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  2. Navy Pier - Wikipedia

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    During construction, 1915 (Chicago Daily News)Navy Pier opened to the public on July 15, 1916. [5] Originally known as the "Municipal Pier", the pier was built by Charles Sumner Frost, a nationally known architect, with a design based on the 1909 Plan of Chicago by Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett [6] Its original purpose was to serve as a dock for freighters, passenger ships, and indoor ...

  3. Albert Anastasia - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Service/ branch. U.S. Army. Years of service. 1942–1944. Umberto " Albert " Anastasia[ 3] ( / ˌænəˈsteɪʒə /, Italian: [umˈbɛrto anastaˈziːa]; né Anastasio [anaˈstaːzjo]; September 26, 1902 – October 25, 1957) was an Italian-American mobster, hitman and crime boss. One of the founders of the modern American Mafia, and a co ...

  4. Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    The three-story cellhouse included the four main cell blocks – A-block through D-block – the warden's office, visitation room, the library, and the barber shop. The prison cells typically measured 9 feet (2.7 m) by 5 ft (1.5 m) and 7 ft (2.1 m) high. The cells were primitive and lacked privacy.

  5. Camp Douglas (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    Camp Douglas became a permanent prisoner-of-war camp from January 1863 to the end of the war in May 1865. In the summer and fall of 1865, the camp served as a mustering out point for Union Army volunteer regiments. The camp was dismantled and the movable property was sold off late in the year.

  6. Barbershop 2: Back in Business - Wikipedia

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    Barbershop 2: Back in Business is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on February 6, 2004. A sequel to 2002's [4] Barbershop and the second film in the Barbershop film series, also from State Street producing team Robert Teitel and George Tillman Jr., Barbershop 2 deals with the impact of gentrification on the reputation and ...

  7. Barbershop (franchise) - Wikipedia

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    Total (4 films): $235,310,741. The Barbershop franchise consists of American comedy installments including four theatrical movies, and a spin-off TV series. Based on an original story by Mark Brown, the plot centers around the social lives of and the events that employees of a barbershop on social life in a barbershop on the South Side of ...

  8. Georges Méliès filmography - Wikipedia

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    A Wager Between Two Magicians, or Jealous of Myself (US) A Juggling Contest Between Two Magicians (UK) Match de prestidigitation: Survives [55] 545 Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter: Un peu de feu, S.V.P. Fragment [45] 546 The Invisible Siva (US) The Invisible Sylvia (UK) Siva l'invisible: Lost 547–549 The Bewitched Trunk (US) The Enchanted ...

  9. Barber - Wikipedia

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    A hair dryer in barbershop A barber shop in Essex County, Ontario, [ca. 1900], with the photographer visible in the mirror at the back. In the late 19th and early 20th century, barbershops became a common business in the United States where people would go to have their hair cut by a professional barber with good equipment.