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Above is an example of a video I made for the Wikimedia Foundation




This is me -- as shot by Matthew Roth on the left and myself on the right

Hi! My name is Victor Grigas. I'm a video producer, photographer and former employee of the Wikimedia Foundation. I have been a contributor to Wikipedia since 2005. I have a formal education in film, audio and video and am interested in all things open source and public domain. The best way to reach me is by email at victorgrigas (at) gmail (dot) com



My Creative Commons-licensed photos have been seen in Vice, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, Macworld, The New Republic, Science, Fast Company, Psychology Today, CBS, the New York Review of Books, Atlas Obscura, WTTW / Chicago Tonight, PBS NewsHour, Piauí, Wikimedia and many others.


This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than ten years.

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*All of these images I have released under a Creative Commons license or into the public domain, so please feel free to use appropriately.

Images of Victor Albert Grigas[1][2][3][4][5] (my dad)

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  • Hatteras 1949
    Hatteras 1949
  • Looking over his first construction
    Looking over his first construction
  • While gut-renovating an apartment building in 1971
    While gut-renovating an apartment building in 1971
  • Shoveling dirt for the foundation of his first house
    Shoveling dirt for the foundation of his first house
  • at a shooting range in Illinois
    at a shooting range in Illinois

Some of my favorite photos taken by Victor Albert Grigas

Chicago

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Kids off the Block

Sharkula

Bloomingdale Trail

  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
  • Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015
    Graffiti alongside the Bloomingdale Trail in 2015

Chicago Transit Authority

1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity

Postcards of Chicago

  • Contented And At Home In Chicago (front)
    Contented And At Home In Chicago (front)
  • Mouth of the Chicago River
    Mouth of the Chicago River
  • Clark Street Opposite Court House in 1860
    Clark Street Opposite Court House in 1860
  • South Water Street
    South Water Street
  • Comiskey!
    Comiskey!
  • A Postcard factory!
    A Postcard factory!
  • Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Ill. (front)
    Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Ill. (front)
  • Board of trade
    Board of trade
  • BOARD OF TRADE, CHICAGO, ILL (front)
    BOARD OF TRADE, CHICAGO, ILL (front)
  • The Hull House, Chicago (front)
    The Hull House, Chicago (front)
  • The Lexington Hotel Chicago (Front)
    The Lexington Hotel Chicago (Front)
  • Cannon_Captured_at_Santiago_Cuba,_Lincoln_Park_(FRONT)
    Cannon_Captured_at_Santiago_Cuba,_Lincoln_Park_(FRONT)
  • Chicago_Ill._Bascule_Bridge,_Taylor_St._(FRONT)
    Chicago_Ill._Bascule_Bridge,_Taylor_St._(FRONT)
  • Children_in_the_Ghetto_and_the_Ice-Cream_Man._Chicago_Ill._(FRONT)
    Children_in_the_Ghetto_and_the_Ice-Cream_Man._Chicago_Ill._(FRONT)
  • Lake_Shore_Drive,_Chicago_(FRONT)
    Lake_Shore_Drive,_Chicago_(FRONT)
  • Marshall_Field_Garden_Apartments_(FRONT)
    Marshall_Field_Garden_Apartments_(FRONT)
  • Haymarket Square circa 1905 (front)
    Haymarket Square circa 1905 (front)
  • Chicago in 1933 (front)
    Chicago in 1933 (front)
  • Art Institute, Chicago circa 1907 postcard (front)
    Art Institute, Chicago circa 1907 postcard (front)
  • Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago circa 1907 postcard (front)
    Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago circa 1907 postcard (front)
  • Chicago City Hall postage stamped November 9, 1914 postcard (front)
    Chicago City Hall postage stamped November 9, 1914 postcard (front)
  • Floorers removing the hides USY Chicago (front)
    Floorers removing the hides USY Chicago (front)
  • New Conservatory, Garfield Park, Chicago (front)
    New Conservatory, Garfield Park, Chicago (front)
  • State Street Chicago circa 1910? (front)
    State Street Chicago circa 1910? (front)

