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Two girl scouts polishing candlesticks
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Two girls wearing Girl Scout uniforms at a table polishing candlesticks at Taylor House, Chicago Commons, 915 N. Wolcott Ave.
Date:
circa 1950s-1960s
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Richard J. Daley at Eckhart Park swimming pool construction site
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Mayor Richard J. Daley handles a wheelbarrow and walks with two unidentified men carrying shovels, at the construction site for an indoor swimming pool (Ida Crown Natatorium) at Eckhart Park.
Date:
circa 1958-1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Scene from People's Parade
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Scene from 1981 People's Parade in Chicago.
Date:
1981
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
UPRS parade float
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UPRS parade float with sign that reads "500 anos despues, urayoan insiste: "Matareis al dios del miedo y solo entonces...libres."
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Young people at Halloween
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Youth from Chicago's community costumed for Halloween.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Parade float
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Women hanging photographs of political activists on a float.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Vieques Rally in Chicago
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Community members and Executive Director of the PRCC, José López (center) in rally against US Navy's use of Vieques as a bomb target practice site.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Protesters from Vieques Rally, Chicago
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Rally protestors at a gathering protesting the US Navy's bomb target practice at Vieques.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Paseo Boricua Walk of Fame
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U.S. Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez at a celebration for the Paseo Boricua Walk of Fame..
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Centro Cultural
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Exterior of the former building occupied by the Juan Antonio Corretjer Cultural Center.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Poster collage celebrating 25 years of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center
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Poster collage celebrating 25 years of the Cultural Center.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Congressman Luis V. Guiterrez at Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School
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Congressman Luis V. Guiterrez at Dr. Pedro Albizu CamposHigh School.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
José López outside Cultural Center at community event
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José López (Executive Director of the Cultural Center) outside Cultural Center at community event.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
José López with a crowd at a political rally
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José López (Executive Director of the Cultural Center) with a crowd at a political rally.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
José López and speaker at public political rally
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José López (Executive Director of the Cultural Center) and speaker at public political rally.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Lecture
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Lecture
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Athletes
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Young male basketball players.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Group of young people
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Group of students pose for a photograph.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Community members gather for discussion
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Community members gather for a discussion.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Students screenprinting
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Group of students screen printflags onto tshirts.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Banquet dinner
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Participants at a banquet.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Mural
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Mural of several people standing together with flags raised, on yellow and green background.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Puerto Rican Flag
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Oversized flag is carried in a procession down a street by a large group of marchers.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
10K Run for the PRCC
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Musicians perform for an event that includes a 10K run for charity to support the Cultural Center.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Children practicing a dance
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Children practice an ethnic dance on the corner of Wabansia and Claremont Avenues in Chicago.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Two men
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Portrait of two unidentified men.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
José López and unidentified woman
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Executive Director of the Cultural Center, José López and an unidentified woman.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Pioneros
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Community members wearing Pioneros sashes.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
People's Parade Float
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Participants and float in parade
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Students in a classroom
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Students in a classroom probably at the Escuela Superior Puertorriquena Rafael Cancel Miranda High School.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Panel of students
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Group of students sitting on a panel probably at a conference.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Speaker in front of a group
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Unidentified speaker addressing a group.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Junior Citizen's Committee: Saint George School through Saint Michael School (Folder 590)
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Community Activities bring the city's government into the neighborhood. Mayor Richard J. Daley's campaign for a cleaner Chicago reached out to students in Chicago's schools and made them part of the Junior Citizen's Committee for a Cleaner Chicago. 8 x 10 group portraits of students, teachers and administrators feature prominently in Series VI. Schools covered: Saint George School (12/10/63, 11/12/64, 2/4/66); Saint Gertrude School (1/16/64); Saint Gregory School (1/10/64, 11/13/64); Saint Helen School (3/16/64); Saint Jane de Chantal School (3/28/63); Saint Jerome School (11/13/64); Saint Jude Church with billboard nearby (11/17/64); St. Ludmilla's School (5/23/66); Saint Mary of the Angels School; Saint Mel and Holy Ghost School (12/13/63); Saint Michael School (4/10/64, 5/20/65, 2/18/66)
Date:
1963-1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Western Avenue and Hirsch
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View looking northwest along the west side of North Western Avenue. The intersection with West Hirsch Street is visible near the center of the image. Wanda's Record Shop, Stan's Tap, and a grocery store are visible.
Date:
1967
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Division Street at Oakley
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View along West Division Street from the intersection with North Oakley Boulevard. A Standard Oil gas station is at the right.
Date:
1967
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial buildings along North Branch of Chicago River
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View looking north along the North Branch of the Chicago River from north of West Division Street. On the left is the Chicago Rawhide Manufacturing Company factory (demolished). Farther up the river, a coal yard and coal barge are visible at the riverfront. In the distance behind these is the red brick Procter & Gamble plant with its two smokestacks (demolished). On the right is a Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company gas holder, part of the former Willow Street Station Manufactured Gas Plant Site (demolished).
Date:
1969; 1953 (Peoples Gas gas holder)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Branch of the Chicago River and West Town
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View looking northwest from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). There is a large parking lot in the foreground, and railroad tracks are visible at the far left. At the far right, the North Branch of the Chicago River is spanned by the West Grand Avenue bridge and the Ohio Street bridge.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Oakley Blvd and Division
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Oakley Boulevard; Division Street. Looking west.
Date:
1939-04-11
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Oakley Blvd and Hirsch
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Oakley Boulevard; Hirsch Street. Looking south.
Date:
1939-04-11
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: E. Randolph St. Viaduct; Roosevelt Road Viaduct; N. Sangamon St.; N. State St. Bridge (Folder 82)
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Bridges and viaducts: E. Randolph St. Viaduct; Roosevelt Road Viaduct; N. Sangamon St.; N. State St. Bridge. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
Date:
1969?
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Richmond Street: Norwegian American Hospital (Folder 123)
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Norwegian American Hospital, North Richmond Street and West Cortez Street
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Mural
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Mural art in the Humboldt Park community.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Parade
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Parade banner that reads "500 anos de valor y sacrificio...Desfile del pueblo."
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Parade float
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This photo shows the back of a parade float from an unidentified parade.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Vieques Rally Flags, Chicago
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Flags raised and people gathered in front of a fountain in Humboldt Park, Chicago. José López, Executive Directior of the PRCC, holds a microphone while speaking to community members rallying against the US Navy use of Vieques as a bomb target practice site.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Man giving speech
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Man giving speech at the University of Chicago.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Young people sitting beneath murals of Puerto Rican political figures
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Young people sitting beneath murals of political figures [Rafael Cancel Miranda, Andres Figuerda Cordero, Lolita Libron].
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Gathering of demonstrators
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Demonstrators gathered at the Humboldt Park Refectory.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Students painting a mural
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Two students creating a mural on a brickwall.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access
Float in a parade
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Float in People's Parade displaying cultural pride.
Collection:
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection
Access:
Public access

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