Jeff Nichols
@backwardsriver.bsky.social
Chicago blueystorian, UIC ABD
jeffnicholshistory.com
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Part of a memo from the British Consulate in Chicago analyzing Mayor Richard J. Daley's 1971 reelection.
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Part of a memo from the British Consulate in Chicago analyzing Mayor Richard J. Daley's 1971 reelection.
And to think that half of these guys were down on their luck last year, having been fired for pleasuring themselves over Ozempic YouTube ads in the parking lots of dead malls. Now, with safety in numbers, they are visiting the Bean for free.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
And to think that half of these guys were down on their luck last year, having been fired for pleasuring themselves over Ozempic YouTube ads in the parking lots of dead malls. Now, with safety in numbers, they are visiting the Bean for free.
How to become a professional communist agitator in three easy steps:
1) Get a master's degree in divinity from Princeton University.
2) Con the Presbyterian Church into hiring you as a pastor.
3) Fake doing pastor stuff while secretly plotting to set up a dictatorship of the proletariat.
1) Get a master's degree in divinity from Princeton University.
2) Con the Presbyterian Church into hiring you as a pastor.
3) Fake doing pastor stuff while secretly plotting to set up a dictatorship of the proletariat.
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
How to become a professional communist agitator in three easy steps:
1) Get a master's degree in divinity from Princeton University.
2) Con the Presbyterian Church into hiring you as a pastor.
3) Fake doing pastor stuff while secretly plotting to set up a dictatorship of the proletariat.
1) Get a master's degree in divinity from Princeton University.
2) Con the Presbyterian Church into hiring you as a pastor.
3) Fake doing pastor stuff while secretly plotting to set up a dictatorship of the proletariat.
Muffs for sale, Chicago 1846
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Muffs for sale, Chicago 1846
Grokipedia's entry on Chicago has a whole paragraph on failed terrorism plots.
October 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Grokipedia's entry on Chicago has a whole paragraph on failed terrorism plots.
Magic shop ad, Chicago 1905
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Magic shop ad, Chicago 1905
Maxwell Street, 1971
October 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Maxwell Street, 1971
Child mortality on the South Side, Chicago 1898
October 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Child mortality on the South Side, Chicago 1898
King Neptune shaking hands with Richard J. Daley at the Lake Front Festival, Chicago 1973
October 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
King Neptune shaking hands with Richard J. Daley at the Lake Front Festival, Chicago 1973
Union Stock Yards Gate, Chicago 1972
October 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Union Stock Yards Gate, Chicago 1972
1913 passport held by Chinese diplomat and businessman Leung Ting Suen. He became a naturalized citizen in Chicago in 1952.
October 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
1913 passport held by Chinese diplomat and businessman Leung Ting Suen. He became a naturalized citizen in Chicago in 1952.
Wonderfully zany dry goods ad, Chicago 1844
October 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Wonderfully zany dry goods ad, Chicago 1844
Bathhouse ad, Chicago 1843
October 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Bathhouse ad, Chicago 1843
Did you know about one of the first women computers, @histoftech.bsky.social?
October 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Did you know about one of the first women computers, @histoftech.bsky.social?
Please stop me from making an account dedicated to AI slop. Please stop me.
October 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Please stop me from making an account dedicated to AI slop. Please stop me.
"I had to use a computer to show a time when Chicago was so safe that you could stand in the middle of the street and eat ice cream."
October 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
"I had to use a computer to show a time when Chicago was so safe that you could stand in the middle of the street and eat ice cream."
Very metal dentist ad, Chicago 1848
October 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Very metal dentist ad, Chicago 1848
Chicago undated
October 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Chicago undated
Gunther's Store and Soda Fountain, Chicago c. 1890
October 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Gunther's Store and Soda Fountain, Chicago c. 1890
Illustration of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
October 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Illustration of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
Employee bulletin from a South Side trucking company, Chicago 1939
October 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Employee bulletin from a South Side trucking company, Chicago 1939
Chicago Cubs letterhead, 1936
October 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Chicago Cubs letterhead, 1936