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[pabloestamor]

History…the Been Trill Free Kief shirt c/o Virgil 🕊️🕊️ #Chiefkeef #VirgilAbloh #Beentrill #streetwear #chicago #hiphop #rap #fashion #streetwear #drillmusic #LLVirgilAbloh #creativedesign #indieclothing #throwback #chicagohistory #raphistory #hiphophistory (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmyOd6aOmvu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jenniferwilliamsbroker]

As we celebrate Labor Day do we know the history behind the holiday? Once again Chicago is a pivotal point in American history. The goal to the Haymarket Protest was an 8 hour work day. Commonly associated with International Workers’ Day held on May 1st. #unionproud https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair Photo credits: Wikipedia #chicagohistory #unionproudhome #bestinthemidwest #haymarket #laborday (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTfWX0WLRm6/?utm_medium=tumblr

[bygonely]

Rare Vintage Photos of Chicago's Streets and Landscapes From The 1910s

[chicagosfavoritetattooer]

This morning @blheuser and I ran into this guy named Steve. Steve pretty much made my day. He sells antique slot machines and parts for them. He is 81 years old and got the the motorcycle racer tattoo 68 years ago when he was 13 in the arcade on State Street by Tatts Thomas. I don’t have nor have I ever done a tattoo as tough as these. Steve wins!!!! #greatlakestattoo #tattsthomas #southstatestreet #buytheticketridetheride #tattoohistory #chicagohistory (at Chicago History Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvsXG1ogFaD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qx7vyee2a2b5

[autismparent]

#paradisetheater #chicagohistory #pulaski #austinneighborhood 🎵🎶

[marmarinou]

69th on the Normal Park 'L' by cta web Via Flickr: Today marks the 110th anniversary of the opening of the former Normal Park branch of the South Side 'L'. This photo shows the terminal at 69th with its Greek Revival-style stationhouse and a streetcar in service on the 67th-69th-71st line (predecessor to today's Rt. 67 67th-69th-71st). This part of the 'L' was actually a branch of a branch--it started just west of the Harvard station on the Englewood Branch of the South Side 'L' (now known as the Ashland branch of the Green Line), and continued on south to 69th/Normal. An important destination served by this former branch was the Chicago Normal School (later the Chicago Teachers' College, Chicago State College and now Chicago State University), which was located near the end of the line. (It's since moved to 95th/King Drive, a few blocks east of the end of the Red Line.) This humble branch had just three stops--65th, 67th (Marquette Rd) and 69th. Trains on the line through most of its life would be little one- or two-car trains which would meet with trains from the Englewood branch's former Loomis terminal west of the Harvard station and couple together to continue on to the Loop and back or through to the North Side ('L' routings to/through downtown have varied greatly over the years). Today, you can catch the 'L' near where this branch once ran via Red Line stops just a bit east at 63rd or 69th, or the Green Line a few blocks west at Halsted.

[husheduphistory]

Sentence the Clowns: Chicago’s Forgotten Murder and Manhunt of 1912.

When asking someone what scares them there are a few things you can expect to hear as possible answers. Common things like the dark, death, spiders, heights, and needles all seem to make perfect sense but some people have a deep fear of something originally intended to have the total opposite effect. With their colorful makeup, exaggerated costumes, and slapstick antics clowns have been around for centuries with the goal being to entertain but more recently their image has become one of terror. It is estimated that 12% of Americans find clowns frightening and they have become the unfortunate bearers of their own official phobia, coulrophobia. It is safe to say that their image has not been helped by popular media. From Pennywise the Dancing Clown to Killer Klowns from Outer Space, some portrayals of these comic entertainers have only enhanced their new sinister persona.

But that’s all fiction right? Is there any real reason to see clowns as scary? Well, if you were living in Chicago in 1912 that question may not have had an easy answer.

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Read the rest of the story in Hushed Up History Volume I, available now through Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com!  

[chicagosfavoritetattooer]

Oh damn that’s the OG #chicagorilla🦍 sitting in Cliff Raven studios in the 60s taken from the walls of Tatts shop on South State Street in the 40s and 50s. Stop by @greatlakestattoo and see the history of tattooing in Chicago #greatlakestattoo #chicagotattoohistory #chicagorilla🦍 #learnyourlanguage #learnyourlit #chicagotattooshops #chicagohistory #itsbetterinchicago #necktalkersbecareful (at Great Lakes Tattoo)