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This is called Tree Farm. It's in Portland, Oregon. guerrilladev.co/projects?fbc...

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Columbia River

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Multnomah Falls, Oregon

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I think this is the Powder River in Montana.

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The new GOP slogan (thank you, Joni Ernst.)

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“…well, we all are going to die.” — Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Medicaid cuts, saying the quiet part out loud.

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Dekum Building, Portland, Oregon, 1892.

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Not Mr. Hood---Mt. Hood!

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500 block of N. Artesian, Chicago. Possibly built ca. 1875. There were people living at some of these addresses in the 1876 and 1877 Lakeside Directories.

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Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

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635 (formerly 274) N. Trumbull in Chicago. In 1896 this was part of a row of 16 cottages that was almost the only thing around. Developed by S. W. Roth in 1890.

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Why? (Burbank, Illinois)

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I love handpainted corner store signs.

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I prefer a reliable belt. 3121 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago.

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#TurretTuesday Lakeview and Little Village, Chicago

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Beautiful day under the Green Line in Chicago

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#ManholeCoverMonday Madison, Wisconsin

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My dad wrote this in 2007. Take a moment today and remember Stanford Riegler. www.chicagotribune.com/2007/11/11/b...

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The Auditorium decked out for the parade marking Dedication Day of World's Columbian Exposition, Oct. 21, 1892.

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Blackhawk Park, Chicago. Center brick section was built in 1926, Albert Schwartz, architect. The additions on the sides were added in 1928, Walter W. Ahlschlager, architect.

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Getting the goodies

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It's Sunday. Here's a church. Former St. Paul's Congregational Church at Keeler (formerly 42nd Ave) and Belden in Chicago. Walt Disney's father, Elias, was on the building committee in 1900. Wesley Arnold was the architect. The pastor and entire congregation helped pull a plow to break ground.

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For Memorial Day, all from Chicago and environs

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