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News photo of couple claiming "squatter's" rights

June 18, 1930 black and white International Newsreel photo of Henry and Anne Sabbe who are pictured mending a fishing net which will be rented to "ambitious piscators" on Calumet Lake. Couple claiming "squatter's" rights to land they settled in 1900. The Pullman Company wanted to use the site in the Calumet Harbor construction plan. The case was coming up in a Chicago Court. Reverse side stamped with a long warning to credit "International Newsreel" with the photo.

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Title  News photo of couple claiming "squatter's" rights
Description  June 18, 1930 black and white International Newsreel photo of Henry and Anne Sabbe who are pictured mending a fishing net which will be rented to "ambitious piscators" on Calumet Lake. Couple claiming "squatter's" rights to land they settled in 1900. The Pullman Company wanted to use the site in the Calumet Harbor construction plan. The case was coming up in a Chicago Court. Reverse side stamped with a long warning to credit "International Newsreel" with the photo.
Subjects  ; Regional;
Creator  International Newsreel Chicago
Date  1930-06-18
Format  Photograph (all forms)
Identifier  15410: PF2014.06.02: File
Rights  The Pullman State Historic Site provides reproductions of items from its collections for personal or research use. If an image is to be reproduced in any type of publication or on the web, written permission is required and use fees may be assessed. Digitization of some of the items in this collection was developed pursuant to a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, an Office of the Secretary of State using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.; The Pullman State Historic Site provides reproductions of items from its collections for personal or research use. If an image is to be reproduced in any type of publication or on the web, written permission is required and use fees may be assessed. Digitization of some of the items in this collection was developed pursuant to a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, an Office of the Secretary of State using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.
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