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Free Public Bathhouse, 1950
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This 1950 photo by Mildred Mead shows the still-operating William Mavor bath, constructed in 1900 and named after a Chicago alderman. The third municipal bath opened by the city of Chicago, it was located at 4645 Gross (later McDowell) Avenue.
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