• Collection ID DN-0068980
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Crowd standing in the street and on an incline as draftees from the Irving Park Division are preparing to leave] [graphic].
  • Dates 1917.
  • 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 Elevated view of a crowd of people standing in the street and on an incline (leading up to the railroad tracks) in the foreground as drafted men from the Irving Park Division in Chicago, Illinois, are preparing to leave. There is a Red Cross station visible in the image in the row of businesses across the street.
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  • Names Irving Park Division.
  • Subjects
    • Crowds Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Railroad stations Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Draft United States 1910-1919. lctgm
    • World War, 1914-1918 War work Red Cross.
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) 1910-1919.
  • Genre
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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