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Dane Co. Home For The Aged

Date: 02 22 1950
Description: Exterior side view of Dane Co. Home For The Aged, showing porches and a dangerous fire escape. The newspaper headline calls the building a "fire trap."
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Dane Co. Home For The Aged

Date: 02 23 1950
Description: Metal fire escape at rear of the Dane County Home For The Aged. Newspaper calls building a "fire trap."
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Carriage in Alley

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Description: A man steers a horse-drawn carriage down an alley as two others look on from a doorway. The photograph was taken in Saint George, Bermuda.
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Bottles on Stoop, North Wall Street

Date: 1966
Description: Two containers of Coke bottles sit on the front steps of a house.

The North Wall Street neighborhood houses 37 families in 22 buildings, with 30 hydrants...

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House, North Wall Street

Date: 1966
Description: A home with clothing hanging out to dry on a clothesline.

The North Wall Street neighborhood houses 37 families in 22 buildings, with 30 hydrants, 24 toi...

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Walkway, Griffin Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "This path from the alleyway to the outhouse is flooded when it rains — note the 'bridge' from the bottom porch step to the opposite bank."

Griffin Alley...

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Slave Quarters at Walnut Grove

Date: 08 1937
Description: Exterior view of front and right side of log building. Wood steps lead up to the open doorway on the right, and the steps continue inside up to the floor l...
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Slave Quarters at Walnut Grove

Date: 08 1937
Description: Interior view towards side of log building. In the right corner are steps leading down to the right towards a door. Beams are supporting the wood floor abo...

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