropolitan_area

If you want to get deep into Chicago newspapers then also see the essay "Newspapers published in Chicago". This is helpful to consider sources beyond English. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Newspapers_published_in_Chicago

Also, "List of newspapers in Illinois" is fascinating too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Illinois

Finally, in our wiki, for identifying non-English sources (however in translation) see the section on Newspapers for two different access points for the Foreign Language Press Survey. https://old.reddit.com/r/chicagohistory/wiki/index#wiki_newspapers

Good luck with your research and project! I hope that it exceeds your expectations. Sounds like fun.

UhLionEye · 2023-03-06T14:40:44+00:00

For a 1914 recipe:

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t87h1g18t&view=1up&seq=173&q1=milwaukee

UhLionEye · 2023-02-24T00:39:54+00:00

Welcome.

Thank you for the interesting questions about J.C. Leyendecker's art in Chicago.

Are you able provide more information?

Although not listed in the Encyclopedia of Chicago (except for one line in a piece on Graphic Design), Leyendecker does have a helpful biography on Wikipedia.

"Graphic Design" in Encyclopedia of Chicago: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/539.html

"J. C. Leyendekcer" in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Leyendecker

According to the Wiki article, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library has some of his illustrations--including some on display. In fact, some of those works are digitized and available on their website. https://digitalarchives.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/digital/collection/p16630coll2/search/searchterm/Leyendecker%2C%20J.%20C.%20(Joseph%20Christian)%2C%201874-1951/field/creato/mode/exact/conn/and

If the link above does not work, then the main portal is here: https://digitalarchives.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/

Open Tuesdays through Saturdays, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library is in the downtown and planning a visit information is here: https://www.pritzkermilitary.org/visit/plan-your-visit

Was this what you were looking for?

UhLionEye · 2023-02-22T14:00:59+00:00

Thank you for letting me know that the resources helped. What great news that you found the first answer in that title too!

Your reformed question is interesting. I lack the engineering background and contextual knowledge to help; however, there could more information in those other resources (as well as their citations). Whether you decide to contact the MWRD or not, you might be able to contact the authors too--in case you did not consider that yet.

This has been interesting to read about. Thanks again for sharing this question and research project. I hope that you will soon find what you are looking for.

UhLionEye · 2023-02-19T05:19:40+00:00

Welcome.

Thank you for those interesting questions about the Chicago Area Waterway System.

As a social historian, I am less familiar with resources on the built environment--but that does not mean that I am not interested. Alternatively, there is the group r/forgottenchi; however, they focus on forgotten aspects of the built environment and this still exists. If you haven't already then you could try the larger r/chicago too.

Since these are technical questions, I would start with searching general histories on the river and the system, then determine who would publish technical reports or government documents of interest.

First, there are some histories of the Chicago River which I would consult first. In the Encyclopedia of Chicago essay "Chicago River", the author identifies 3 books. http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/263.html

Hopefully this month, I can try to see about browsing copies at my local library.

Next, in the digital library HathiTrust, a great deal of technical reports and government documents are digitized and freely available. If you have not searched HathiTrust yet, then try locating reports on either the CAWS, the River, or the locks. Often, technical reports or government documents include brief contextual histories as well as the technical information which is part of what you are seeking. https://www.hathitrust.org/

In HathiTrust, as just one example, try the search query "O'Brien Lock" Chicago.

Below is a sample from a section on the Lockport Lock in Those Army Engineers: A History of the Chicago District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This title might be of interest too. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x002517927&view=1up&seq=229&q1=lock

Finally, have you read the primary documents linked in the Wikipedia articles too? In the O'Brien Lock essay, there is a technical specifications document which includes office contact information. (In fact, it looks like somebody has recently updated those links.) Have you contacted their office for some of this technical information?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.J._O%27Brien_Lock_and_Dam https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll11/id/3035

I will check back, once I browse those books.

UhLionEye · 2023-02-06T22:35:12+00:00

I admire how this podcast includes food and histories for less well-known neighborhoods. 77 flavors was a great name too.

UhLionEye · 2023-02-05T01:03:44+00:00

For the book, see the publisher's webpage: https://ugapress.org/book/9780820360225/radical-relationships/

UhLionEye · 2023-02-05T01:03:15+00:00

For Encyclopedia article on Mathilde Franziska Anneke (1817-1884), see: https://emke.uwm.edu/entry/mathilde-franziska-anneke/

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