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  2. Chicago Mercantile Exchange - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Mercantile Exchange ( CME) (often called " the Chicago Merc ", or " the Merc ") is a global derivatives marketplace based in Chicago and located at 20 S. Wacker Drive. The CME was founded in 1898 as the Chicago Butter and Egg Board, an agricultural commodities exchange. For most of its history, the exchange was in the then common ...

  3. Johnson Chair Company - Wikipedia

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    Johnson Chair Company. The Johnson Chair Company was an American chair manufacturing company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded by Norwegian immigrant Andrew P. Johnson, along with partners Frederick Herhold, Anton Borgmeier, and Adolph Borgmeier, with the firm's original name being Herhold, Johnson & Borgmeier.

  4. TootsieToy - Wikipedia

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    Tootsietoy ship. Tootsietoy is a manufacturer of die cast toy cars and other toy vehicles which was originally based in Chicago, Illinois. Though the Tootsietoy name has been used since the 1920s, the company's origins date from about 1890. An enduring marque, toys with the Tootsietoy name were consistently popular from the 1930s through the 1990s.

  5. Chicago Assembly Plant - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Assembly Plant. Coordinates: 41°39′43″N 87°33′39″W. Chicago Assembly Plant (sometimes referred to as Torrence Avenue Assembly) is Ford Motor Company 's oldest continuously operated automobile manufacturing plant. It is located at E. 130th Street and Torrence Avenue in the Hegewisch neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, US.

  6. Fulton Market District - Wikipedia

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    Fulton Market District is on the Near West Side of Chicago. In the 19th and 20th centuries, it served meat-packing, warehouse and industrial purposes, but has gentrified in the 21st century with corporate headquarters, tech industry, hotels, bars, restaurants, and retail. [1] Randolph Street and Lake Street are the main East-West streets, and ...

  7. Chicago (band) - Wikipedia

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    Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago in 1967. The group began calling themselves the Chicago Transit Authority (after the city's mass transit agency [1]) in 1968, then shortened the name in 1969. Self-described as a " rock and roll band with horns ," their songs often also combine elements of classical music, jazz, R&B, and pop ...

  8. Beverly, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Beverly, Chicago. /  41.7100°N 87.6800°W  / 41.7100; -87.6800. Beverly, officially Beverly Hills, is the 72nd of Chicago's 77 community areas. Located 12 miles (19 km) from the Loop, it is on the city's far south side. Beverly is considered part of the Blue Island Ridge, along with the nearby community areas of Morgan Park and Mount ...

  9. Union Stock Yards - Wikipedia

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    Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1947. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was operated by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a centralized processing area. By the 1890s, the railroad capital behind the ...

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