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Children Petting Rooster

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Description: Young boy and girl petting a rooster. The girl is sitting in a small wooden wagon.
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Children at Play Outdoors

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Description: Three young boys and one girl at play near a house. Two boys are fixing the wheels on a tricycle and wagon. The girl, holding a doll, is looking on and the...
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Boy Riding Toy Railroad Engine

Date: 09 1925
Description: Kenneth Chipman riding a toy railroad engine on the farm of W.W. Chipman. Worked by footpower and with a working whistle bell, the toy engine follows track...
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Impoverished African American Children

Date: 02 25 1915
Description: Five impoverished and disheveled-looking African American children sitting on the ground near their home. Original caption reads: "These five little Negro ...
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Little Girl with Rooster

Date: 1920
Description: Portrait of a young girl sitting on a stool holding a rooster in her lap, in front of Sunnyside School. The girl was participating in a third year "living ...
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Children in Squalor

Date: 03 22 1912
Description: Two young girls standing with their arms around each other in the debris-strewn yard of a run-down home. The original caption identifies the location as th...
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Children on Makeshift Teeter Totter

Date: 1920
Description: Young boy and girl playing on a makeshift teeter totter made from a board and a section of a log. The children are likely playing near Sunnyside School.
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Child Holding Kitten

Date: 1920
Description: Young child standing outdoors on a lawn holding a kitten under one arm.
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Boy Drinking from Glass

Date: 1921
Description: Young boy drinking milk(?) from a glass while standing outdoors. A building or house is in the background.
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Child in a Yard

Date: 1921
Description: Smiling young girl standing in a yard holding fabric, perhaps an apron.
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Boys and Girl Playing with Toy Wagon

Date: 1920
Description: Young children playing with a toy wagon. An older boy is pulling a young girl sitting in a chair in a wagon, while another boy is pushing from behind. The ...
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Children Playing Outdoors

Date: 1920
Description: Three boys and one girl playing outside Sunnyside School with a tricycle, toy wagon, and a twisted iron chair.
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Children Playing Jump Rope

Date: 1920
Description: Girls turning rope for a young boy to skip outside the Sunnyside School in Cook County.
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Boy and Girl with Pets

Date: 1920
Description: Young boy and girl sitting on a pile of rocks with a cat and a dog outside the Sunnyside School. The boy is cradling a cat under his arm, while a girl is f...
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The Hot Lunch

Date: 1920
Description: Two girls are sitting at a table outdoors while a boy is offering them sandwiches from a plate during an etiquette lesson.
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Students with Cat and Dog

Date: 1920
Description: A group of male and female students from Sunnyside School posing for an outdoor portrait with a dog and cat.
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Children Playing Leapfrog

Date: 1920
Description: Boys from Sunnyside School playing leapfrog on the lawn outside a building. Other children are sitting near a screen door in the background.
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Children with Dollhouse

Date: 1920
Description: A girl wearing a dress and knee socks is sitting in a wooden chair while playing with a two-room dollhouse. An infant is sitting in a chair in front of the...
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Child in Toy Locomotive

Date: 1925
Description: View across years towards a boy looking out the window of a cab of a toy locomotive as he is moving along a set of wooden tracks. Behind him is the wall of...
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Infant in Playpen

Date: 08 1931
Description: An infant wearing a diaper standing and holding onto the rails of a playpen in the corner of a room. A lamp and an upholstered chair are nearby. Toy beads ...

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