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Gondolier retiring his boat for the evening in la Piazza San Marco.

Yellow boat moored on pond

Seashell on the beach

Sunset at East Chop Pier

Picture of a model CHA senior apartment in the old days that was on display at the National Public Housing Museum exhibition at the Chicago Tourism Center Gallery.

Farming under the Harvest Moon. My brother works late into the night under the harvest moon - how fitting!

The National Public Housing Museum's "History Coming Home" exhibition at the Chicago Tourism Center Gallery.

My sister and nephews waiting for the wedding to start!

The National Public Housing Museum's "History Coming Home" exhibition at the Chicago Tourism Center Gallery.

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.

10th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

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

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

TAGS: Missouri, United States

Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States of America

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Copyright:

© Garrad Mathews.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

11.2012

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Date Uploaded:

Nov. 7, 2012, 3:33 p.m.

Camera Make:

Camera Model:

Canon EOS 60D

Focal Length:

43mm

Shutter Speed:

1/125

Aperture:

f5.6

ISO:

ISO500

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PHOTO LOCATION Lees Summit, Missouri, United States of America