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Harold McCormick Mansion

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Description: Harold McCormick Mansion. View is showing steps at the rear of the house.
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McCormick Rush Street Home Exterior

Date: 1879
Description: The facade of the McCormick family residence at 675 Rush Street, which takes up an entire block between Erie and Huron Streets. Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. h...
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Walden Facade

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Description: Facade of "Walden", the Cyrus McCormick, Jr., family estate.
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Children Lining Up to Board International School Buses

Date: 1966
Description: Chicago area school children are lining up in Lincoln Park to board International school buses as part of their annual end-of-school outing to the Zoo.
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Harrison Street Community Garden

Date: 04 1917
Description: Children working in an urban community garden. Original caption reads: "Scene in Harrison Street Community Garden showing each plot staked off. Up to 1917 ...
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Families Work in Deering Works Employee Gardens

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Description: Men, women and children dig and rake the soil at the Deering Works employee gardens. The gardens appear to be located in a residential neighborhood.
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Deering Works Neighborhood

Date: 1918
Description: Neighborhood streets near Deering Works, including several International Harvester billboards. One sign reads: "International Motor Trucks, a size and styl...
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Backyard

Date: 1985
Description: Backyard of the Quinney house on South Third Street in DeKalb County.
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Truck in Alley

Date: 1985
Description: Alley in a DeKalb neighborhood.
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Winter Storage

Date: 1994
Description: Covered automobile with snow off the East Lincoln Highway.
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International Model 63 Moving Truck

Date: 04 13 1926
Description: International Model 63 moving truck parked in a residential neighborhood. Text on the side of the truck reads: "Ben Butler Furniture and Piano Moving."
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International Model S Electric Company Truck

Date: 12 1926
Description: International Model S truck parked on a residential street. The truck was operated by the Sievert Electric Company. Text on the side of the truck reads: "S...
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Scout Mail Truck

Date: 1961
Description: A mail carrier leans out the side of a Scout 80 mail truck to hand letters to children waiting at a mailbox.
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Plowing after Snowstorm with International A Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: Man using an International A tractor to plow a street. Original caption reads: "The Village of Forest Park, Illinois uses this International A tractor and ...
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Muller's Milk Truck

Date: 1934
Description: A man carrying a crate of milk bottles and wearing a hat and overalls walks toward an International truck owned by Muller's Union Dairy. The truck is parke...
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International Truck and I-30 with Loader

Date: 1936
Description: A man is using an International I-30 industrial tractor with front loader to scoop gravel into the bed of an International truck owned by People's Gas Comp...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Residence

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of the residence of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The studio wing is shown after its transformation into an apartment for Wright's first wife and ...
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Grand Boulevard

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Description: View down grassy median planted with trees in the center of Grand Boulevard. Stone residences are on either side. A man, perhaps a police officer, stands i...
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Residential District

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Description: View down a tree-lined residential street. A horse-drawn carriage stands on the street and the large columned porches of houses can be seen through the tr...
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Corner of Sixth and Broadway

Date: 1900
Description: A view of the corner of Sixth and Broadway showing a residential district with mansions, lush lawns and tree-lined streets. Two women pedestrians traverse ...

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