Moving Day at Hand, 1910. Image via Brooklyn Daily Eagle. For moving and storage companies, it was Black Friday — they made a killing. Naturally, the trauma of this annual event inspired countless ...

Learn about the history of Moving Day, the frantic city-wide exodus that occurred every May 1st from the colonial period to the 19th-century! Menu Search. Log in Subscribe. Sign up Sign in ...

Or, to be honest, half the populace, specifically the feminine half. A multitude of cartoons and humorous squibs attest that the bulk of moving-day drudgery fell on women, while men endeavored to ...

‘Pure chaos’: Why most Chicagoans used to move at the same time on Moving Day If you think relocating is hard today, a century ago, Chicago tenants faced price-gouging, extortion and havoc in ...