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School Boys Raising a Garden

Date: 04 18 1917
Description: Young boys digging a garden in an urban setting on "Mowhawk Street near Larrabee." Original caption reads: "Newberry School boys who have gotten into the h...
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Children at Play in Chicago Alley

Date: 07 1923
Description: Children at play in a dirt alley on Chicago's west side.
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International Harvester Employee

Date: 04 01 1915
Description: Old man wearing a suit and hat with his back against a brick wall. The man is likely an employee at International Harvester's Osborne Works. One of his leg...
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Boys with International Highwheeler Shoe Repair Truck

Date: 1912
Description: View of two teenage boys posing with an International Highwheeler in front of the storefront of the Chicago Quick Shoe Repair Co. 120 James Street.
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Woman and Girls in McCormick Works' Community Garden

Date: 08 1932
Description: Mother and her two daughters at work in the McCormick Works community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Har...
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McCormick Works Employee

Date: 03 31 1919
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors in front of a building. He is wearing eyeglasses, and overalls over a shirt, vest and necktie.
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Danger of Firearms

Date: 08 1927
Description: A man sits on wooden outdoor stairs holding a firearm, while three children standing around him.
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Boys and Girl Playing with Toy Wagon

Date: 1920
Description: Young children playing with a toy wagon. An older boy is pulling a young girl sitting in a chair in a wagon, while another boy is pushing from behind. The ...
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Boy and Girl with Pets

Date: 1920
Description: Young boy and girl sitting on a pile of rocks with a cat and a dog outside the Sunnyside School. The boy is cradling a cat under his arm, while a girl is f...
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Cameo Girls Cleaning Truck

Date: 1972
Description: Four "Cameo Girls," saleswomen for the Cameo Retail Division of Bestline Incorporated, using brooms to sweep snow from a pink-colored International Transta...
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Webb TB Album: A Pair of Spectacles?

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Description: Two identical cut-out images (one accented with red coloring) of two women in bathing suits and caps posing on a path surrounded by foliage, from a scrapbo...
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Police Women on the Beach

Date: 1922
Description: Caption below the illustration reads, "ON A CHICAGO BEACH in 1922 policewomen, patrolling the sands on behalf of morality, confront three offenders." Two p...
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Beer Barons

Date: 1885
Description: Six prominent German American brewers pose outdoors, seated around a table, for a portrait labeled "The Poterhouse [sic] Club." Well-dressed in suits and h...
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Edward and Conrad Petersen

Date: 1925
Description: Edward, left, and Conrad Petersen, right, pose while holding hands with an unidentified young woman standing between them. They are on a lawn in front of t...
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Alma, Edward and Conrad Petersen

Date: 05 1925
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen poses with her sons, Conrad, in baby buggy, and Edward, on tricycle, in front of their home at 1322 North Astor Street, in Chicago's ...
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Man Attaching Wheels on a Daisy Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: View of a man attaching wheels on a Daisy Reaper. The man is crouching in a large area paved with cobblestones near industrial buildings.
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Group Posing in front of McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1907
Description: Group of men and women posing outdoors on the steps of the club house.
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Two Boys and a Dog

Date: 1900
Description: William F. Petersen, rear, poses on the lawn with an unidentified boy and a dog. Behind them is a low, fancy metal wire fence which encloses a garden near ...
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In the Backyard

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen, left rear, and his son William F. Petersen, right rear, pose behind three unidentified people sitting on a rustic bench in a yard. Edward ...
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Miss Huddleston Posing with Dog

Date: 04 09 1917
Description: Miss Josephine Huddleston posing with dog. She had been driving the big IHC tractor at Harrison and Jefferson Streets for Chicago's City Garden Campaign.

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