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Chicago Photographic Collection
The Chicago Photographic Collection is comprised of photographic archives of several well-known photographic firms operating in Chicago in the late nineteenth and throughout the twentieth centuries.
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24th Boulevard: Harrison High School (Folder 18)
Harrison High School, 2850 West 24th Boulevard (now Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy)
1939
48th Street (Folder 181)
Tilpin High School, 48th Street
1931
53rd Street: Del Prado Hotel (Folder 184)
Del Prado Hotel, East 53rd Street and South Hyde Park Boulevard
1952
5th Avenue: Hallicrafters Radios (Folder 169)
Hallicrafters Radios, 4401 West 5th Avenue
1961
82nd Street: Avalon Service Station (Folder 199)
Avalon Service Station, East 82nd Street and South Dobson Avenue
1944
8th Infantry, Eighth Regiment Armory, 3517 South Giles Avenue
8th Infantry, Eighth Regiment Armory, 3517 South Giles Avenue
1931
8th Street (Folder 170)
8th Street and South Michigan Avenue; exterior with scaffolding
1962
Albion Avenue (Folder 1)
1246 Albion Avenue
1959
Altgeld Street: 1344 West (Folder 2)
1344 West Altgeld Street
1950
Archer Avenue (Folder 204)
1959
Arlington Place: 550 West (Folder 5)
550 West Arlington Place
1954
Avers Avenue: 4624 North (Folder 9)
Apartment houses located at 4624 North Avers Avenue
1959
Beth Jacob Anshe Kroz synagogue, 3540 West 15th Street and South Drake Street Folder 26)
Beth Jacob Anshe Kroz synagogue, 3540 West 15th Street and South Drake Street
1959
Bittersweet Place (Folder 11)
High-rise apartment buildings, located at 732 Bittersweet Place
1952
Blue Island Avenue: Produce Terminal Cold Storage Company Building (Folder 12)
Produce Terminal Cold Storage Company Building, 1550 Blue Island Avenue (now multi-unit Condominium building)
1959
Bradley Place: WGN Radio and Television (Folder 13)
WGN Radio and Television, 2501 West Bradley Place, exterior view of studio structure and entrance
1961
Burley Avenue: Interlake Iron (Folder 15)
Interlake Iron, 10730 South Burley Avenue, exterior wall under construction
1957
California Avenue: Dickinson Seed Company (Folder 17)
Street photography of Dickinson Seed Company Warehouse, 2750 W. 35th Street, South California Avenue and 35th Street
1957
Cicero Avenue: Garfield-Linn (Folder 24)
Garfield-Linn, 7400 North Cicero Avenue
1953
Clybourn Avenue: American Institute of Engineering and Technology, Clybourn Annex Building (Folder 28)
American Institute of Engineering and Technology, Clybourn Annex Building, 2340 North Clybourn Avenue
1948
Clybourn Avenue: Salvation Army (Folder 29)
Salvation Army, 2258 North Clybourn Avenue
1962
Constance Avenue: 7753 South (Folder 32)
7753 South Constance Avenue
1959
Crandon Avenue (Folder 37)
6700 South Crandon Avenue
1959
Crandon Avenue: (Folder 36)
6920 South Crandon Avenue, looking southwest
1960
Delphia Avenue: 5445 North (Folder 40)
Construction of building located at 5445 North Delphia Avenue
1959
Douglas Boulevard: 3451 West (Folder 43)
3451 West Douglas Boulevard, exterior view of front entrance facade
1961
East End Avenue: East End Manor (Folder 47)
East End Manor, 7015 South East End Avenue
1934
Fargo Avenue (Folder 49)
Multi-family housing, 1337 Fargo Avenue
1954
Federal Street: Illinois Institute of Technology, Association of American Railroads, Engineering Laboratory (Folder 50)
Illinois Institute of Technology, Association of American Railroads, Engineering Laboratory. South Federal Street and 31st Street
1956
Harlem Avenue: National Food Store (Folder 67)
National Food Store, 1705 North Harlem Avenue
1950
Kamerling Avenue (Folder 76)
Derelict buildings,West Kamerling Avenue. Photo for R. E. Mare.
1939
Karlov Avenue: Paper Co. (Folder 77)
