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C. William Brubaker Collection

During the 1960s through 1990s, architect and photographer Charles William “Bill” Brubaker (1926-2002) photographically documented examples of significant architecture and design of the urban environment in the Chicago area and in other cities that he lived in or visited. This collection consists of slides taken by Brubaker.

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1 North Dearborn
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View of 1 North Dearborn (State & Madison Building) at the intersection of Madison and Dearborn Streets.
Date:
1917 (State & Madison Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
1 North La Salle
Image Image
View of the entrance to 1 North La Salle.
Date:
1989; 1930 (1 North La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
1 North La Salle Street and 33 North La Salle Street
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View of 1 North La Salle Street and 33 North La Salle Street (formerly American National Bank; originally Foreman State National Bank Building). Part of the La Salle Hotel (demolished in 1976) is visible at the left.
Date:
circa 1970s; 1930 (1 North La Salle); 1930 (33 North La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
1 North La Salle and 33 North La Salle
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Aerial view of the upper parts of 1 North La Salle (left) and 33 North La Salle (formerly American National Bank; originally Foreman State National Bank Building).
Date:
circa 1970s; 1930 (1 North La Salle); 1930 (33 North La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
1 South Wacker
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View of 1 South Wacker from the West Madison Street bridge. Part of the facade of the trading floor building in the Mercantile Exchange complex is visible to its right.
Date:
1984; 1982 (1 South Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
10 South LaSalle
Image Image
Undated view of a model of 10 South LaSalle (originally Chemical Plaza).
Date:
1986 (Chemical Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
123 North Wacker
Image Image
View of 123 North Wacker, former home to Aon Insurance Corporation.
Date:
circa 1986-1989
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
135 South La Salle
Image Image
View of the facade of the La Salle National Bank Building (135 South La Salle Street).
Date:
1977; 1934 (135 South La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
150 North Wacker
Image Image
View of 150 North Wacker, showing its location along the South Branch of the Chicago River. The six-story The General Growth building (110 N. Wacker Drive, originally Morton International Inc. headquarters, demolished 2018) stands in front of it. The Merchandise Mart is visible in the distance at the left.
Date:
1973; 1968-1970 (150 North Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
150 North Wacker
Image Image
View of the side facade of 150 North Wacker.
Date:
1989; 1968-1970 (150 North Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
150 North Wacker and General Growth Building
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View looking northeast along the South Branch of the Chicago River towards the General Growth Building (110 N. Wacker Drive, originally Morton International Inc. headquarters, demolished 2018) and the skyscraper 150 North Wacker. The Washington Street bridge over the South Branch of the Chicago River is in the foreground. Part of the Merchandise Mart is visible in the background.
Date:
1973; 1968-1970 (150 North Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
1920s skyscrapers in the Loop
Image Image
View looking south along Michigan Avenue from the northern end of the North Michigan Avenue bridge. On the left is 333 North Michigan. Near the center of the image is the Carbide & Carbon Building (230 North Michigan Avenue, now a hotel). On the right is the London Guarantee & Accident Building (360 North Michigan Avenue), and behind it to the right, the upper part of the Mather Tower (now 75 East Wacker Drive) is visible.
Date:
1972; 1923 (London Guarantee, 360 North Michigan); 1928 (Mather Tower, 75 East Wacker); 1928 (333 North Michigan); 1929 (Carbide & Carbon Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
200 West Monroe Street Building
Image Image
View of the street-level arcade of the 200 West Monroe Street Building.
Date:
1983; 1973 (200 West Monroe)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
30 South Wacker
Image Image
Undated view of the 30 South Wacker office tower, part of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange complex.
Date:
1983 (30 South Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
311 South Wacker Drive
Image Image
View of 311 South Wacker during its construction.
Date:
1989; 1988-1990 (311 South Wacker Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
33 North La Salle
Image Image
View of the upper part of 33 North La Salle Street. The building was known as the American National Bank at the time of the photograph.
Date:
1989; 1930 (33 North La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
33 West Monroe
Image Image
View of the multi-story open atrium of the 33 West Monroe building.
