The Good Old Days--they Were Terrible!Looks at the negative aspects of American society between the 1860s and the early 1900s, including housing, education, food, travel, work, and health, illustrated with contemporary cartoons, prints, and photographs. |
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Page 14
... fire of 1871 did not ΤΗ stop Chicago's blustering ad- pr vance ; indeed the fire and smoke it produced may have had a bap- tismal effect on its people , tem- pering them for the ordeal to come . As it grew during the 1870's into a major ...
... fire of 1871 did not ΤΗ stop Chicago's blustering ad- pr vance ; indeed the fire and smoke it produced may have had a bap- tismal effect on its people , tem- pering them for the ordeal to come . As it grew during the 1870's into a major ...
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... Fires threatened their residents . ... As the size and number of apart- ment buildings increased , so too did the danger that a fire would turn them into blazing prisons . Of course , they were not the only firetraps , but they ...
... Fires threatened their residents . ... As the size and number of apart- ment buildings increased , so too did the danger that a fire would turn them into blazing prisons . Of course , they were not the only firetraps , but they ...
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... FIRE DEPT . RING YORK POLICE RING . DEPT.PUBLIC WORKS New York's Tammany octopus . million , which compares favor- ably with the losses of the Chicago fire - put at $ 30 million . No ser- vices reached the public without first being ...
... FIRE DEPT . RING YORK POLICE RING . DEPT.PUBLIC WORKS New York's Tammany octopus . million , which compares favor- ably with the losses of the Chicago fire - put at $ 30 million . No ser- vices reached the public without first being ...
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