Farnsworth House

  • The house
    The house
  • Interior in 2013
    Interior in 2013
  • interior in 2013
    interior in 2013
  • Fireplace
    Fireplace
  • I-beam detail - note the flattened rivets
    I-beam detail - note the flattened rivets
  • Underside of house. Note the tube in the center of the house designed as a single point of entry for all the buildings utilities.
    Underside of house. Note the tube in the center of the house designed as a single point of entry for all the buildings utilities.
  • House as situated among trees
    House as situated among trees
  • Patio
    Patio
  • Rear of house (kitchen visible)
    Rear of house (kitchen visible)

Acton, Massachusetts

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  • Isaac Davis birth house (front) circa 2015
    Isaac Davis birth house (front) circa 2015
  • Isaac Davis birth house (front) circa 1905
    Isaac Davis birth house (front) circa 1905
  • Isaac Davis birth house (back)
    Isaac Davis birth house (back)

Acton Wetlands

  • October 12
    October 12
  • October 5
    October 5
  • September 24
    September 24
  • August 22
    August 22
  • August 14
    August 14
  • September 2015
    September 2015
  • October 2015
    October 2015

France

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  • Celebrating a World Cup Victory in Beaune, France
    Celebrating a World Cup Victory in Beaune, France


Epernay

Moët & Chandon
Taittinger

Paris

Louvre
  • Louvre
    Louvre
  • File:The Louvre (close).jpg
Eiffel Tower
Notre Dame

Reims

Porte Mars Arch

Aix-en-Provence

Beaune

Lyon

Institut Lumière

Palace of Versailles

Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial

Pont du Gard

Doors of Lyon

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  • Sculpture on Champs Elysee
    Sculpture on Champs Elysee
  • Toyota racecar
    Toyota racecar
  • The river by the Eiffel Tower
    The river by the Eiffel Tower
  • Sculpture in Paris
    Sculpture in Paris
  • Snake biting nipple painting at the Louvre
    Snake biting nipple painting at the Louvre
  • Tapestries in Beaune Church
    Tapestries in Beaune Church
  • The Eiffel Tower and plaza
    The Eiffel Tower and plaza
  • The Mona Lisa behind glass
    The Mona Lisa behind glass
  • Roman floor outside Lyon
    Roman floor outside Lyon
  • Sign Graffito in Lyon, France
    Sign Graffito in Lyon, France
  • St. George slaying the dragon in Beaune
    St. George slaying the dragon in Beaune
  • Stairs in Lyon, France
    Stairs in Lyon, France
  • Vineyards in Rural France
    Vineyards in Rural France

South Africa

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  • File:Depiction of Joe Slovo in Joe Slovo Park, Cape Town, South Africa-3846.jpg
  • File:Depiction of Joe Slovo in Joe Slovo Park, Cape Town, South Africa-3846.jpg

Russia

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St.Petersburg

Moscow

Brazil

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Sao Paulo

  • File:Impotencia on Cigarettes São Paulo March 2012-11.jpg

Curitiba

Rio de Janeiro

  • University Students going through hazing, asking for money in the street
    University Students going through hazing, asking for money in the street
  • Bobo
    Bobo

India

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Ireland

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England

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Audio, Video and Film

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Games

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  • Bocce

Occupy San Francisco

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  • Bicycle Power charging batteries for laptops and other electronics at Occupy San Francisco
  • A Protester with a sign at Occupy San Francisco
    A Protester with a sign at Occupy San Francisco

Burning Man 2011

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Israel and Palestine

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An-Najah University

  • An-Najah University media room
    An-Najah University media room
  • An-Najah University sound proofing
    An-Najah University sound proofing

