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Nelson Algren Pauses after Another White Sox Loss, Chicago
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Nelson Algren, by his Favorite Division St. Bar, Chicago
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Nelson Algren Amuses a New Friend
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Nelson Algren Playing Cards, Chicago
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Madison St. on Sunday Morning
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Chicago Mafia Leader Tony Accardo Making First Courthouse Appearance, Chicago
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Madison St. on Sunday Morning
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Supremes Dancing with Relatives, Detroit
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Nelson Algren Amuses a New Friend
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Liz Enjoying Smell-O-Vision with Husband Eddie Fisher, Chicago
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Site of Upcoming Eisenhower Expressway, Chicago
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Bible Study on Madison Street, Chicago
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Seller of Sex Books
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Novelist Nelson Algren in Local Railway Yard, Chicago
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Police Show Up at HQ, 11th and State, Chicago
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Shay Demonstrates Facetiously How He Runs Backwards and Covers Hurdlers
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Dance Duo
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Lindy Hop in Coffee Shop
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Khrushchev (center) and Secretary of State Henry Cabot Lodge Observe John Deere Tractor at Work
Art Shay American, 1922-2018

Stack Drawers
Shay Alkalay Israeli, born 1976 Manufactured by Established & Sons British, founded 2005