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National Museum of American History: City and Suburb: Chicago and Park Forest, Illinois 1950s

Curated by ACT

Exhibition highlights the differences between city and suburbia living. Visit Park Forest, Illinois, a new suburb of Chicago, where every day is moving day. A station wagon and moving boxes sit in front of a new house and the new kids on the block are being approached by one of their young neighbors. Then go to Chicago and ride a Chicago Transit Authority L train around the Loop, Chicago's downtown business district. It's a winter morning in 1959, and people are taking their daily commute to work.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)