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At the Mailbox

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern picking up the mail at the roadside mailbox.
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The Old Oaken Bucket

Date: 1879
Description: Here Dahl used "The Old Oaken Bucket" motif — a man drinking water from a pail at a well in foreground with family sitting and standing at a table with cof...
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Ludington Building

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Description: The Ludington Building, built in 1881 on the southeast corner of North Plankinton Avenue and West Wells Street, featuring the Singer Sewing Machine store.
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Gorillas Samson and Sambo Adoptive Birthday Party

Date: 10 05 1955
Description: Children and adults gathered in front of the gorilla cages at the Washington Park Zoo to celebrate the fifth adoptive birthday party for Samson and Sambo. ...
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Hamburger Joint

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Description: Woodblock print of an urban street scene with a clothesline strung between buildings, and a church and a hamburger joint.
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Elevated View from Division and East Water Streets

Date: 1901
Description: Elevated view looking northwest from Division Street and East Water Street. Rooftop of building in foreground has laundry hanging from a line. In the back...
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Sarajevo Street

Date: 11 1940
Description: A street scene in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
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Allenton Firemen's Picnic Parade

Date: 1996
Description: "Evangeline Koll and Arlene Beck ride the float in the Allenton Firemen's Picnic Parade."
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Tom Every and the Epicurean

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Description: Tom Every (Doc Evermor) is handing Alex Jordan a burger in front of Every's constructed grill named "The Epicurean," parked on a lawn, probably at Every's ...

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