Nablus

  • "Resistance" Graffito in Nablus
    "Resistance" Graffito in Nablus

Jerusalem

  • Plastic Bottles and LED Lights repurposed as a chandelier during Ramadan in Muslim Quarter, Jerusalem
    Plastic Bottles and LED Lights repurposed as a chandelier during Ramadan in Muslim Quarter, Jerusalem
  • Smoking Hookah in the Muslim Quarter Jerusalem during Ramadan
    Smoking Hookah in the Muslim Quarter Jerusalem during Ramadan
  • Baklava Jerusalem
    Baklava Jerusalem
  • Bracelets Jerusalem
    Bracelets Jerusalem
  • Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem
    Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem
  • Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem
    Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem
  • Wailing Wall in Jerusalem
    Wailing Wall in Jerusalem
  • Israeli Flag and vests by the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem
    Israeli Flag and vests by the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem
  • T-Shirts for sale in Jerusalem
    T-Shirts for sale in Jerusalem
  • Hebron Hostel
    Hebron Hostel
  • Meat Burger
    Meat Burger
  • Dome of the Rock
    Dome of the Rock
  • Foods for sale in Jerusalem
    Foods for sale in Jerusalem
  • The moon
    The moon
  • Menorahs for sale in Jerusalem
    Menorahs for sale in Jerusalem
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Dome of the Rock

San Francisco

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San Francisco Pride 2012

South Bay Area, California

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Seattle

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  • The Space Needle in Seattle
    The Space Needle in Seattle
  • Seattle and Mount Ranier
    Seattle and Mount Ranier
  • Seattle and Mount Ranier
    Seattle and Mount Ranier

Quintana Roo, Mexico

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Kohunlich

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Lubbock, Texas

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Berlin, Germany

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Berlin Wall

Boston

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Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees game June 2012 (if you know these players, please help me to label them!)

Street Art & Graffiti

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Woodblock Graffiti

Graffiti Blasters

Art

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Food

Extended content
  • A cake
    A cake
  • peace cake
    peace cake

Anarchy

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Plants and Animals

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  • sputnik the cat
    sputnik the cat
  • The MSR Group's Style of Recording
    The MSR Group's Style of Recording
  • Real Free range Chickens in Poland
    Real Free range Chickens in Poland
  • a female yellow shafted flicker photographed with a wide angle cellphone lens in downtown Chicago, the bird hit a window and had become disoriented. Eventually the bird was nursed to health and released in back to the wild.
    a female yellow shafted flicker photographed with a wide angle cellphone lens in downtown Chicago, the bird hit a window and had become disoriented. Eventually the bird was nursed to health and released in back to the wild.
  • Woodpecker in Acton, Massachusetts
    Woodpecker in Acton, Massachusetts

January 31–February 2, 2011 North American winter storm

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Cars stuck on Lake Shore Drive


  • People Shoveling on Belden Ave. in Chicago
    People Shoveling on Belden Ave. in Chicago
  • The Intersection of Clark and Fullerton in Chicago
    The Intersection of Clark and Fullerton in Chicago
  • North Pond in Chicago
    North Pond in Chicago
  • Fullerton Harbor in Chicago.
    Fullerton Harbor in Chicago.
  • Cars snowed in on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago
    Cars snowed in on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago
  • Abandoned CTA bus on Lake Shore Drive
    Abandoned CTA bus on Lake Shore Drive
  • abandoned bus on lake shore drive
    abandoned bus on lake shore drive
  • CTA farebox on abandoned bus covered in snow
    CTA farebox on abandoned bus covered in snow
  • inside an abandoned CTA bus during the storm. Note the snow.
    inside an abandoned CTA bus during the storm. Note the snow.
  • ROTATE PLEASE
    ROTATE PLEASE
  • the Apple Store closed during the storm
    the Apple Store closed during the storm
  • Skiing on Belden Ave. in Chicago.
    Skiing on Belden Ave. in Chicago.
  • The Seal of the City of Chicago on a stranded salt truck on Lakeshore drive during the storm.
    The Seal of the City of Chicago on a stranded salt truck on Lakeshore drive during the storm.
  • A salt/plow truck abandoned and stuck on Lake Shore Drive during the storm
    A salt/plow truck abandoned and stuck on Lake Shore Drive during the storm
  • An ATM during the storm
    An ATM during the storm
  • Lincoln Park New Balance Store Closed
    Lincoln Park New Balance Store Closed
  • Cars covered in snow on Lake Shore Drive
    Cars covered in snow on Lake Shore Drive
  • the Reebie Storage Warehouse during the storm
    the Reebie Storage Warehouse during the storm
  • the 36 broadway bus at clark and fullerton during the storm
    the 36 broadway bus at clark and fullerton during the storm

