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| Date: | 11 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a posed group of orphan children of miners from mine disaster, Nov. 13, 1909. Caption reads: "#31 Group made orphans by Cherry Min... |
| Date: | 03 23 1929 |
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| Description: | Citizens look on as City of Chicago emergency personnel and others carry an injured boy at an accident scene. The event was most likely a staged exercise. ... |
| Date: | 03 14 1929 |
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| Description: | Exploded store of Natalie Troia, 102 S. Park Street from Milton Street, with people looking on. Corner of Park and Milton Streets. |
| Date: | 11 13 1909 |
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| Description: | The ruins of the fan house and escape shaft after a mining disaster at Cherry mine. A group of men and children are standing in the foreground. |
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| Description: | Three older boys are posing standing in a yard full of toppled bricks, probably the ruins of the blast furnace of the York Iron Company. There is a boardin... |
| Date: | 07 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Dozens of boys at Camp Wakanda on the north shore of Lake Mendota watch rescue work on an airplane which has crashed into the lake near shore. Tom Langloi... |
| Date: | 09 02 1948 |
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| Description: | A garage and house at 537 S. Randall Avenue after a gust of wind blew two box elder trees into them. The trees were at the rear of the Owen F. Glissendorf'... |
| Date: | 04 15 1925 |
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| Description: | Boys using hand tools to work in a field. A mule-drawn wagon is in the background. They are all wearing hats and overalls. |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
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| Description: | A man works to clear debris in the aftermath of a tornado. Other men, women and children are gathered nearby. |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
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| Description: | A woman and her young daughter stand in a yard examining a house in the aftermath of a tornado. The house has one entire side missing, a tree leans over on... |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | Two children are walking closely behind a man operating a grain binder pulled by a team of four horses through a field, illustrating the dangers of standin... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | An unattended child turning the knobs of a gas stove in a farmhouse. |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| Description: | A boy using a shovel cleans up after a horse in a stable at Rogers farm while an oil lamp hangs from a wire above him. |
| Date: | 04 24 1926 |
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| Description: | Children walking along the side of a road in front of a one-room schoolhouse as an automobile approaches from behind. Other children are playing in the sch... |
| Date: | 04 24 1926 |
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| Description: | A child wearing a coat and hat is throwing rocks into an open cistern in what appears to be an alleyway between two buildings. The wooden cistern lid is ly... |
| Date: | 04 23 1926 |
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| Description: | Two children playing on the stone foundation of a basement which appears to have been damaged by fire. A farmhouse with two automobiles parked nearby are i... |
| Date: | 03 1926 |
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| Description: | A child sits on a rotten wooden well covering while playing in the mud with a piece of metal and holding a can marked "Salted Pecans." An automobile is in ... |
| Date: | 03 1926 |
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| Description: | A child wearing a coat and hat is standing in a toy wagon marked "Lightning Coaster" beside a wagon box propped on wooden stakes. A flock of geese is in th... |
| Date: | 08 07 1924 |
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| Description: | A view of the ruins of a cyclone, showing a roofless house and an overturned automobile in the yard. Several people are standing in the yard, and two child... |
| Date: | 02 1928 |
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| Description: | A boy wearing a winter coat and hat is pumping water from a well into ladles two other boys are holding. A shed, wheelbarrow, and wood scraps are in the ba... |
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