Among the surprises in a new exhibition at the Chicago History Museum: streets paved with wood, an unusual heat wave and exoneration for Mrs. O’Leary’s cow.
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The other day I spoke to a guy in Los Angeles who was selling, he said, an authentic sheet of fingerprints taken after the arrest of Leopold and Loeb. He said he was hoping to sell it to “someone very wealthy in the Chicago area.” He wants $137,500. That may sound strange but the Chicago History Museum does have Leopold's eyeglasses.
Author of the article: Tim Gordanier
Publishing date: Dec 31, 2020 • December 31, 2020 • 3 minute read . Whig-Standard archives
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