[Cook County Poor Farm nursery building, building materials in foreground]

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  • Collection ID DN-0055865
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Cook County Poor Farm nursery building, building materials in foreground] [graphic].
  • Dates 1910.
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Restriction: Original negatives are fragile and not available to researchers. Please consult the on-line image instead.
  • Collection summary Exterior view of the nursery building at the Cook County Poor Farm, also called the Oak Forest Infirmary (now known as Cook County Oak Forest Hospital). This image shows building materials in the foreground. Nursery may refer to the nurses' living quarters. The hospital was located at 15900 South Cicero Avenue the southeast corner of Cicero Avenue and 159th Street in Oak Forest, Illinois. It opened in 1910 and was designed by Holabird and Roche.
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  • Names Cook County Poor Farm (Oak Forest, Ill.)
  • Subjects Almshouses Illinois Oak Forest 1910-1919. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage Oak Forest (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. 1910-1919.
  • Genre
    • Exterior views. aat
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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