Browse Items (11 total)
- Tags: Illinois
Field trips
'Field trips', Harpers
Tags: 2000; 2000-2-1; 2000s; Biology; Catholic elementary schools; Chicago; Dybek, Stuart; Illinois; Other; Prisons; School children; School field trips; Slaughtering and slaughter-houses; Stuart Dybek
Black rhinoceros, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago
'Black rhinoceros, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-4-1; Biology; Brookfield Zoo (Chicago; Chicago; Ill.); Illinois; Pictorial works; Rhinoceroses; Seding, Volker; Zoo animals; Zoology
Our currency in cyberspace
'Our currency in cyberspace', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1994; 1994-12-1; American; Chicago; Dollar; Engineering; Fishman, Ted C.; Floor traders (Finance); Foreign exchange; Illinois; Information Technology; United States
Tennis, trigonometry, tornadoes
'Tennis, trigonometry, tornadoes', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1991; 1991-12-1; David Foster Wallace; Illinois; Maths; Other; Suburban life; Teenage boys; Tennis; Tornadoes; training; Wallace, David Foster
Barbed wire
'Barbed wire', Harpers
Tags: 1970s; 1978; 1978-7-1; Barbed wire; De Kalb County; Engineering; Fence industry; Fischer, John; Illinois; Joseph F. Glidden; Mechanical Engineering; Oklahoma; Wire fencing
Chicago�s miracle
'Chicago�s miracle', Harpers
Tags: 1960s; 1966; 1966-1-1; Ben W. Heineman; Chicago; Chicago and North Western Railroad; Commuting traffic; Employees; Engineering; Illinois; Management; Mechanical Engineering; Railroad companies; Railroads; Schiller, Andrew
Borax, pig-ears, and modernism
'Borax, pig-ears, and modernism', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1953; 1953-12-1; Architecture; Chicago; Consumers� preferences; Engineering; Fischer, John; House furnishings industry and trade; Ill: Department store); Illinois; Merchandising; Sears Roebuck (Chicago; United States
The blast in Centralia no. 5
'The blast in Centralia no. 5', Harpers
Tags: 1940s; 1947; 1948; 1948-3-1; Centralia; Centralia Mine Disaster; coal; Coal miners; Coal mines and mining; Energy Engineering; Engineering; Ill.; Illinois; Labor unions; Martin, John Bartlow; Mine explosions; Safety measures
What you don�t know won�t hurt you
'What you don�t know won�t hurt you', Harpers
Tags: 1940s; 1942; 1942-12-1; African American medical laboratory assistants; Chicago; Ill.); Illinois; Medicine; Michael Reese Hospital (Chicago; Richard Wright; Staffing, Funding and Institutions; Wright, Richard
An unsuccessful gas attack
'An unsuccessful gas attack', Harpers
Tags: 1920; 1920-7-1; 1920s; Chicago; civil engineering; Engineering; Gas; Heating and cooking; Humor; Illinois; Irish Americans; Suicidal behavior
Not an entomological text-book
'Not an entomological text-book', Harpers
Tags: 1910s; 1917; 1917-1-1; Biology; Entomology; Fathers and sons; Humor; Illinois; Mother (The word); Moths; Peoria; Research; Zoology