Chicago in the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 4 people and 5 moments here, from 1920 to 1937. The most recorded lives are Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Marie Curie and Ernest Hemingway.
Notable people
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,…
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.…
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,…
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…
Moments
- 1920 Chicago editorial work Ernest Hemingway
- 1921 Receives University of Chicago honorary degree Marie Curie
- 1932 Accepts presidential nomination in Chicago Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1934 Garland Sisters at the Oriental Theater Judy Garland
- 1937 Delivers Quarantine Speech Franklin Delano Roosevelt