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Local citizens converse on the sidewalk in front of stores and businesses in downtown Centralia.Photo caption: "Evolution of the hitching rail, a downstate main street (At Centralia, Ill.)."

A car turns right at an intersection while driving past local businesses and cars parked along the street. A large Du Page Trust Company bank sign towers over a building on the left corner of the intersection.Photo Caption: "A commuters' main street…

The business-lined street in front of the Glen Ellyn train station is filled with parked cars while a few pedestrians walk along the city's sidewalk. Photo captions: "In commuting towns the railway tracks are inevitably the other side of an important…

A young child looks at a hookah, also known as a water pipe, on the floor in front of two adults sitting at a table using it.Photo caption: "Greek series - child and water pipe."

Baked goods line a display showcase at a Greek bakery located on South Halsted Street in Chicago.Photo caption: "Greek series - bakery goods in showcase."

Two cellophane-wrapped wedding cakes resembling square buildings with ornate scrollwork on a frame are lit with electric lights and covered in cellophane while on display.Photo caption: Greek series - wedding cakes with electric lights."

Three staff members of a Greek bakery located on South Halsted Street in Chicago, including the husband and wife owners and a helper, set up the display showcase before a service.Photo caption: Greek series - typical owner, wife, helper, selected…

Commuters climb an undergound staircase to exit a subway, or "L," station in Chicago.Photo caption: "Chicago - commuters leaving subway in morning on way to work."

Commuters descend a staircase at the entrance to a Chicago subway, or "L," station.Photo caption: "Chicago - commuters entering subway in evening to homebound trains."

A couple watch a man standing next to his docked boat in the Chicago River while pedestrians cross the DuSable Bridge overhead.Photo caption: "Chicago - boating from base of Boulevard Bridge (city recreational scene).

The Merchandise Mart building, one of the world's largest commercial centers, rises behind truss bridge crossing the Chicago River at Wells Street.Photo caption: "Chicago - architectural lines, Wells St. bridge and Merchandise Mart."

The front entrance stairs of the Field Museum of Natural History lead up to large stone Ionic columns bordering the doors of the museum.Photo caption: "Chicago - architectural design, columns of Field Museum."

A woman walks her dog past several staircases on the snow and ice covered sidewalks in Chicago.Photo caption: "Chicago - surviving architecture of the post-fire period - snow on railings."

The Chicago skyline rises to the left of Lake Shore Drive when looking north from the front steps of the Field Museum.Photo caption: "Chicago - skyline from Field Museum north."

A children's marching band led by two drum majors in uniform performs in the 1938 Chicago Memorial Day parade.Photo caption: "Chicago - Memorial Day parade, 1938."

A memorial plaque dedicated to David Kennison stands inChicago's snow-covered Lincoln Park. The plaque reads: "In memory of David Kennison, the last survivor of the Boston Tea Party, who died in Chicago, February 24, 1852 aged 115 yrs, 9 mos, 17 da,…

Large icicles hang from a metal railing next to an icy walkway along Chicago's Lake Michigan shoreline. The city's Furniture Mart building is seen in the background of the image.Photo caption: "Chicago - ice and lake front, toward Furniture Mart."

The tracks for one of Chicago's elevated train stations, also known as the "L," on North Wabash Avenuecross through the foreground while the Pure Oil Building rises above the street scene.Photo caption: "(Enlargement) Chicago - architectural lines on…

A streetscape captures several buildings of vary sizes and uses including houses, an office building, and a church.Photo caption: "(Enlargement) Chicago - architectural variety showing four types of usage in rising scale. (scene on East Chestnut…

A female artist stands along a lake in Chicago's Lincoln Park painting the water and bridge in front of her. A boater rows a canoe across the water in the background.

A woman stands on the bank of the Chicago River looking up at the Michigan Boulevard Bridge (now known as the DuSable Bridge) and the Wrigley building directly behind.Photo caption: "(Enlargement) Chicago - Sketcher studies architectural lines of…

Several sailboats and yachts dock at Yacht Harbor near Jackson Park in Chicago during the summer. The Jackson Park Yacht Club clubhouse and an 1893 replica of the Santa Maria appear on the left side of the photograph.

An individual and their dog stand at a roadside stand amidst a large collection of produce including pumpkins.Photo caption: "A highway roadside stand in autumn."

A small boy looks at two horses wearing bridles while standing in the yard of an unidentified farm.Photo caption: "(Enlargement) Little future farmer and big horses."

Dozens of young boys and camp counselors salute the American Flag as it is raised at an unidentified boys' summer camp.Photo caption: "(Enlargement) Flad raising ceremony at a boys' summer camp."