Primary Sources

Exercise 1

A. Map adapted from Chicago Plan Commission, Chicago Land Use Survey, vol. 2: Land Use in Chicago (Chicago, 1943) and Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
B. Tables from Philip M. Hauser and Evelyn M. Kitagawa, eds., Local Community Fact Book for Chicago, 1950 (Chicago, 1953)

Exercise 2

A. "Wanted to Rent" ads, Chicago Daily Tribune, April 14, 1946.
B. Notice to Tenant and Tenant's Statement, Agnes Weidenherner, December 31, 1949
C. Statement of Complaint, Mrs. Anna De Leone, October 19, 1946
D. Statement of Complaint, Harriet Bonning, n.d., but received January 10, 1947
E. Notice to Tenant and Tenant's Statement, Hortense Frenier, n.d., but received March 17, 1949
F. Affidavit, Christine Shishida to Office of the Housing Expediter, April 23, 1948

Exercise 3

A. Petition. . . Relating to Eviction, George Mercurio, January 22, 1947
B. Letter, Mary Miyashita to the Office of the Housing Expediter, January 3, 1952
C. Letter, Mrs. K. Long to Office of the Housing Expediter, July 24, 1948
D. An Open Letter to Congress, National Home and Property Owners Foundation, March 1, 1949

Exercise 4

A. Taylor Instruments ad, Parents' Magazine, July 1945
B. Schlitz Beer ad, Time, April 16, 1945
C. American Gas Association ad, Parents' Magazine, July 1945
D. Campbell's Tomato Soup ad, Time, October 1945

From the article

Figure 1. Near North Side, Chicago, Illinios, 1943
Figure 2. 400 W. Elm St., 1966
Figure 3. Office of Price Administration poster, 1943
Figure 4. Kitty Stertz's building, 1944
Figure 5. Telegram to OPA alleging rent abuse, 1946