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Community Pharmacy

Date: 07 10 1975
Description: Entrance to the WSA Community Pharmacy, located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin.
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Children at Play in Chicago Alley

Date: 07 1923
Description: Children at play in a dirt alley on Chicago's west side.
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International Model M Delivery Truck

Date: 1914
Description: International Model M delivery truck parked in a Chicago alley. The truck was owned by C. Henry Bahrenburg Painting & Decorating on Fullerton Avenue.
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Young Children Play in Squalid Alley

Date: 1925
Description: Three young children playing with a wagon in a squalid alley between rows of impoverished houses. Trash and rubble litter the alley.
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Elevated View of Alley in City

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view from a hill of an alley connecting Park Hill Avenue and Mount Vernon Avenue, looking west from the Interurban Line. There is a person on top ...
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Alley with Litter

Date: 1925
Description: Squalid, littered alley. Tire tracks run through the mud between wooden buildings.
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Colonial Hall / Kehl School Of Dance

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Description: A group of men stand outside Colonial Hall / Kehl School of Dance, 113 East Mifflin Street. Part of an alley can be seen to the right.
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Elroy Alley

Date: 08 03 1973
Description: View of an Elroy alley from Cedar Street. The deteriorating garage in the foreground is of an unusual design.
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Men Loading International G-61 Truck

Date: 1921
Description: An International Harvester Model G-61 truck owned by the One Minute Manufacturing Co. carrying a shipment of One Minute Washers. The truck is parked in an ...
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Woman and Crowd of Young Boys

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Description: A crowd of young boys in an alley gathers behind a woman, possibly a suffragist, who appears to have thrown something. From the interior of the building on...
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Kennedy Dairy Company

Date: 1974
Description: An exterior view of the Kennedy Dairy Company, which was built in 1910 and located at 621-629 West Washington Avenue. A sign above a doorway on the left si...
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The Milwaukee Sentinel Building

Date: 1911
Description: 89-93 Mason Street. The ten-story Sentinel building stands next to several smaller buildings and an alleyway. The name is on the building over the top floo...
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Fire Fighters in Alley

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Description: Seven fire fighters are in an alley putting out a fire in a building. Three of the fire fighters are running with a fire hose, while two other men hold the...
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Group of Men with Early Automobile

Date: 1911
Description: Crowd of men gathered around a man sitting in an early automobile with exposed wheels, engine, and steering wheel. The side of the automobile reads: "King ...
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Coast Fisheries Truck

Date: 02 01 1939
Description: A man loads a wooden crate onto the back of an International D-7 truck used by Coast Fisheries. The truck is parked on the street near the storefront. A m...
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A Stone Fight

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Description: Children having a stone fight in an unpaved alley or street in an underprivileged neighborhood. Some of the boys are holding trash can lids as protection, ...
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Fueling Motor Truck

Date: 1913
Description: Well-dressed man standing in urban alley fueling an International Model M motor truck through a funnel.
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Alley of Hammond's "Little Italy"

Date: 06 1925
Description: View down littered back alley in Hammond's "Little Italy."
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Residential Back Alley

Date: 10 1924
Description: View down clean alley between the backs of houses in a residential neighborhood. Both sides of the alley are lined with garages.
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Woman in Alley

Date: 1915
Description: View from cobblestone street of a woman wearing a skirt and head scarf moving a barrel of discarded vegetables in an alley. Probably taken near an outdoor ...

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