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| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from a hill of an alley connecting Park Hill Avenue and Mount Vernon Avenue, looking west from the Interurban Line. There is a person on top ... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | View of alley behind a few State Street buildings, including Paul's Club, a Bar-Restaurant. |
| Date: | 10 30 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of street through a neighborhood from a railroad embankment. A truck and driver can be seen in the intersection. An elevated bridge is just v... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | "The 69 year-old woman on the front porch lives alone at the bottom of this unpaved, unlighted, ungraded alley. The building next to her is empty. She hea... |
| 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: | A wood pile is located near the front porch of a house. Outhouses are in the far background. 80 people live in 21 buildings in the Taylor Alley neighborh... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | "Overall view of the alley looking toward E. Franklin Street. Griffin Alley houses 12 families in 6 buildings. All residents share 2 hydrants and 4 toile... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | "This path from the alleyway to the outhouse is flooded when it rains — note the 'bridge' from the bottom porch step to the opposite bank." Griffin Alley... |
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| Description: | View from unpaved street of the Gribble Brothers Imperial Cafe, which is a two-story wood frame building with a small porch and balcony. Two men are standi... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across Lake Street towards the Lake Street Station. Signs and posters line the porch, including one advertising rooms for rent. One sign on the far ri... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across West Gilman Street towards a three-story house with a porch. A car is parked in the driveway on the left. The sign on the side of the house abo... |
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