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Parade on Michigan Avenue

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of a parade on Michigan Avenue taken from the International Harvester building. Grant Park is in the background.
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Main Street

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Description: Elevated view of Main Street. City scene showing rows of parked cars, tall buildings, pedestrians, trolleys and advertising signs.
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Main Street

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Description: Elevated view of Main Street showing tall buildings, cars, pedestrians trolleys and advertising signs.
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Grand Avenue

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Description: Street level view of Grand Avenue showing a trolley, a crosswalk, crowded sidewalks and tall buildings.
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Bread and Puppet Theater, General Motors Headquarters

Date: 1968
Description: Bread and Puppet Theater members protesting at General Motors Headquarters. A crowd of people wearing gas masks and hooded cloaks reminiscent of the grim r...
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Hotel Victory

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Hotel Victory. The hotel has an inner courtyard, towers, and flags flying on top of the towers. People are milling around the building and...
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Observation Tower

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Description: View across road of an observation tower overlooking extensive apple orchards, a tourist attraction in season. Many people are standing below the tower whe...
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Man with ACORN Sign

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Description: A man wearing sunglasses holds up a sign that reads "ACORN Says: People Over Profits" at a rally.
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Elevated View of Fire Safety Prevention Week Parade

Date: 1971
Description: Elevated view of a Fire Safety Prevention Week Parade. The picture is taken looking at the front of the parade, and persons with flags, a marching band, an...
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"Foreign Correspondent" Premiere

Date: 1940
Description: Slightly elevated view from street corner at Broadway and West 50th Street of the Rivoli Theater in Times Square when it was screening the movie "Foreign C...
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Demolition At "30 on the Square" Site

Date: 12 16 1964
Description: View of a crane about to swing a wrecking ball into a building wall at the 30 W. Mifflin Street and Carroll Street corner of the Square as a crowd is looki...
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Aerial View of International Harvester's "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: Aerial view towards the southwest of International Harvester's. Burnham Harbor is in the center, with exhibit buildings on the left on Northerly Island, an...

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