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| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Tavern in a state of deterioration, with rubble in front. The tavern is partly obscured by an oak tree, and a white house stands behind the tavern. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Charcoal kiln in ruins in a field beyond a fence, with electric power lines in the background. |
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| Description: | The ruins of the Walker Hotel. Caption reads: "Old Walker Hotel". |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A log cabin and frame house behind the Milton House. The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house w... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Prescott House, an inn built in 1856 that served the nearby farmers until about 1870. |
| Date: | 03 10 1981 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a boarded-up Amoco gas station at 6731 W. North Avenue. |
| Date: | 08 18 1963 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of an abandoned "Bonus" gasoline station. This station was formerly a Wadham's Oil and Grease Company station. The Wadham's chain, headquarte... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Three young children standing in a backyard in very poor condition, including the lack of a lawn, exposed trash piles, and other litter. |
| Date: | 03 1926 |
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| Description: | A refuse pile consisting of glass, a broken basket, bottles, cans, and other items behind a farmhouse. A crumbling foundation is in the background. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View from cobblestone street of a woman wearing a skirt and head scarf moving a barrel of discarded vegetables in an alley. Probably taken near an outdoor ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of a vacant lot littered with garbage and weeds in a residential area. Across the street in the background are what appears to be a row of apartment b... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Interior view down a hallway at the Courtland Hotel. The walls are covered with peeling wallpaper and the floor is made of patterned tile. The hotel was us... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of "The Ruins." A brick hotel (possibly the MLAKAR HOTEL) is behind and to the right of the old foundation. Various signs are pasted on ... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Four men gathered outdoors. Two sit on stoops of houses while two stand in the dirt pathway. More homes are visible in the background. There is a garbage o... |
| Date: | 01 1999 |
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| Description: | Krueger's Empire Hotel, the building that stood on the South West corner of Milwaukee and Rock River streets, has been razed. |
| Date: | 1993 |
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| Description: | View across field towards an old barn and silo standing above a grove of trees and bushes. In the foreground is an old agricultural implement in the overgr... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an old log structure surrounded by buildings, wagons and wagon parts, fences and trees. It was demolished about 1900. Text printed on the fr... |
| Date: | 09 30 1921 |
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| Description: | Collapsed fence along roadside. Power poles are along the road on the left and right. |
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