2700 North Karlov Avenue, Paper Co.
1948
Kilbourn Avenue: Pittsburgh Plate Glass (Folder 81)
Pittsburgh Plate Glass, 4820 South Kilbourn Avenue. interior detail, floor
1958
Kimball Avenue: 4501 North (Folder 83)
4501 North Kimball Avenue
1948
Kimball Avenue: Von Steuben High School (Folder 84)
Von Steuben High School, North Kimball Avenue and West Argyle Street
1953
Kimbark Avenue: Anheuser Busch Brewing Co. (Folder 86)
Anheuser Busch Brewing Co., 7200 South Kimbark Avenue. building for sale
1948
Kimbark Avenue: First Presbyterian Church (Folder 85)
First Presbyterian Church, 6410 South Kimbark Avenue
1929
Laflin Street: Keith Lumber Company (Folder 88)
Keith Lumber Company, 2350 South Laflin Street
1950
Laflin Street: West Holland Savings (Folder 89)
West Holland Savings, South Laflin Street and 79th Street. worker measuring opening
1937
Lakeview Avenue: 2440 North (Folder 90)
2440 North Lakeview Avenue
1959
Lakewood Avenue: 6527 North (Folder 92)
6527 North Lakewood Avenue
1959
Leavitt Street: 400 North (Folder 95)
400 North Leavitt Street
1955
Lumber Street (Folder 99)
2209 South Lumber Street. Demolition of grain elevators by Cleveland Wrecking Company for Spencer Kellogg/Div. Textron, Inc.
1965
Old Orchard Road: Portland Cement Association (Folder 287)
Portland Cement Association, Structural Development Laboratory, located at 5420 Old Orchard Road
1958
Pershing Road (Folder 113)
Exterior view
1953
Roosevelt Road: Oklahoma Service Station (Folder 171)
Oklahoma Service Station, Roosevelt Road and Ott; construction view
1956
Roscoe Street (Folder 129)
434 West Roscoe Street
1959
Sacramento Avenue (Folder 131)
Workers constructing swimming pool in school, South Sacramento Avenue and 25th Street
1959
Toll road (Tollway) (Folder 274)
Lake Forest Oasis, interior view
1959
Toll road (Tollway) (Folder 275)
Edens extension, looking east
1959
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Collection Details
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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
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Natural & Built Environments
Neighborhoods & Community Organizations
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Geographic Location
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Chicago (Ill.)
5
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
4
South Shore (Chicago, Ill.)
3
Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.)
3
Lake Forest (Ill.)
3
North Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)
3
Rogers Park (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Brighton Park (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.)
2
East Albany Park (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Lake View (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Lower West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
2
North Center (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Park West (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Sheffield Neighbors (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Albany Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Archer Heights (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Austin (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Buena Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Chatham (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Deerfield (Ill.)
1
Douglas (Chicago, Ill.)
1
East Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lincolnwood (Ill.)
1
Little Village (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Logan Square (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
New City (Chicago, Ill.)
1
O'Hare (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Pocket Town (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Skokie (Ill.)
1
South Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)
1
South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Uptown (Chicago, Ill.)
1
West Town (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Woodlawn (Chicago, Ill.)
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Creator
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Chicago Architectural Photographing Company
14
Kaufmann & Fabry Co.
3
Burke and Dean
2
Burke and Koretke
2
Copelin Commercial Photographers
1
Walter Kaszubowski for Chicago Architectural Photographing Company
Medium
5
color negatives (photographic)
2
photographic prints
1
negatives (photographs)
Topic
14
Apartment houses
11
Streetscapes (Urban design)
5
Dwellings
5
Express highways
5
Street photography
5
Toll roads
4
Automobiles
4
Toll plazas
3
Architecture--Details
3
Factories
3
Factories (structures)
3
High schools
3
Scaffolding
3
Warehouses
2
Building sites
2
High-rise apartment buildings
2
Service stations
1
Abandoned buildings
1
Apartment buildings
1
Architectural design
1
Architecture (assembling)
1
Armed Forces
1
Basic training (Military education)
1
Bathing beaches
1
Broadcasting studios
1
Building site
1
Buildings materials
1
Buildings, Reinforced concrete
1
Chimneys (architectural elements)
1
Church buildings
1
Cityscapes
1
Cold storage
1
Cold-storage lockers
1
Commercial buildings
1
Concrete construction
1
Construction and demolition debris
1
Construction projects
1
Construction workers
1
Cranes, derricks, etc.
1
Drugstores
1
Education, Secondary
1
Employees
1
Farm produce
1
Food--Storage
1
Grain elevators
1
Group homes
1
Gymnasiums
1
Hospitals
1
Hotels
1
Human Services
1
Industrial buildings--Maintenance and repair
1
Jewish architecture
1
Labor
1
Laboratories
1
Laundries (businesses)
1
Lumber-yards (stores)
1
Manufacturing industries
1
Men--Services for
1
Military education
1
Monuments
1
Office buildings
1
Older people
1
Outdoor photography
1
Plant maintenance
1
Produce trade
1
Radio broadcasting
1
Railroad tracks
1
Railroad trains
1
Railroads--Freight
1
Relief (Sculpture)
1
Religious facilities
1
Religious institutions
1
Schools
1
Seed crops
1
Service stations--Design and construction
1
Shelters for the homeless
1
Social service
1
Soldiers
1
Storage facilities
1
Streestscapes (Urban design)
1
Swimming pools--Design and construction
1
Synagogues
1
Tanks (Military science)
1
Technical education
1
Technical institutes
1
Teenagers
1
Television broadcasting
1
Theaters
1
Vocational education
1
Wire fencing
1
Wrecking
1
Youth
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