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Filipinos and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

October is Filipino American History Month, which commemorates the first Filipinos to arrive on the North American...

The Pioneering Mexican Dancers of the 1933 World’s Fair

CHM museum specialist Jojo Galvan writes about Alfredo Cano and Bertha “Rosita” Musquiz, two professional Mexican American...

The Pioneer: The Little Locomotive That Could

In October 1848, a small group of Chicagoans witnessed the Pioneer locomotive’s inaugural run as it pulled from the...

Foods of the 1893 World’s Fair

Chicago has undoubtedly become one of the culinary epicenters of the world. The city’s location in the...

“What shall I wear at the World’s Fair in Chicago?”

CHM research and insights analyst Marissa Croft writes about the gap in experience between high society dress...