Welcome to chicago, this historic motor road district. 1905 to 1936. With an emphasis on architecture and automobiles. My name is Barbara Barrett and im a history entertainment speaker. That is, i love sharing history and an entertaining way. Ill be your host this afternoon as we explore the fascinating architecture in automobiles for sale on chicagos storied motor show. If you love history. If you love chicago. If you love architecture. Or if you just love automobiles. And i know that you do, youre in the right place. So lets buckle our seatbelts and start your engines. Ladies and gentlemen. Well, you just might wonder where and what is chicagos historic motor road district . Well, its a group of 59 properties, primarily on south Michigan Avenue and secondarily on wabash and indiana avenues between roosevelt road on the north stephens expressway on the south Mccormick Place on the east and the red line Rapid Transit tracks to the west. Now, heres a map of the area. Here we have runnin
Welcome back, everybody. As you know we have been in the gilded age for some time now. Weve already seen the Technological Innovations that made this economic expansion possible. We saw the economic transformations and the effect of those changes on the economy as far as lifestyles both for the very ritzy opulent robber baron lifestyles and also the very poor. Whether it was the People Living in the shacks of the new england mill towns or whether it was the increasing problems of housing in the sanitation that came with this rapid and in many ways chaotic growth of the cities in the late 19th century. All of it accompanied by problems going along with immigration. We saw in particular there was some frustration with this new gilded age regime. As we talked about the farmers in this. That could have been called discontent in the gilded age part one. Today we turn our attention mostly back towards industry and in some ways back toward the city as well. I want to look at different types o
Welcome back, everybody. We have been in the gilded age we have time now and already seen the Technological Innovations that made some of this economic expansion possible. Economicth the transformation and the effect of those changes in the economy as far as lifestyles, these opulent robber baron lifestyles and the very poor, whether it was People Living in the shacks of the new england mill towns or whether it was when we explored the gilded age city, the increasing problems of housing and sanitation that came with this rapid and chaotic growth of the citys in the 19th century, all of it accompanied by problems going along with immigration. Time, there was some this new gilded age regime as we talk about the farmers. That lecture could have been called discontent in the gilded age part one but today, we turn our attention back toward industry and back toward the cities as well. I want to let at different types of frustration with this new order in america. Eightarted with the song hou
Museum in terre haute, indiana. This is American History tv, only on cspan3. Our featured contend their week is eugene v. Debs. At the turn of the 20th century, a fifetime contender on the socialist ticket and the nations most celebrated world war i protester. This footage captures debs on his return to his hometown of terre haute, indiana, following his release from prison by president Warren Harding after a federal conviction stemming from those war protests. Tonight we are in terre haute in the debs home and museum. Let me introduce you to earnest freeburg, who is a debs biographer. His book is called democracys prisoner. Eugene v. Debs, the great war and the right to dissent. Its been 85 years since debs died. Why do we care about him . Debs was one of the most important labor leaders at a crucial time and conflict between labor and. When it was a viable, growing and important part of the american political culture. Is he interesting as a snapshot in time or does he have a lasting
At the turn of the 20th century, a fivetime candidate for president on the socialist ticket and the nations most celebrated world war i protester. This december, 1921 footage captures debs on his return to his hometown of terre haute, indiana following his release from prison by president Warren Harding after a federal conviction stemming from those war protests. Tonight we are in terre haute in the debs home and museum. Let me introduce you to one of our two guests, Ernest Freeberg, a debs biographer, whose book is called, dempseys prisoner. It has been 85 years since debs died, why do we care about him . He was one of the most important labor leaders at a crucial time of conflict between labor and capital. More importantly, he was the central figure in a socialist movement at a time when it was a viable, growing, and important part of the american political culture. Is he interesting as a snapshot in time or does he have a Lasting Legacy . Like many thirdparty candidates, he and his