Can You Believe This?
There was a Chicago law repealed in 1974, that said in part: "No person who is diseased, maimed, mutilated or in any way deformed so as to be an unsightly or disgusting object or improper person to be allowed in or on the public ways or other public places in this city, shall therein or thereon expose himself to public view, under a penalty of not less than one dollar nor more than fifty dollars for each offense." 1974… That’s just a little over 30 years ago and just two years before I was born.... Sign in to see full entry.