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This Board Of Education Video Captures Chicago In The 1940s

By Chuck Sudo in Arts & Entertainment on Feb 3, 2015 9:40PM

We're always searching for cool videos with a historic connection to Chicago and this 32-minute video produced by the Chicago Board of Education is a portal to the city in the 1940s, before Modernist architecture sent the skyline flirting with the heavens.

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