Shawneetown

Shawneetown, Illinois, 1945.

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Trapeze Artist

A Charles Cushman Kodachrome of a circus trapeze artist, taken at Soldier’s Field, c.1944, Chicago. Source

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Meter Maid, 1966

Chicago meter maid, 1966.

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Skid Row

Chicago, 1973.

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Maxwell Street

Chicago, 1958

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937 N. State

At one time, The Storm Cocktail Lounge was located at 937 N. State, in Chicago.  The address doesn't seem to exist anymore, and there is...

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Train Watching

August 29, 1980, Lena, Illinois.  Train watching.

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Delaware and Rush

Chicago, 1974.

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The Hot Dog Stand

Chicago, 1957.

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Kissing Farewell

Kissing farewell at Monticello Jr. College during commencement, by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Alton, Illinois, 1946.

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Mowing the Yard

A little girl in Albion, Illinois mows the yard.  This picture was taken in April, 1941.

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Flappers

Flappers dancing the Charleston atop the Sherman Hotel, Chicago, December 11, 1926.

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Girl in Jackson Park

Another photo by Charles Cushman.  Taken in September, 1944, Jackson Park in Chicago.

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Old Man on the Street in Shawneetown, Illinois

Photo taken in April, 1937 by Lee Russell. Source:  LOC

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Italian Family in a Chicago Tenement

Circa 1905.

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