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Fish Shop

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: A fish shop made of several small, interconnected buildings. Signs for fresh or smoked fish are on several parts of the shop. In the background is a railr...
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Woman in Alley

Date: 1915
Description: View from cobblestone street of a woman wearing a skirt and head scarf moving a barrel of discarded vegetables in an alley. Probably taken near an outdoor ...
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Children near Ditch, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Two children look towards the photographer by a drainage ditch with buildings on all sides. Laundry hangs from clotheslines above.

“Row upon row of dilap...

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Girl at Water Hydrant, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A girl fills a bucket at a water hydrant near a drainage ditch. Buildings are on either side, and laundry hangs from clotheslines above.

“Row upon row o...

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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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Old Mill

Date: 1965
Description: Abandoned stone and wood mill, with many missing boards, is surrounded by trees.
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McCormick Mill Restoration Project

Date: 08 1937
Description: View of the front of the McCormick Mill at Walnut Grove, with a wooden walkway up to the open door or window on the right. An exterior chimney is to the le...
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Slave Quarters at Walnut Grove

Date: 08 1937
Description: Interior view of building, looking towards side wall, which has a hole open to the outdoors just below the ceiling. Debris is on the floor, and the back co...

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