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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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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 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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Children in Squalor

Date: 03 22 1912
Description: Two young girls standing with their arms around each other in the debris-strewn yard of a run-down home. The original caption identifies the location as th...
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Woman and Child on Porch, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A small child is seated on a porch while a woman stands in the doorway. "Yards turn to mudd [sic] when it rains — children must play on broken and rotting ...
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Two Boys in Street, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Two boys stand in a wet dirt road in the foreground. In the background is a house with a pile of objects in the yard, including an automobile, a door, and ...
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Woman and Child on Porch, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A woman and a child sit on the front porch of a house. This building houses 8 people in two rooms.

Beekman Quarters housed 81 people in 23 buildings. Non...

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B. Shelly, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: "B. Shelly indicates hydrants which is sole supply of water to two households, nine persons ages 84, 76, 63, 41, 26, 12, 11, 5, 3. Boards are necessary to ...

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