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422:King, Peter H. (December 7, 1985).
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890:Bozo, Gar and Ray: WGN TV Classics
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2006:Chicago Black Lesbians and Gays
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1991:Buddies' Restaurant and Bar
1911:Affinity Community Services
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1769:Lorrainne Sade Baskerville
989:Howard Brown Health Center
834:Garfield Goose and Friends
563:A Memoir of Burr Tillstrom
387:"Side by Side by Sondheim"
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499:"Burr Tillstrom tribute"
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260:Side by Side by Sondheim
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614:Television Hall of Fame
98:Franklin Burr Tillstrom
47:Franklin Burr Tillstrom
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3386:Thomas Hunt (activist)
3190:Timothy Stewart-Winter
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2093:Lincoln Park Lagooners
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460:Chicago History Museum
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1875:Antonio David Jimenez
1815:Rene A. Van Hulle Jr.
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855:Kukla, Fran and Ollie
698:Children's television
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232:Kukla, Fran and Ollie
219:The Polly Bergen Show
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152:New York World's Fair
124:University of Chicago
103:Kukla, Fran and Ollie
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3217:Alphawood Foundation
2577:Asians & Friends
2512:Jane M. Hussein Saks
2251:Charles R. Middleton
2217:Margaret C. Anderson
2083:Ralph Paul Gernhardt
1635:Modesto "Tico" Valle
1141:Robert Sloane Basker
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2844:Rudolph Johnson Jr.
2800:Laura S. Washington
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1704:Norman L. Sandfield
1684:Derrick Allen Hicks
1630:Victor A. Salvo Jr.
1423:Jacqueline Anderson
1320:Steven F. Wakefield
1287:Earnest E. Hite Jr.
1282:Adrienne J. Goodman
1277:Samuel F. Davis Jr.
1196:Richard W. Pfeiffer
369:"Burr's adult fans"
301:Saugatuck, Michigan
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2966:Lucretia Clay-Ward
2936:Lisa Marie Pickens
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2759:William W. Greaves
2754:Sanford E. Gaylord
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2608:E. Patrick Johnson
2100:, Attorneys at Law
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2070:Christopher Clason
2049:Albert N. Williams
2044:Sheron Denise Webb
1981:About Face Theatre
1936:Mattachine Midwest
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1346:T. Chris Cothran
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