Date: | 02 20 1915 |
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Description: | A woman and boy are using "sedge brush" brooms to sweep a dirt yard as two women — possibly social workers or Agricultural Extension employees — look on. A... |
Date: | 09 02 1930 |
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Description: | Dilapidated backyard at Milwaukee amd N. Bryan Street next to Madison Builders Supply. |
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 22 1912 |
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Description: | Two young girls standing with their arms around each other in the debris-strewn yard of a run-down home. The original caption identifies the location as th... |
Date: | 02 20 1915 |
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Description: | A woman and young boy sweep yard with "brush broom" while another woman with two children looks on. Two additional women, possibly Agricultural Extension e... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | Elevated view of yard with a wood pile for fuel. In the background are roads, porches, and other dwellings. Beekman Quarters housed 81 people in 23 buil... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | A family poses in front of their home. "This family has to stop using the back room to this house. What used to be a doorway is now part of a huge hole in ... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | Two boys stand in a wet dirt road in the foreground. In the background is a house with a pile of objects in the yard, including an automobile, a door, and ... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | "Damage done by Hurrican [sic] Betsy remains untouched eight months later. Note that tin covering has been torn off far edge of roof. Rain leaks through ot... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | One of the 15 outdoor toilets in the Beekman Quarters neighborhood of Natchez, Mississippi. "'It's been full for two months. We still have to use it or wal... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | Several houses along a dirt road. A person stands in the doorway of one house. "'Some roofs leak worse than others, but we all get wet inside when it rains... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | "Roof leaks. Yard is too treacherous to play in or to hang out clothes. This photo was taken from the street as a tenant looked out the front door down the... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | "Two rooms. Six people, ages 33, 12, 8, 5, 2, 1. Wood heat. $12.00 per month. Carry water from neighbors front yard." Beekman Quarters housed 81 people i... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | "Woodpile on porch. Dangerous steps and porch. Boards layed [sic] over mud for front walk. Two persons have one room each in their building. Ages 50 and 7... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | A woman and a child sit on the front porch of a house. This building houses 8 people in two rooms. Beekman Quarters housed 81 people in 23 buildings. Non... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | "B. Shelly indicates hydrants which is sole supply of water to two households, nine persons ages 84, 76, 63, 41, 26, 12, 11, 5, 3. Boards are necessary to ... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | Children gather in the foreground, while houses and yards are visible in the background. A woman walks along the dirt path towards the camera. “Row upon... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | A group of children, several holding balloons, gather on the porch of a building near a debris-scattered yard. “Row upon row of dilapidated buildings, th... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | Buildings, likely houses, at the intersection of two dirt roads. Laundry hangs from a clothesline in the background. “Row upon row of dilapidated buildi... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | A building, possibly an outhouse, with a woodpile behind it. In the background, two houses with porches are visible. "No roads or streetlights or sidewalks... |
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