• Titleseries Series II: Buildings and Grounds
  • Titlename Chicago Housing
  • Titletypename Slum
  • Identifierscannumber apf2-09368
  • Titlephotosequencenumber 2:7:10
  • Datephotographcreated 1948-12-07
  • Creatorphotographer Mead, Mildred
  • Description Some people had small wood-burning stoves, though they didn't keep fires all day. Wood was hard to find and carry up many steps to 5, 6 or 7th floors. The elevator was not in service.
  • Subject1 Tenement houses
  • Subject2 Deterioration
  • Subject3 Interior views
  • Subject4 Stoves, Wood
  • Subject5 Children
  • Coveragespatial1 215-219 E. 31st Street
  • Coveragespatial2 Chicago, Illinois
  • Formatoriginalmedium Photographic prints
  • Formatoriginalextent 24.8 x 19.0 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