The Shedd Aquarium AdlerPlanet Field Museum are next. Brookfield Zoo Chicago gets in (tho not Chicago proper). Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park and Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field joined by @ArlingtonRacing which, could be home of Chicago Bears lol. City of Evanston lighthouse and BahaiTeachings.org Temple

Higher Ed gets a nod with The University of Chicago, Northwestern and University of Illinois Chicago architecture featured (sorry Loyola University Chicago and DePaul University). A diff type of education occurred at the Greyhound Bus terminal at Clark/Randolph, which made way for the Chi Title & Trust Bldg (now Grant Thornton)

Finally, some see first/last in Chicago is O'Hare Intl. Airport. A handy Loop map w points of interest is on inside cover and final shots are Buckingham Fountain and a night view of downtown. That’s a lot of souvenir #Chicago for a couple bucks in 1976! Hope you enjoyed this look back!

Shermann Dilla Thomas Walgreens Cook County Government Gonna make point of grabbing my camera and doing a before and after this summer!

On this date 1969: Cook County Government President Richard Ogilvie resigns to be sworn in as Illinois Governor. On same day, Cook County Board Finance Committee Chair George Dunne is chosen by Board as President. Dunne held the office 21 yrs. Ogilvie was last Republican president.

HAPPY 192nd BIRTHDAY Cook County Government! Illinois Legislature created Cook in 1831, named for Atty General and Congressman Daniel Pope Cook, who fought for free-state statehood. Cook was born in KY and never visited Cook County, having died four years earlier.

Day after the snow stopped, 1967 Chicago Blizzard. My father took this photo of stranded buses and vehicles once the snow finally stopped. Chicago History ™️ ChicagoHistoryMuseum cta Cheryl Scott Brant Miller Megan Glaros

As Cook County Government celebrates #blackhistorymonth2023 we honor some of the most consequential African Americans to play leadership roles in Cook County. The first Black elected official in Illinois history was @cookcountyboard Commissioner John Jones.

John Jones was North Carolina son of a free AA woman and a white man. He apprenticed as a tailor in Memphis, came to Cook County in 1845 and made their home a stop on the Underground Railroad to help get slaves to freedom (painting by Alfred Jackson Tyler, 1963, IL State Museum)

By the 1860 Census, John Jones was one of the most prominent businessmen in Chicago, steadily acquiring property while taking an active stand against "Black Laws" denying basic rights to Blacks. His work led to bans on Black Laws in Illinois (Alfred Jackson Tyler, 1963)

The Great Chicago Fire led to creation of the Union Fire Proof ticket and need for prominent members to rebuild. Jones owned $100,000 of real estate in Chicago and was a leading voice for the black community. A month after the fire, Jones was elected to the Cook County Board

John Jones would serve on the Cook County Board for two terms. He would retire in 1873 and passed away in 1879. He died as one of Chicago's richest men and is buried in Graceland Cemetery next to his wife, Mary.

The first Black Canadian licensed Medical Doctor was Anderson Ruffin Abbott and has a link to Cook County Health. He would serve as a surgeon in the Union Army. In 1894, became surgeon-in-chief at Provident Hospital and medical supt from 1896-97. #BlackHistoryMonth

It’s #WomensHistoryMonth2023 in Cook County Government spotlighting women who provided leadership to Cook County throughout our history. Banners here were from 2021 and, in just two years, many more women have joined County leadership. All the new faces soon, but first, a look back.

🗳️ We love mayoral elections so much, Chicago, that we’re getting two this year. 🗳️ But how much do you really know about how we’ve chosen our city’s leader for almost the past two centuries? chicagotribune.com/history/ct-vin…

Come on State of Illinois! Cook County just adopted a banger of a new flag & you can surely do a new flag too!

Totally Agree, obviously!

Good morning and Happy Birthday to our Cook County Government County Seat, City of Chicago A view from our great staycation venue! #Chicago

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson attended the first Forest Preserves Board Meeting since the election. The District presented him with a farewell resolution. Happy to greet him for the first time since Election Night Toni Preckwinkle Cook County Board Cook County Government

The day after President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, the Cook County Board assembled for a Special Meeting in memoriam. These were Journal of Proceedings for that meeting. @JFKLibrary Cook County Government Cook County Archives #JFK