Chicago in the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 11 people and 13 moments here, from 1918 to 1938. The most recorded lives are Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Louis Armstrong and Marie Curie.

Notable people

  1. Bertrand Russell

    in 1938

    1 moment here

    Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, mathematician, logician, writer, and public campaigner.…

  2. Ernest Hemingway

    in 1920

    1 moment here

    American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…

  3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    from 1932 to 1937

    2 moments here

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…

  4. Gerald Ford

    in 1935

    1 moment here

    Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…

  5. Hastings Banda

    in 1931

    1 moment here

    Hastings Kamuzu Banda was a Malawian physician and politician who led Nyasaland to independence and served as Malawi's prime minister and first…

  6. John Maynard Keynes

    in 1931

    1 moment here

    English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…

  7. Judy Garland

    in 1934

    1 moment here

    American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…

  8. Louis Armstrong

    from 1922 to 1925

    2 moments here

    American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…

  9. Marie Curie

    in 1921

    1 moment here

    Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…

  10. Warren G. Harding

    in 1920

    1 moment here

    Warren G. Harding was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923.…

  11. William Howard Taft

    in 1918

    1 moment here

    William Howard Taft was an American lawyer, judge, colonial administrator, secretary of war, 27th president of the United States, and 10th chief…

Moments

  1. 1918 Reconciles with Roosevelt at Palmer House William Howard Taft
  2. 1920 Republican convention campaign supervision Warren G. Harding
  3. 1920 Chicago editorial work Ernest Hemingway
  4. 1921 Receives University of Chicago honorary degree Marie Curie
  5. 1922 Arrival to join King Oliver in Chicago Louis Armstrong
  6. 1925 Return to Chicago and Hot Five period Louis Armstrong
  7. 1931 University of Chicago degree Hastings Banda
  8. 1931 Harris Foundation lectures John Maynard Keynes
  9. 1932 Accepts presidential nomination in Chicago Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  10. 1934 Garland Sisters at the Oriental Theater Judy Garland
  11. 1935 College All-Star Game Gerald Ford
  12. 1937 Delivers Quarantine Speech Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  13. 1938 Visiting professor at the University of Chicago Bertrand Russell

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