History meets pop culture on the social media sites. The Journal has been on Facebook for quite awhile, but new topic pages are popping up every day. Those of you who follow the Journal's page know that the almost daily posts are different than those published on the main site and include links to articles on history and new media. Didn't know that? Take a look at the big box in the far right column titled, "The Chicago History Journal on Facebook." Most entries also appear on ChiHistJournal Twitter, but not all. Best idea is to "Like" and "Follow" each.
CHJ Facebook, however, is not the only Chicago history related Facebook site, not by a long shot. Additional examples include Haymarket Riot, Chicago 1886 and Admirers of Clarence Darrow These are two of the best. Bertha Palmer has a page as does Theodore Dreiser. Frank Lloyd Wright has several pages and Daniel Burnham is also well represented.
Three new pages have shown up recently: World's Columbian Exposition and Century of Progress. Not much to see yet, but it will be interesting to see where they are going. A different page dedicated to the Fair, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, is a bit more active and has lots of pictures.
Another new entry has been the Chicago Studies program of the University of Chicago.
History related films and books plus most Chicago museums have also set up shop on Facebook and I personally think it is a good. Let's "face(book)" it; for both the curious, scholar and the fan, history in small bytes goes down easy.
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