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A exhibit of a Caucasian tenant with her kids in an Chicago Housing Authority public housing unit back in the day that was on display at the National Public Housing Museum's exhibition at the Chicago

Grandpa's Helper - The guys were sweeping the grain bin & my nephew Kyle insisted he wanted to go in to 'help'! So my dad took him and and he 'worked' sweeping with a shovel under grandpa's watchful e

My my 7-months-old niece caressing the finger of her 86-year-old, Alzheimer's stricken great-grandmother.

Inside the Tracy Arm Fjord of Alaska's inside passage. Taken not long after sunrise, the rain had just let up giving way to this gloomy and haunting scene.

Two Under Umbrella in Snow

Finding God at Chapman Lake

This Sun Bear, at Lincoln Park Zoo, woke up and turned around at the sound of my baby talk to it.

Beach Storm Exit

When this Colobus Monkey saw me, it jumped on the gate of its cage as though to ask me to help release it from its entrapment at Lincoln Park Zoo.

Walking in Oia on my honeymoon.

A couple place the flag of Spain in their home for the football match of the Eurocopa.

These Meerkats were so cute huddled up together at Lincoln Park Zoo.

Driving along the highway, this house appeared suddenly out from among some trees in the midst of a Cook County Forest Preserves.

A man looks at the city from a skyscraper.

I'm watching you

Birds of the Everglades

A group of tourists taking a picture.

Views from the African bush

A woman begging in a church.

This was the scene of the night sky from my back porch, featuring the clouds in the form of a face with the moon appearing as an eye.

A vintage car parked in Mission, SF.

Women queuing in Chinatown, SF.

This Pygmy Hippo was peacefully floating along in the water in its habitat at Lincoln Park Zoo.

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These Meerkats were so cute huddled up together at Lincoln Park Zoo.

These Meerkats were so cute huddled up together at Lincoln Park Zoo.

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Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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© Mary Piemonte.
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Date Taken:

10.2012

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Nov. 7, 2012, 2:13 p.m.

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Canon PowerShot SX40 HS

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PHOTO LOCATION Chicago, Illinois, United States of America