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The Purple Crackle was and still is a night club in Southern Illinois. (East Cape Girardeau). Right across the Mississippi river from Cape Girardeau, Mo. It has been there since the 30's or 40's and has been burned down several times over the years by rival club owners and vandals. in the 70's it was a dinner club and had a downstairs disco tech. After that burned in the late 70's they rebuilt and through the 80's it was a dance club with live rock bands performing on the weekends. Yes, the Purple Crackle was indeed a club in East Cape Girardeau, IL, which is about 30 miles north of Cairo, at the very far southern edge of the state. While I was growing up in Cape (the Missouri side) in the 80s and 90s, the Purple Crackle was still burning down every few years. Legend has it that in the 30s and 40s it was indeed a popular hangout for Chicago-based gangsters. The Crackle, which started life as "The Purple Grackle," is closed permanently as of December 31, 2005. Its Chicago connection is the Capone gang, who were behind, among other crimes, the serious gambling along this particular stretch of the Mississippi. Wonderful dance floor. Great for people watching, too; college boys from SEMO danced with the nuns from the convent/school across the river, etc.
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Chicago in the 1930s?
The city of Chicago, IL was a violent and corrupt place in the 1930s. It was the midst of the Great Depression and organized crime bosses like Al Capone wielded much power.
What good-paying jobs did negroes in the Chicago of the 1930s have?
Laborers servants and prostitutes.
What highway or road stretched from Chicago to Los Angeles in 1930s?
route 66 :)
Was the unemployment rate different between social groups in Chicago in the 1930s?
Unemployment was much higher for the poor in 1930s Chicago. Those in white collar jobs lost many positions, but there was simply no work for the laborers to do.
Who was called the Fuhrer in the 1930s?
Hitler
Why were the 1930s called the dirty thirties?
Because of no jobs
In the 1930s the dust bowl was called this?
The dirty thirties
The policy the US followed in the 1920s and 1930s was called?
Isolationism.
What was the first comic book called?
'Famous Funnies' in the 1930s .
Was the Polaroid Corporation called that in 1979?
Yes. I believe it was called the Polaroid Corporation from its inception in the 1930s.
What was the most popular football team of the 1930s?
Some say the Chicago Bears, and others say the Green Bay Packers
Who was the star field goal kicker for Chicago Bears in 1930s?
Bob Allman. He went to Michigan St before playing for the Bears.
