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Al. Ringling Theatre

Date: 2009
Description: Exterior view of Al. Ringling Theatre from across the street.
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The Old Place

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Description: View of the Quinney family's farmhouse including screened porch and yard.
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Mrs. Anna Woodward

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Description: Mrs. Anna Woodward, Kate Quinney's employer, seated in an electric car parked in front of a city building.
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Floyd and Alice Quinney's Wedding Day

Date: 1930
Description: The newly married Floyd and Alice Quinney pose for a portrait.
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Second Avenue, East Village

Date: 1968
Description: Building facades on Second Avenue in the East Village. Fire escapes and various signs attach to the buildings and hang into the street. A small group of ...
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Mobilization for Youth Center, East Village

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of a weathered stone facade with a framed sign that reads, "Mobilization for Youth, Youth Work Center, Centro de Trabajo Para Jovenes (16 a 21 ano...
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"Ho Lives," East Village

Date: 1968
Description: Two women having a conversation standing on a sidewalk next to a brick building and near a decorative metal fence. Graffiti on the brick wall reads, "Ho l...
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Grulke Farm Building Decoration

Date: 2004
Description: Reinhard Grulke received this horse and carriage cutout as a gift.
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Car with Grape Boycott Sign

Date: 1969
Description: A sign on the roof of a car that says, "Grapes = Poverty" supporting the United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO grape boycott. The car is parked on a street in f...
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Matthew Witt's Photography Studio

Date: 1913
Description: Hand-colored exterior of Matthew Witt's photography studio. He is standing at the door with his hand on the doorknob. Photographic prints are hanging in th...
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Millenium Hilton Facade

Date: 09 2001
Description: Facade of the 55-story Millenium Hilton adjacent to the World Trade Center at Fulton and Church Streets. The building was damaged during the attack on 9/11...
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Water Avenue Fire

Date: 12 31 1990
Description: Firefighters battle a fire that engulfed Kruk's Drug Store and Hansen's Department Store. The pharmacy was to change ownership the next day.
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Downtown Hillsboro

Date: 1908
Description: View across unpaved street of people, horses and wagons, and businesses on one side of Water Avenue, the heart of Hillsboro's downtown and business distric...
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Grandma's Favorite Recipes

Date: 2012
Description: Sign mounted on a painted brick wall next to a doorway in a downtown alley. Features a head and shoulders caricature of a woman wearing glasses perched on ...
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The Washburn and Woodman Bank Building

Date: 02 16 2012
Description: Exterior view from across the street of the Washburn and Woodman Bank building on a cloudy winter day.
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The Barrymore Theater

Date: 03 03 2012
Description: The snow-dusted Barrymore Theater, formerly the Eastwood Theater, at 2090 Atwood Avenue. Businesses next to the theater include Bad Dog Frida and Lao Laan ...
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Facade of Co Leigh Co Salon

Date: 03 05 2012
Description: View from sidewalk of the facade of the building that houses Co Leigh Co Salon at 120 East Mifflin Street. This is the former site of Piper's Garden Cafete...
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Mickey's Tavern

Date: 04 17 2012
Description: A view of Mickey's Tavern from the corner of Winnebago and Thornton Streets. Signs on the building and in the window advertise lunch and brunch service.
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Waiting in Line

Date: 09 2013
Description: The bronze and plaster sculpture by George Segal depiciting five men waiting in a bread line at a door. The sculpture is on the rooftop garden of the Madis...
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Gates of Heaven

Date: 09 2013
Description: View looking up at the facade of the synagogue known as Gates of Heaven. This synagogue has been converted over last century from a synagogue, to the Unita...

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