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| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A water hydrant stands next to a drainage ditch, while clothing hangs on a clothes like above. In the background, children walk away from the camera betwee... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A woman and two girls look on as a water hydrant is turned on by the woman. "Two families, 6 people, share this hydrant." “Row upon row of dilapidated bu... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | "The hydrant (blurred right center foreground) is shared by 21 people in 8 families. No streetlights, though the alley is well over 100 yards long. The lan... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | In the foreground, a man with a cane on a porch looks down towards the camera. In the background, a man walks down the alley. "The alley is long, dark and ... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Two young girls stand near a water hydrant. "Hydrant placed on edge of steep bank. Used by 30 people in 9 families. Four of these families (17 people) live... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A dog stands near a water hydrant on one side and a fence on the other. The North Wall Street neighborhood houses 37 families in 22 buildings, with 30 hy... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | "A water faucet located at the top of the hill (the upper end of the alley) behind the boy is used by eleven families, 28 people, who live in the buildings... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | "This hydrant supplies ten families (sixteen persons) with water. Three of these persons are over sixty-five-years-old and live alone." Griffin Alley hou... |
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