Other Minorities
Photo of Italian Workers in Chicago Heights Neighborhood
- This photo was taken on August 14, 1915. The back of the photo reads "Onion set clippers leaving for Chicago Heights. These people, mostly of Italian descent, worked on the farms during onion harvest. THey took the train to and from Chicago Heights. The farmers would meet them with their wagons and trunks and bring them out to the farms." Used with permission from the South Holland Historical Society.
- Credit: This image is used courtesy of the South Holland Historical Society located in the lower level of the South Holland Public Library in South Holland, IL.
The Great Depression
Letter from the U.S. Secretary of State Concerning the Graf Zeppelin, 19 October 1933
- Citation: Bailey, Robert and Elaine Shemoney Evans. Hard Times In Illinois: 1930-1940. Springfield: Illinois State Archives, 2002. Used by permission of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.
- Citation: Bailey, Robert and Elaine Shemoney Evans. Hard Times In Illinois: 1930-1940. Springfield: Illinois State Archives, 2002. Used by permission of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.
WWII
Radio Interview with Hoopeston, IL POW Camp Worker and U.S. Laborer
- This radio segment introduces various community members in the town of Hoopeston, IL who remember working with German POW's in the communities' farms and canning factories. The segment also interviews a former German prisoner, Kurt Pechmann, who eventually immigrated to the United States after the war.
- Citation: This radio segment provided by the University of Illinois' WILL radio, with permission.
- Citation: Bailey, Robert E. and Elaine Shemoney Evans. Illinois at War, 1941-1945. Springfield: Illinois State Archives, 1994. Used by permission of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.
- Citation: Bailey, Robert E. and Elaine Shemoney Evans. Illinois at War, 1941-1945. Springfield: Illinois State Archives, 1994. Used by permission of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.
