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  1. Visit Lincoln's Chicago

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    Come down to the Chicago History Museum and "Visit Lincoln's Chicago" through the Museum's latest touch screen activity where you can tour the city in the 1860s and explore beautiful lithographs from…

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    • FashioNext 2010 Finalists

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      FashioNext is an ongoing, ground-breaking fashion design competition featuring established Chicago designers. Participants are challenged to design garments inspired by select pieces from the costume…

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      • Dim Sum in Chicago's Chinatown

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        Watch the kitchen professionals prepare and serve Dim Sum at the Phoenix Restaurant in Chicago's Chinatown. This video was shot for the My Chinatown project at the Chicago History Museum. Videography…

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        • 2009 Chinese New Year Parade in Chicago

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          Images from the 2009 Chinese New Year parade heading north along Wentworth Avenue thru the heart of Chinatown, Videography by John Paterson, Exhibit Media, Inc., Chicago

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          • A. Finkl and Sons Foundry

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            Founded in 1879, Finkl & Sons Company is still a specialty steel maker. The company processes over 100,000 tons of steel each year and distributes to over 18 countries worldwide.

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            • Cesáreo Moreno on Benito Juarez and the Making of Modern Mexico

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              Cesáreo Moreno of the National Museum of Mexican Art and Co-Curator of Benito Juárez and the Making of Modern Mexico discusses the exhibition, on display through April 12, 2010.

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              • Libby Mahoney, Abraham Lincoln Transformed

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                Libby Mahoney, Chief Curator at the Chicago History Museum, gives a brief overview of the exhibition Abraham Lincoln Transformed.

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                • How Globes Are Made

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                  The Chicago History Museum's "Mapping Chicago: The Past and the Possible" exhibition also looks at Replogle Globes, Inc., which has been turning maps into globes in Chicago for over 77 years. Replogle…

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                  • One Last Spin at Kiddieland

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                    On Sunday, September 27, 2009 Kiddieland closed after more than eight decades in operation. A huge crowd showed up for the last day. People waited over an hour to get into the park. The Little Dipper,…

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                    • Opening Day Cakes

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                      Cakegirls talk about creating the opening day celebration cakes for the exhibitions Abraham Lincoln Transformed and Benito Juárez and the Making of Modern Mexico.

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                      • FashioNext: Then and Now

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                        • Old 97's

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                          The alt-country band Old 97's, from Dallas, Texas, perform at Chicago's Lounge Ax c. 1995. Band members include Rhett Miller, Murry Hammond, Ken Bethea, and Philip Peeples. The Old 97's garnered national…

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