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A trip down Maxwell Street

A trip down Maxwell Street

A great diversity of items—clothing, toys, housewares, tools, furniture, and even live animals—could be purchased from the formal and informal vendors selling their wares at the Sunday Maxwell Street Market in Chicago, c. 1953–59.
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