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Chris Richelson, Robert Lawrie, Joe Wallace and Malcolm MacKenzie, all members of the Chicago Curling Club, circa Feb. 18, 1929, at the Washington Park rink. The Tribune reported in 1927 that the Chicago Curling Club was organized in 1900. The caption published in the paper with this photo said: "The man with the broom plays a most important part of the game. It's his job to clear each minute obstruction from the path of the stone so that it nestles in one of the scoring zones." — Chicago Tribune historical photo