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Avenue "J" and 96th Street during construction

Avenue "J" and 96th Street during construction


Title	Avenue "J" and 96th Street during construction
Description	Photograph from a negative original taken on May 22, 1929 (?) of Avenue J and the 96th Street in Chicago during the construction of sewers.
Neighborhood/Street	Avenue J (Chicago, Ill.) Ninety-sixth Street (Chicago, Ill.) South Deering (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject.TGM1	Streets Construction Construction workers Construction equipment Trees Utility poles Lumber Water Sewers Excavation Scaffolding
Subject.LCSH	Excavation -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs Underground construction -- Photographs Avenue J (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs Sanitary engineering -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs Sewerage -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs Construction workers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs South Deering (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs
Subject.AAT	avenues building sites trenches excavations (earthworks) planks (wood) scaffolds
Photographer/Artist	Westlund, E. G.
Contributors	Chicago (Ill.). Dept. of Water Management
Date of original	1929-05-22
Time period	1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929
Repository Number	PHOTOGRAPH CDWM-006;
Repository Name	City of Chicago, Department of Water Management
Type	Image
Original format	Photographic prints
Format	image/jpeg;
Genre	Negatives Progress photographs
Original size	5.3 x 4.1 in.
Subject.LOCAL	construction

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