Charlie Wheeler, manufacturer of propeller beanies, walks the streets of Chicago hawking his wares.
Charlie Wheeler was walking south on Rush Street Tuesday morning as I turned the corner from Chicago Avenue, heading north toward the Newberry Library. On his head, a gray beanie with an orange propeller. For all the cartoons I've seen featuring guys in pinwheel hats, I'd never had the chance to actually speak with one before. The exhibit on the influence of immigrants on printing in Chicago would have to wait.
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