1. Topic 5: Cultural Innovations
1838—Rialto Theater
1846—St. Patrick’s Day
1847— Chicago Tribune
1856—Chicago Historical Society

2. 1870: White Stockings (baseball)

3. 1873—Chicago Public Library and Palmer House

4. 1879—Art Institute

5. 1881—Marshall Field’s Department Store

6. 1884—First skyscraper in the world

7. 1889
Hull House helps West Side immigrants

8. ALSO 1889 Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie style of architecture
Auditorium Theater

9. 1891—Symphony Orchestra

10. 1892
Stagg—football innovations at the University of Chicago—big #’s on jerseys, tackling dummy, huddle
Newberry Library

11. 1893—World’s Fair

12. 1894—free public baths
1899—first juvenile court in the nation

13. 1900 Everleigh Club Wizard of Oz
Early 1900s….”Rudolph” “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”

14. 1902
John Dewey says kids learn best by experiencing things, doing things

15. 1904
Orchestra Hall
Riverview Park
Ravinia

16. 1905—Ford automobile
1907—DePaul University, Essanay Studios
1914—Cliffdwellers Club

17. Movies, music, and entertainment
1915—first full-length motion picture
1916—Navy Pier
1921—first radio station KYW
1922—Jazz/blues in its early stages

18. Good, but bad for you… 1928—Snickers gets a chocolate coating
1930—Twinkie!

19. 1932
Thomas Dorsey, gospel music

20. 1933: Century of Progress Fair

21. 1934: Brookfield Zoo

22. 1936—racially integrated music ensemble
1942—John Johnson--magazines

23. Yummy! More food…
1943—Pizzeria Uno, deep dish pizza
1951—Weber grill

24. 1953
Playboy
Sara Lee frozen foods

25. 1954
Chess Records
HIP (Harlem Irving Plaza) mall

26. 1955: McDonald’s and fast food

27. 1959: Second City and “Improv” Theater

28. 1966: Bulls

29. 1967—Picasso sculpture
1973—Sears Tower
1980—Pac Man

30. 1986: Bears Superbowl

31. 1991—Gallery 37
1999—Cows on Parade
2001—Suite Home Chicago (outdoor art)