• Titleseries Series II: Buildings and Grounds
  • Titlename Chicago Housing
  • Titletypename Slum
  • Identifierscannumber apf2-09369
  • Titlephotosequencenumber 2:7:11
  • Datephotographcreated 1948-12-07
  • Creatorphotographer Mead, Mildred
  • Description Fire escape ladder from the seventh floor. Bad conditions, looked unsafe with missing rungs. This ladder was the only fire escape for the whole seven-story building.
  • Subject1 Tenement houses
  • Subject2 Deterioration
  • Subject3 Fire escapes
  • Subject4 Children
  • Coveragespatial1 215-219 E. 31st Street
  • Coveragespatial2 Chicago, Illinois
  • Formatoriginalmedium Photographic prints
  • Formatoriginalextent 24.5 x 19.2 cm
  • Source Archival Photographic Files. Addenda. Mildred Mead Photographs
  • Publisher University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
  • Identifierbarcode 45041170
  • Digital Collection University of Chicago Photographic Archive
  • Rights http://photoarchive.lib.uchicago.edu/rights.html