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Children Playing in front of Two-Story House

Date: 1939
Description: Seven children wearing coats and hats play in front of a roofed entrance of two-story house. One child has a tricycle, another is holding a doll. An automo...
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Foundation For House

Date: 1937
Description: Elevated view of construction workers placing rebar in the foundation of a house in preparation for concrete to be poured.
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Men Walking on Residential Street

Date: 1936
Description: View up residential street with newly constructed houses, young trees and lampposts. Men in suits and hats walk along the sidewalk. A speed limit sign is o...
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Children Playing in front of Porch

Date: 09 1939
Description: View from road of a group of seven children playing in front of a house and on the porch, while a woman holding a bag of groceries walks past on the sidewa...
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Man and Boy Seated on Wagon Outside Residence

Date: 1911
Description: Man and boy, possibly father and son, ride on a large, flatbed horse-drawn wagon loaded with crates of produce. The wagon is on a street near a house and a...
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Parade of Homes

Date: 09 13 1952
Description: View of the first of the thousands of people who toured the 18 new homes erected by 15 builders at Nakoma Road and the West Beltline. The Parade of Homes w...
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Backyard Swimming

Date: 1957
Description: Suburban upper-class residence in wooded area with rock-lined swimming pool and swimming children. Two women sit in lawn chairs on the lawn near the house ...

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