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Schaller's Pump at 3417 S. South Halsted, has been in existence since 1889. It got the name "pump" from the fact that the Ambrosia brewery was located next door and the beer was simply "pumped in." It has been in the Schaller family since after prohibition.

Read the full story of Schaller's Pump and other oldest Chicago businesses in Oldest Chicago, coming soon from Lake Claremont Press.

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