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George Ferris, the inventor of the Chicago Ferris Wheel

A lot of inventors were born and worked in...
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Women ruling technology. The story of Chicago inventor Josephine Cochrane

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Epidemics in the history of Chicago

19th-century Chicago was different from the modern one. At...
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Dorothy Hoffner, the story of the world’s oldest skydiver

Dorothy Hoffner is known far beyond Chicago because she...
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Invention of the bulletproof vest in Chicago

Chicago, March 16, 1897. Two short men stand opposite...
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