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Tue, Aug 31
|Niles-Maine District Library
Chicago, Movies, a Pandemic, and a World's Fair: A Virtual Tour
Time travel back to 1918 and 1933 Chicago to discover, first, how three movie theaters survived the flu pandemic and, second, how a man-made Chicago peninsula is connected to classic Hollywood.
Time and Location
Aug 31, 2021, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT
Niles-Maine District Library
About
In the first half of this virtual tour, hear about the 1918 flu pandemic's effect on Chicago movie houses and what the owners did to survive. In the second half, walk the trails of Northerly Island as you discover how this man-made peninsula—along with events that occurred there in 1933—is connected to classic Hollywood.
Register free: https://nmdl.libnet.info/event/5186329
Photo: Michigan Avenue looking North, c. 1933, public domain.
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