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| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of buildings at the Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park, viewed from Stony Island Avenue. The "L" station and train are in the foreground. S... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | A "Tailoring and Remodeling" shop and restaurant are in the foreground at the entrance to a bridge, while a large utility pole with power lines, a number o... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of five children walking in a field behind what appears to be tenement housing. Wooden fire escapes are attached to the rear of the buildings... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Children and two women, possibly a school group, work with hand tools in an urban garden. An elevated railroad is in the background, along with the Acme St... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | An elevated railroad passes by International Harvester's Indianapolis branch office. Signs painted on the building advertise "Threshers, Plows, Farm Machin... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of a railroad engine with passengers before it ascends Mount Washington Railroad's 'Jacob's Ladder,' built around 1868 with a grade of 37.41%. |
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| Description: | A crowd of children and adults gathers on an elevated boardwalk outside Island Heights Railroad Station, built around 1883. |
| Date: | 05 12 1902 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks that lead to the main town, where the Longview Lime Works, sawmill, post office, general store, and telegraph station are locat... |
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