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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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Group Portrait of African Americans in front of Building

Date: 02 17 1915
Description: Group portrait of African American children and adults posing in front of a run-down building with a stone chimney — possibly a rural school house.
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Young Boy near Kennel in Yard

Date: 09 30 1929
Description: Young boy sitting on a crate near run-down kennel built of chicken wire and boards, attached to the back of a house. A dog is lying in the grass outside th...
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Man with Milk Cooler

Date: 1937
Description: A man is moving a milk can from a cooler in an old building.
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Young Children in Littered Backyard

Date: 1924
Description: Three young children standing in a backyard in very poor condition, including the lack of a lawn, exposed trash piles, and other litter.
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Woman Washing Wooden Porch

Date: 04 23 1926
Description: A woman wearing a dress, hat, and stockings uses a mop and bucket to wash a damaged wooden porch attached to a farmhouse.
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Man on Horse-Drawn Mower with Ruins of Building

Date: 1900
Description: Man posing on a horse-drawn mower in front of the ruins of a building surrounded by a fence. The building is probably a church as there are wreaths on grav...
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Man on Horse-Drawn Mower with Ruins of Building

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man on a horse-drawn mower. In the background are the ruins of a large building, probably a church.

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