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Snowy Day, April 1938

On a rare snow-laden April day–the city’s snowiest April on record– Dr. William J. Ford photographed the grounds of the Muncipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium … … and he took a photo of the same spot on a summer day. Dr. Ford … Continue reading

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Bird’s Eye View, 1919

This photograph appeared in the City of Chicago 1919 annual report and is currently stored at the University of Illinois. I believe the horizontal building on the right was the Administrative Building-Infirmary Group, and the building running perpendicular to it on … Continue reading

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