1911: Men Sleep at Municipal Lodging House

Men Sleep at Municipal Lodging House

View of men sleeping in cots at the Municipal Lodging House, at 162 North Union Avenue in the Near West Side community area of Chicago.

Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.

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