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Gary Schoichet

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Gary Schoichet

It was the early ‘80s…

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Frederick J Nachman

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Frederick J Nachman

Two magnets hopefully will stay…

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Phares O’Daffer

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Phares O’Daffer

What a day! Wrigley Field…

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Keith Kretchmer

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Keith Kretchmer

Your Permanent Record.

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Lisa Miller Sablosky and Hilary “Pinky” Rose

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Lisa Miller Sablosky and Hilary “Pinky” Rose

New Trier East High School offered transportation…

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Wayne Lysobey

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Wayne Lysobey

I was ten. I cursed.

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Anita Weinberg

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Anita Weinberg

It begins over 60 years ago…

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Victoria Reeves

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Victoria Reeves

INTREPID VOYAGER takes you by the hand…

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Michael Pickard

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Michael Pickard

Why would I slave over a pile of cardboard…

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Jim Tauber

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Jim Tauber

Artist has never been an identity…

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Jim Tauber

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Jim Tauber

I have saved this plastic robot since I was about 7...

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Allen Saxon

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Allen Saxon

I don’t know much about…

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Esther Cohen

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Esther Cohen

On February school break…

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Ina Chadwick

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Ina Chadwick

Howdy Doody was not my friend…

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Bill Roberts

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Bill Roberts

When I was 8 or 9 years old…

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James Finn Garner

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James Finn Garner

When my parents were newly married…

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Nell Minow

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Nell Minow

My parents were married on...

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Katy Okrent

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Katy Okrent

If Ebenezer Scrooge had any…

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Francie Arenson Dickman

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Francie Arenson Dickman

My grandmother was lazy.

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Chuck Frank

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Chuck Frank

Chips Across America is my favorite…

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