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Mildred Mead: Actual tenement transported from South Dearborn Street to the Public Library Metropolitan Housing Council Exhibit at Chicago Public Library. The public viewers were shocked and interested in this slum room with a rat. Chicago, April 8,...   High-res

Mildred Mead: Actual tenement transported from South Dearborn Street to the Public Library Metropolitan Housing Council Exhibit at Chicago Public Library. The public viewers were shocked and interested in this slum room with a rat. Chicago, April 8, 1948

Mount Carmel Item, Pennsylvania, September 2, 1941 Inventor William E. Detlor, left, explains to New York civilian defense officials why his new type motorcycle ambulance is just the thing: 1 - It’s speedier than most ambulances; 2 - Gets through...   High-res

Mount Carmel Item, Pennsylvania, September 2, 1941

Inventor William E. Detlor, left, explains to New York civilian defense officials why his new type motorcycle ambulance is just the thing: 1 - It’s speedier than most ambulances; 2 - Gets through heavy traffic handier than bigger models; 3 - Can not vibrate more than 90 times a minute, important in carrying wounded persons over rough ground.