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Cook County Archives retweeted
📷 Construction of the Grit Building at the O'Brien Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) on September 10, 1926.
🗓️ Save the Date of May 2 for the O’Brien WRP Open House and Tours ⬇️
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🖥️ Join our virtual tour on April 14 ⬇️
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ALT Black and white historical photograph showing the construction of the Grit Building at the O'Brien Water Reclamation Plant on September 10, 1926. The image features a partially constructed building framework with workers and machinery present. Surrounding the site are construction materials and equipment, with power lines visible in the background. The date "SEPT. 10, 26" is marked in the lower left corner.
Cook County Archives retweeted
Historical Photo of the Day: A view from a point north of the construction site for a bridge at Canal Street on May 29, 1902, looking south at bridge construction materials and activity. Learn about the work of the #MWRD on our YouTube channel 📽⬇️
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ALT A view from a point north of the construction site for a bridge at Canal Street on May 29, 1902, looking south at bridge construction materials and activity.
Cook County Archives retweeted
The day after President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, the @CookCountyBoard assembled for a Special Meeting in memoriam. These were Journal of Proceedings for that meeting. @JFKLibrary @cookcountygov @CookCoArchives #JFK
Cook County Archives retweeted
Mayor-elect @Brandon4Chicago attended the first @FPDCC Board Meeting since the election. The District presented him with a farewell resolution. Happy to greet him for the first time since Election Night @ToniPreckwinkle @CookCountyBoard @cookcountygov
Cook County Archives retweeted
Good morning and Happy Birthday to our @cookcountygov County Seat, @chicago A view from our great staycation venue! #Chicago
Cook County Archives retweeted
Come on State of Illinois! Cook County just adopted a banger of a new flag & you can surely do a new flag too!
Cook County Archives retweeted
🗳️ We love mayoral elections so much, Chicago, that we’re getting two this year. 🗳️
But how much do you really know about how we’ve chosen our city’s leader for almost the past two centuries?
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Cook County Archives retweeted
It’s #WomensHistoryMonth2023 in @cookcountygov spotlighting women who provided leadership to Cook County throughout our history. Banners here were from 2021 and, in just two years, many more women have joined County leadership. All the new faces soon, but first, a look back.
Cook County Archives retweeted
The first Black Canadian licensed Medical Doctor was Anderson Ruffin Abbott and has a link to @CookCtyHealth. He would serve as a surgeon in the Union Army. In 1894, became surgeon-in-chief at Provident Hospital and medical supt from 1896-97. #BlackHistoryMonth
Cook County Archives retweeted
John Jones would serve on the @CookCountyBoard for two terms. He would retire in 1873 and passed away in 1879. He died as one of Chicago's richest men and is buried in Graceland Cemetery next to his wife, Mary.
Cook County Archives retweeted
The Great Chicago Fire led to creation of the Union Fire Proof ticket and need for prominent members to rebuild. Jones owned $100,000 of real estate in Chicago and was a leading voice for the black community. A month after the fire, Jones was elected to the @CookCountyBoard
Cook County Archives retweeted
By the 1860 Census, John Jones was one of the most prominent businessmen in Chicago, steadily acquiring property while taking an active stand against "Black Laws" denying basic rights to Blacks. His work led to bans on Black Laws in Illinois (Alfred Jackson Tyler, 1963)
Cook County Archives retweeted
John Jones was North Carolina son of a free AA woman and a white man. He apprenticed as a tailor in Memphis, came to Cook County in 1845 and made their home a stop on the Underground Railroad to help get slaves to freedom (painting by Alfred Jackson Tyler, 1963, IL State Museum)
Cook County Archives retweeted
As @cookcountygov celebrates #blackhistorymonth2023 we honor some of the most consequential African Americans to play leadership roles in Cook County. The first Black elected official in Illinois history was @cookcountyboard Commissioner John Jones.
Cook County Archives retweeted
Day after the snow stopped, 1967 Chicago Blizzard. My father took this photo of stranded buses and vehicles once the snow finally stopped. @Chicago_History @ChicagoMuseum @cta @CherylScottWX @BrantMillerNBC @MeganGlaros
Cook County Archives retweeted
HAPPY 192nd BIRTHDAY @cookcountygov! Illinois Legislature created Cook in 1831, named for Atty General and Congressman Daniel Pope Cook, who fought for free-state statehood. Cook was born in KY and never visited Cook County, having died four years earlier.
Cook County Archives retweeted
On this date 1969: @cookcountygov President Richard Ogilvie resigns to be sworn in as Illinois Governor. On same day, @CookCountyBoard Finance Committee Chair George Dunne is chosen by Board as President. Dunne held the office 21 yrs. Ogilvie was last Republican president.
Cook County Archives retweeted
Finally, some see first/last in Chicago is @fly2ohare. A handy Loop map w points of interest is on inside cover and final shots are Buckingham Fountain and a night view of downtown. That’s a lot of souvenir #Chicago for a couple bucks in 1976! Hope you enjoyed this look back!
Cook County Archives retweeted
Higher Ed gets a nod with @UChicago, @NorthwesternU and @thisisUIC architecture featured (sorry @LoyolaChicago and @DePaulU). A diff type of education occurred at the @GreyhoundBus terminal at Clark/Randolph, which made way for the Chi Title & Trust Bldg (now @GrantThornton)
