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Nighthawk Nest

Date: 06 18 1960
Description: A mother nighthawk nests with her two hawk babies on the roof of an apartment building at 2610 Monroe Street. Neighborhood children spend hours watching th...
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Sherman Terrace Apartments Children Perform "The Sad Sullivan Show"

Date: 08 09 1960
Description: Children living at the Sherman Terrace Apartments perform "The Sad Sullivan Show" at their outdoor theater for parents and friends to raise money for a new...
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Lucille Hanks Retiring

Date: 06 25 1961
Description: Lucille Hanks, left, who is retiring as secretary of the Children's Service Society, was honored at an open house in the Surf and Sand Apartments at 4353 K...
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Empty Beverage Bottles

Date: 2013
Description: Empty booze bottles lined up on a concrete wall in front of an apartment on 8th Street. Among the labels are, "Michelob Golden Light," "Rolling Rock Beer,"...
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Nick Stassi at "Tell It Like It Was" Event

Date: 04 20 1982
Description: Nick Stassi, proprietor of Stassi's Children's Shoes, giving a speech about the Greenbush neighborhood at a "Tell It Like It Was" oral history event at the...
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Audience Members at Nick Stassi Event

Date: 04 20 1982
Description: Audience members (from left to right: Gina S., Hazel Kline, Cathy Coberly, Otto Masshardt) at a Nick Stassi speech ("Business as Usual"), as part of the "T...
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Traffic Accident in Madison

Date: 04 07 1961
Description: Mrs. Lavern (Edith) Clark walking away from her car that was knocked out of control on Milwaukee Street by another car. It crashed through a fence and into...
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Guard at Intersection

Date: 06 15 1965
Description: Guard at a restricted intersection of Henrique and Duarte streets at the border of the U.S. section of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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Light through Venetian Blinds

Date: 1937
Description: Interior view of the windows designed for the Keck-Gottschalk apartment building. The windows are angled open and the sun is shining through the exterior V...
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East Wilson Street View

Date: 04 03 2012
Description: View down East Wilson Street across the railroad tracks towards condominiums and businesses on the 400 block, including the Cardinal Bar & Cafe at 418 East...
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Street Scene After a Sleet Storm

Date: 01 1950
Description: View of the 110 block of West Doty Street after a sleet storm. Cars are parked at the meters on the curb and a woman stands next to a car. The Baskerville ...
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Paintings on Walls

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Description: In a corner of the upstairs bedroom (Sid's house) there are a number of painting works with different sizes and themes hanging on the wall.
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Woman Driving Tractor

Date: 04 09 1917
Description: Miss Josephine Huddleston seated on the big IHC tractor at the plowing of the first tract of land at Harrison and Jefferson Streets for Chicago's City Gard...
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Woman Driving Tractor in Urban Garden

Date: 04 09 1917
Description: Miss Josephine Huddleston seated on the big IHC tractor at the plowing of the first tract of land at Harrison and Jefferson Streets for Chicago's City Gard...
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Monona Terrace

Date: 07 2014
Description: View from the top level of Monona Terrace towards the spiral ramp leading to the outdoor parking lot. Just beyond is John Nolen Drive and railroad tracks. ...
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Delivery Truck

Date: 11 14 1923
Description: A man is sitting in open doorway of a delivery truck, which has a load of dirt of gravel in the open truck bed. The sign on the passenger side door reads: ...
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Construction Site in City

Date: 08 19 1925
Description: View along street towards pedestrians on the left. On the right, below street level, are construction workers standing below street level near trucks and a...
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Delivery Truck

Date: 07 09 1926
Description: Driver's side view of a delivery truck parked in the street. The sign painted on the side of the truck reads: "A Catanese, Fresh Vegetables, Produce." Ther...
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Below Zero at Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 02 14 2015
Description: View of snow-covered Memorial Union Terrace, with large, dark-colored outdoor pots, and silver metal flagpoles spaced along the railing overlooking Lake Me...
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Unauthorized "Demolition" of 413 Fitch Court

Date: 08 18 1964
Description: Interior view of the results of a "demolition party" of about 50 university-aged youths who wrecked the two-story apartment building, 413 Fitch Court, with...

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