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Mayor Washington at the West Lawn Branch Library


Title	Mayor Washington at the West Lawn Branch Library
Description	Community residents welcomed Mayor Harold Washington to the opening of Chicago Public Library's new West Lawn Branch Library, on West 63rd Street, on September 6, 1986. The new building replaced the previous storefront structure.
Neighborhood/Street	West Lawn (Chicago, Ill.) Sixty-third Street (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject.TGM1	Mayors Neighborhoods Public libraries Crowds Older people Women Streets
Subject.LCSH	Washington, Harold, 1922-1987 -- Photographs African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Photographs Mayors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Photographs Chicago Public Library -- West Lawn Branch -- Photographs City dwellers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Photographs
Photographer/Artist	Dickey, Antonio B.
Date of Original	1986-09-06
Time Period	1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989
Repository Name	Chicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
Language	eng;
Repository Number	PHOTOGRAPH SPE-HWAC 1986.9.6.1
Collection	Harold Washington Archives & Collections
Rights	http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php
Type	Digital image
Format	image/jpeg
Original Format	Photographs
Size	21 x 26 cm;
Subject.LOCAL	groundbreaking African Americans activists/politicians

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