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National Bank Notes > Illinois

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Chicago, Calumet NB, M3102
Fr. 642 $20 1902DB
Grade: F/VF    

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A pleasing circ note with the second title and 1 of 31 large notes recorded. Excellent pen signatures by family members. Incorporated as a city in 1837, Chicago is noted for many firsts , among them the first comprehensive city sewer plan (1856) and the world s first steel-skeleton skyscraper (1885). Several square miles of the city were ravaged by fire in 1871, leading to a rebuild based in stone and steel rather than wood. Chicago was host to the World s Columbian Exposition in 1893, commonly held as the most influential World s Fair in history. It was also home to some of the world s most notorious gangsters in the early 20th century as well as the site of the first controlled nuclear reaction at the University of Chicago in 1942.

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