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reenactment of St Valentine's Day massacre 1929 for jurors

Chicago gang kills six: The St Valentine’s Day Massacre (1929)

Romantic tradition returns in the movie ‘Somewhere in Time’ (1980)

Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison says that people work too hard and worry too much (1913)

New York City in the 1880s - Victorian era NYC

How long did people live in the Victorian era? US life expectancy in the 1800s

Observation car on a deluxe overland limited train2

Inside vintage train cars: See a Deluxe Overland Limited Train (1910s)

Take the day off to see Ferris Bueller (1986)

Cute vintage babies

Mom didn’t know she was pregnant: First big story about a surprise baby (1915)

Looking back at the history of Chicago (1977)

Why corsets were a multi-million dollar industry even back in 1888

Chicago laughs at Al Capone pretending to be a gentleman (1929)

President Lincoln’s funeral (1865)

Jazz music has a remarkable history (1919)

Chicago Cubs win World Series baseball championship (1908)

Ride the rails in style Train cars from the 1940s

Ride the rails in style: Train cars from the 1940s

Beauties of nine towns (1895)

A view on birth control from 1915

fine farming land in illinois 1863

Illinois: Farm land from $8 to $12 an acre (1863)

Joe DiMaggio’s baseball record: 56-game hit streak (1941)

Music legend Curtis Mayfield: 1942-1999

‘Scarface’ Al Capone released from Alcatraz (1939)

Take the train to your family vacation destination! (1956)

Pennsylvania Railroad’s great East-West Fleet (1941)

Vintage travel posters: All the places you can fly (1961)

Can the commuter survive? (1961)

The Great Chicago Fire, as the story unfolded (1871)

Birth of the American League (1900)

Teens will eat up ‘Breakfast Club’ (1985)

Comiskey’s great ball park open (1910)

Northern lights startle the states (1903)

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