Building a Solar Panel

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Earthships

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  • Earthship literature for sale
    Earthship literature for sale
  • Tire and bottle walls of earthships
    Tire and bottle walls of earthships
  • An earthship bathroom
    An earthship bathroom
  • An exterior of a modern earthship
    An exterior of a modern earthship
  • An interior of a bottle wall bathroom
    An interior of a bottle wall bathroom
  • an interoro botanical cell, for greywater treatment
    an interoro botanical cell, for greywater treatment
  • an unfinished earthship
    an unfinished earthship
  • an unfinished earthship
    an unfinished earthship
  • an unfinished earthship
    an unfinished earthship
  • A greywater treatment botanical cell featuring Jade and banana plants
    A greywater treatment botanical cell featuring Jade and banana plants
  • an operable skylight
    an operable skylight
  • Tire walls
    Tire walls
  • Scupper / Silt Catch
    Scupper / Silt Catch
  • Indoor Cistern
    Indoor Cistern
  • Water Organizing Module
    Water Organizing Module
  • pressure tank
    pressure tank
  • Power Organizing Module
    Power Organizing Module
  • Battery Room
    Battery Room
  • Can and bottle wall
    Can and bottle wall
  • Oiled Mud wall
    Oiled Mud wall
  • Greywater pump
    Greywater pump

Concord, Massachusetts

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  • Walden_Pond_at_Dusk_December_24,_2012
    Walden_Pond_at_Dusk_December_24,_2012
  • Walden_Pond_at_Dusk_December_24,_2012
    Walden_Pond_at_Dusk_December_24,_2012
  • Walden_Pond_at_Dusk_December_24,_2012
    Walden_Pond_at_Dusk_December_24,_2012
  • powder horn and gun in the Concord Museum
    powder horn and gun in the Concord Museum

New York City

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United States Flag

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Miscellaneous Images

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  • Traveler - Horse of General Robert E. Lee
    Traveler - Horse of General Robert E. Lee
  • I shot this outside the berghoff restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, it took 10 minutes for one person to be isolated for the shot. i felt like a sniper.
    I shot this outside the berghoff restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, it took 10 minutes for one person to be isolated for the shot. i felt like a sniper.
  • Croquet
    Croquet
  • the author one evening became infatuated with pronouncing the word 'patty' (making sure to pronounce the 't' sound) and said it to the man in the picture, who happened to be British, and he thought it was funny.
    the author one evening became infatuated with pronouncing the word 'patty' (making sure to pronounce the 't' sound) and said it to the man in the picture, who happened to be British, and he thought it was funny.
  • Ancient Anthropomorphism
    Ancient Anthropomorphism
  • a Modemhead
    a Modemhead
  • Lincoln Park Beaver Lodge in the Ice
    Lincoln Park Beaver Lodge in the Ice
  • an honorary street sign in Chicago for house music and Frankie Knuckles.
    an honorary street sign in Chicago for house music and Frankie Knuckles.
  • a burned telephone pole
    a burned telephone pole
  • A 'Concrete smiley face', this is actually 2 holes in the ground for holding 2 chain link fence doors at a Lowes Construction supply store in San Francisco.
    A 'Concrete smiley face', this is actually 2 holes in the ground for holding 2 chain link fence doors at a Lowes Construction supply store in San Francisco.

