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West High School Tennis Courts

Date: 04 18 1935
Description: Girls playing tennis on the new West High tennis courts. Includes a full view of the back of West High School.
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East High School Friendship Club

Date: 03 22 1928
Description: East High School Friendship Club, at 2222 E. Washington Avenue.
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Central High School Football Players

Date: 09 08 1944
Description: Group portrait of five Central High School football players: 29 Bernie Rabinowitz; 25 Ed Withers; 23 Ronald Caucutt; 24 Ed Moran; 34 Don Schiro.
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West High School Football Players

Date: 09 08 1944
Description: Group portrait of six West High School football players: 55 Henry Heirlmeier; 56 Max Cichon; 57 Gil Coluccy; 46 Dave Neupert; 54 Bob Mansfield; 52 Bill Pip...
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Suburban League Track Meet

Date: 05 08 1956
Description: DeForest runner #29 crosses the finish line in the Suburban League Track Meet held at Breese Stevens Field. DeForest High School's track team wins its seco...
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Rear-Engine Drive Bus

Date: 1973
Description: Color photograph of four children holding books and standing beside a gravel road in front of a suburban residence. An International rear-engine drive scho...
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Raising a Fist

Date: 1975
Description: A school boy is raising a fist for the photographer while sitting with a group of his friends. Handwritten caption on the reverse: "These boys asked us to ...
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Students and Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: A group of students in South Boston are boycotting school to protest court-ordered desegregation busing. One boy is grabbing the head of an effigy of an Af...
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Students and Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: A group of students are boycotting school to protest court-ordered desegregation busing. Two boys are holding an effigy of an African-American man. In the ...
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Students and Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: A group of South Boston teenagers posing with an effigy of an African-American man. In the background is a chain-link fence, shrubs and a housing project. ...
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Students Hanging Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: A group of children are hanging an effigy of an African-American man in a dead tree, creating a mock lynching. One of the boys is sitting on a limb of the ...
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Dangers of Children on Railroad Tracks

Date: 05 19 1959
Description: Henry Cuccia, a ninth-grader at Cherokee Heights school, demonstrates "what not to do" on the Illinois Central railroad tracks near the school as he walks ...

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