Date:
1980 (33 West Monroe)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
33 West Monroe
Image Image
Undated view of 33 West Monroe seen from across Chase Tower Plaza (originally First National Bank Plaza).
Date:
1980 (33 West Monroe)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
33 West Monroe
Image Image
View of 33 West Monroe. Marc Chagall's mosaic "The Four Seasons" is visible in the plaza (later Chase Tower Plaza) in the foreground.
Date:
circa 1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
33 West Monroe Street and Xerox Center
Image Image
View of 33 West Monroe with the Xerox Center partially visible to its left. A vacant lot is in the lower foreground.
Date:
1987; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center); 1981 (33 West Monroe)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
333 North Michigan
Image Image
View of 333 North Michigan. To the right is the Carbide & Carbon Building.
Date:
1928 (333 North Michigan)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
333 West Wacker Drive
Image Image
View looking north from a plaza on Franklin Street toward the rear of the 333 West Wacker building, designed in the form of a parallelogram marked by notches.
Date:
1985; 1979-1983 (333 West Wacker Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
333 West Wacker Drive
Image Image
View of 333 West Wacker under construction. Wacker Drive and the Chicago River are visible in the foreground.
Date:
1982; 1979-1983 (333 West Wacker Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
35 East Wacker Drive
Image Image
Undated view of 35 East Wacker Drive (originally Jewelers Building). To the left of it is the Oxford House Hotel.
Date:
1924-1926 (35 East Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
360 North Michigan
Image Image
View looking southwest from Pioneer Court towards 360 North Michigan (London Guarantee & Accident Building). The upper part of the Mather Tower (75 East Wacker Drive) is visible behind it. The Carbide and Carbon Building (230 North Michigan Avenue, now a hotel) is at the far left, and the Pure Oil Building (35 East Wacker, originally Jewelers Building) is at the right.
Date:
circa 1972; 1923 (London Guarantee, 360 North Michigan)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
360 North Michigan
Image Image
View of 360 North Michigan (London Guarantee & Accident Building).
Date:
1923 (London Guarantee, 360 North Michigan)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
360 North Michigan
Image Image
View of the upper part of 360 North Michigan (London Guarantee & Accident Building) with its colonnade.
Date:
1972; 1923 (London Guarantee, 360 North Michigan)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
55 West Monroe
Image Image
View of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
Date:
1984; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
55 West Monroe
Image Image
View of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
Date:
1984; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
55 West Monroe
Image Image
View of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
Date:
1986; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
55 West Monroe
Image Image
View of the upper part of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
Date:
1986; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
AT&T Corporate Center
Image Image
Detail of the facade of the AT&T corporate center (227 W. Monroe Street), showing one of the building's exterior street level lights.
Date:
1989; 1985-1989 (AT&T Corporate Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
AT&T Corporate Center
Image Image
Undated view looking up at the tower of the AT&T Corporate Center, located at 227 W. Monroe Street. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) stands on the left.
Date:
1985-1989 (AT&T Corporate Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Abraham Lincoln statue in Grant Park
Image Image
Detail of "Seated Lincoln" by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, a bronze statue of President Abraham Lincoln in Grant Park.
Date:
1972; 1904-1908 (Seated Lincoln)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Adams Street and Dearborn Street
Image Image
View northeast from the intersection of Adams and Dearborn Streets over the future site of the Dearborn Center (now Citadel Center). In the distance the side of the Singer building (120 South State Street) is visible as well as the State Street facade of the Palmer House hotel.
Date:
1987; 1926 (Singer Building); 1927 (Palmer House hotel)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Art Institute of Chicago and Michigan Avenue
Image Image
View looking north along South Michigan Avenue from in front of the Art Institute of Chicago (right foreground). The exhibition "Italian Painting of the 18th Century: Rococo to Romanticism" was on display, and the Italian flag flies on the museum's facade. The Prudential Building rises in the distance to the left.
