Chicago Day 5: Chicago History Museum

After lunch at Pret-A-Manger, we took Uber to Chicago History Museum. On the way there, we heard helicopter hovering in the sky. The Uber driver told us that it meant something bad had happened.

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Chicago History Museum was formerly known as Chicago History Society. It was rebuilt after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.

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Here are some of the exhibits in the museum.

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Interesting steering wheel made with chains.

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South Side Elevated Railroad Car 1.IMG_5848

Passengers waiting to board a rail car.

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A model of Fort Dearborn.

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Chicago’s history. Checagou is Miami and Illinois word for the wild onion plant that grew in the marshes along the lake Michigan.

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A section is dedicated to the mail order where Montgomery Ward and Richard Sears were successful in selling goods through catalogs to rural customers with limited access to manufactured goods.

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Crate & Barrel is another successful retailer of Chicago.

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Some of the products that originate from Chicago.

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Including the Weber BBQ Grill, …

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…, and birth control pills.

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Opera costume worn in “Carmen” at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1959.

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World’s Columbian Expo in 1893, featuring the first Ferris wheel.

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The Great Chicago Fire, 1871.

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