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Chicago History Minute

On September 2, 1890, Standard Oil completed its refinery in Whiting, and the town developed into a growing site for commercial enterprise and trade.
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Prohibition Month

New Beer's Eve was the era of juice joints and jazz, bootleggers and bathtub gin, turf wars and tough guys. More than a decade under the Volstead Act made Chicago famous—and infamous. Join us for a month of programs that take a closer look at Prohibition and the counterculture of the 1920s. 



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