Date:
1970; 1893 (Art Institute of Chicago)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Associates Center and Prudential Building
Image Image
View of the Associates Center (150 N. Michigan Avenue) and the Prudential Building (130 E. Randolph Street, now One Prudential Plaza) from Grant Park.
Date:
1986; 1983-1984 (Associates Center); 1952-1955 (One Prudential Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Atrium, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Tower II
Image Image
View of the atrium of the Hyatt Regency Chicago, Tower II (201 East Wacker Drive). The atrium features a shallow pool with fountains accentuated with plants and small trees in containers. A raised circular lounge area with a curved staircase leading up to it extends out over the pool. In the lower right is another lounge area adjacent to the pool's edge.
Date:
1980; 1980 (Hyatt Regency Chicago, Tower II)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
Image Image
Undated view of the south facade of the Auditorium Building.
Date:
1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
Image Image
View of the Auditorium building showing the south wall stonework.
Date:
1962; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
Image Image
View of the Auditorium building in 1962, showing the building's south face with theatre entrance.
Date:
1962; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
Image Image
Sketch of the Auditorium building by C. William Brubaker.
Date:
1960s; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
Image Image
View of the Auditorium building, showing the south wall stonework.
Date:
1962; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
Image Image
View of the Auditorium building with a Roosevelt University sign on the facade.
Date:
1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
Image Image
View of the Auditorium building (now Roosevelt University) looking southwest from across Michigan Avenue.
Date:
1984; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
Image Image
View of the Auditorium building, showing one of the arches on the south wall.
Date:
1962; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
Image Image
View of the Auditorium building looking southwest across South Michigan Avenue.
Date:
1972; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
Image Image
View of the Auditorium Building with a Roosevelt University sign on the facade.
Date:
1972; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
Image Image
View of the upper facade and tower of the Auditorium building.
Date:
1995; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
Image Image
Undated view of the Auditorium building, showing the decorative metalwork over one of the entryway arches.
Date:
1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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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
Theme
Natural & Built Environments
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591 Cities and towns 535 Architecture 203 Office buildings 157 Commercial buildings 109 Streets 99 Skyscrapers 48 Rivers 44 Pedestrian areas 39 Stores, Retail 38 Public buildings 33 Plazas 31 Pedestrians 29 Sculpture 27 Bridges 25 Parks 25 Theaters 22 Public art 19 Apartment houses 17 Atriums 17 Historic preservation 17 Hotels 16 Building sites 16 Stock exchanges--Buildings 15 Community development, Urban 14 Bank buildings 13 Signs and signboards 12 Fountains 12 Universities and colleges 12 Windows 9 Landscape architecture 9 Railroad yards 9 Restaurants 8 Boards of trade 7 Automobiles 7 Buildings--Law and legislation 7 Railroads, Elevated 7 Waterfronts 6 Financial institutions 6 Library buildings 6 Parades 5 City planning 5 Exhibitions 5 Industrial buildings 5 Parking lots 5 Sidewalks 4 Arches 4 Clubs 4 Harbors 4 Railroad cars 4 Stairs 3 Condominiums 3 Fast food restaurants 3 Golf courses 3 Lakes 3 Row houses 2 Art centers 2 Bars (Drinking establishments) 2 Buildings--Remodeling for other use 2 Civic improvement 2 College buildings 2 Elevated highways 2 Local transit 2 Marinas 2 Museum buildings 2 Parking garages 2 Post office buildings 2 Railroad tracks 2 Ships 2 Storage facilities 2 Unbuilt architectural projects 2 Warehouses 1 Banners 1 Benches 1 Boats and boating 1 Building--Technological innovations 1 Buildings--Performance 1 Buses 1 Centers for the performing arts 1 Commercial strips 1 Correctional institutions 1 Escalators 1 Freight cars 1 Gardens 1 Lighting 1 Motion picture theaters 1 Municipal buildings 1 Music-halls 1 Performance art 1 Playgrounds 1 Printing plants 1 Prisons 1 Public spaces 1 Railroad stations 1 Recreation areas 1 Religious facilities 1 Schools 1 Statues 1 Storefronts 1 Stores, retail 1 Wrecking