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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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Curbside plantings at street corner
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Flowerbed planted in the parkway space at a street corner in Rogers Park. Morning glories climb the traffic signal post.
Date:
1986
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Garfield Park flower garden
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View of an outdoor garden at Garfield Park, with crysthanthemums surrounding a pond.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Japanese Garden, Wooded Island, Jackson Park
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View of the Japanese garden built on Wooded Island in Jackson Park.
Date:
circa 1980s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Michigan Avenue from the Art Institute
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View of Michigan Avenue with the Gage group, Willoughby Tower, the former Montgomery Ward Tower (now condominiums), the Michigan Boulevard Building (formerly Michigan Avenue National Bank) and the Associates Center (150 N. Michigan Avenue). In the foreground Henry Moore's sculpture "Large Interior Form" stands in the Art Institute's North Stanley McCormick Memorial Garden.
Date:
1984; 1953-1954 (Henry Moore sculpture); 1960 (McCormick Memorial Garden)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Old Orchard Shopping Center, Skokie
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View of a pond and landscaping with trees and flowers at Old Orchard Shopping Center.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Old Orchard Shopping Center, Skokie
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View of a pond and landscaping with trees and flowers at Old Orchard Shopping Center. The store sign on the upper right reads "joseph".
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sandburg Village
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View at Sandburg Village, showing a landscaped open area with trees, shrubs and flowers.
Date:
1969; 1960-1975 (Sandburg Village)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sears, Roebuck and Company complex
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View of the Sears, Roebuck and Company complex, looking across West Arthington Street from the Sunken Gardens. The upper part of the Sears Merchandise Building Tower is visible at the top left.
Date:
circa 1979; 1906 (Sears Administration Building and Sears Merchandise Building Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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Collection Details

Repository
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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