The kitchenette apartment

CTL-E-1320 · Work · other · 1920–1959

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Subdivided six-room flats carved into single-room units with shared bathrooms — the dominant dwelling technology of Black Chicago's Black Belt, 1920s–1950s.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from LIFE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-LIFE-001:CTL-LIFE-E-057; source research type(s): object.

Sources

Georgetown College news (2025); Library of Congress FSA collection (Russell Lee, 1941)
'Kitchenettes, The Robert Taylor Homes, and the racial spatial Order of Chicago' (PUP/openedition, n.d.)
books.openedition.org chapter (n.d.)

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Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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