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  • The UN
    The UN
  • The Laughing Man from Ghost in the shell as Sticker art
    The Laughing Man from Ghost in the shell as Sticker art
  • An example of a flyer created by Sharkula
    An example of a flyer created by Sharkula
  • An example of a flyer created by Sharkula
    An example of a flyer created by Sharkula
  • synesthesia advertisement for online ordering of pizza, the smell of which will evoke images of friendly people eating pizza.
    synesthesia advertisement for online ordering of pizza, the smell of which will evoke images of friendly people eating pizza.
  • File:St. Petersburg Chocolate Museum.jpg
  • File:Moscow Russia Cosmonaut Misslie Statue.jpg
  • File:Moscow Russia Cosmonaut Space Monument.jpg
  • File:Moscow Russia Cosmonaut Sputnik Statue.jpg
  • File:Moscow Russia Karl Marx Prolitarians of the World Unite Statue.jpg
  • File:Moscow Russia Kremlin-2.jpg
  • File:Moscow Russia Protest Sticker L'oréal Paris Advertisement.jpg
  • File:Moscow Russia Protest Sticker-2.jpg
  • File:Moscow Russia Statue and Building.jpg
  • File:Moscow Russia Statue Peter and the Wolf.jpg
  • File:Moscow Russia Statue Wheat Closeup.jpg
  • File:Moscow Russia Statue-2.jpg
  • File:Moscow Russia Statue.jpg
  • File:Protest Sticker Moscow June 2012.jpg
  • File:Protest Sticker M oscow June 2012.jpg
  • File:Menu Curitiba March 2012-10.jpg
  • File:Beer Advertising Curitiba March 2012-20.jpg
  • File:Old Beer Advertising Curitiba March 2012-19.jpg
  • File:Old Beer Advertising Curitiba March 2012-20.jpg
  • File:HOTXUÁ film poster in Rio de Janeiro.jpg
  • File:Occupy SF October 13 2011-7.jpg
  • File:Occupy SF October 13 2011-8.jpg
  • File:Nablus Martyrs posters Victor Grigas 2011 -1-87.jpg
  • File:Saddam Hussein Poster in Nablus Victor 2011 -1-115.jpg
  • Che Guevara in the Freedom Theater in Palestine
    Che Guevara in the Freedom Theater in Palestine
  • File:Charles Babbage Difference Engine No. 2 Sign Computer History Museum in Mountian View California.jpg
  • Old Town Poster
    Old Town Poster
  • File:Kohunlich Panorama.JPG
  • File:Kohunlich Panorama IMG 2562
  • File:Kohunlich room with Stucco.JPG
  • Treptower Park
    Treptower Park
  • The Haymarket monument with Anarchist Graffiti
    The Haymarket monument with Anarchist Graffiti
  • The monument to Haymarket
    The monument to Haymarket
  • Another angle of the monument to Haymarket
    Another angle of the monument to Haymarket
  • Critical Mass Chicago, passing the Haymarket Monument
    Critical Mass Chicago, passing the Haymarket Monument
  • File:Retrofitted Garbage truck on Clark Street feb 2 2011 storm .JPG
  • File:Bask Chicago Lincoln Park Zoo Feb 2 2011 storm.JPG
  • File:Bask Chicago Lincoln Park Zoo Feb 2 2011 storm 2.JPG
  • File:John Jovino Sign 2.JPG
  • File:No Hello Kitty Buenos Aires Graffiti.jpg

Video

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  • Kiwix - Connect the unconnected
  • Kiwix - Connect the unconnected (no titles)

Interesting articles on Wikipedia

Actually free music

  • Lukas - Berlin
  • Lukas - Deep
  • Lukas - Lucas IMPALA
  • Lukas - Gostreyshen Chord
  • Jaradodo - Nervous
  • Amœba - someday i will be like noraus
  • Casey - Fly High
  • Tim Derry - COLD LOVE
  • MCT - Benevolence
  • Cihangir - Turn to Dust feat. Miss Bee (Manic Depresion Mix)
  • YUTY - Language
  • André Michelle - Construct Infinity.ogg
  • Offbeatninja - The Hunt Is On ( Hunter X Hunter Bump )
  • Cripta - Beer
  • Marck Smove - Floor Attak
  • Yafee? - GRIK2 )!
  • Versus - Introspection

Although I work for the Wikimedia Foundation, contributions under this account are exclusively in my individual, personal capacity.


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This user hopes that in light of massive media coverage of the blackout that SOPA and PIPA will not become a law.
The Photographer's Barnstar
For your wonderful photojournalism during the great blackout, I award you this star. Guerillero | My Talk 07:00, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
  1. ^ "Raising the roof gives new life to old coach house". Chicago Tribune. January 22, 1967. {{cite news}}: External link in |dead-url= (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Family Seeks To Preserve Photo Library Of Artist Victor Grigas". DNAinfo Chicago. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  3. ^ "Victor Grigas Photos Go Up On Flickr". DNAinfo Chicago. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  4. ^ "Wall in Lincoln Park Created & Crafted by Photographer Victor Albert Grigas". Lincoln Park, IL Patch. 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  5. ^ "Victor Grigas's Obituary on Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
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