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Rooftops of Hull-House complex
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Rooftops of Hull-House complex
Date
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circa 1920s-1930s
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Hull-House Music School doorway
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Doorway of Hull-House Music School in courtyard with Residents' Dining Hall and terrace wall to the right
Date
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circa 1930s-1960s
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Exterior of Hull-House Residents' Dining Hall and Terrace
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Exterior of Hull-House Residents' Dining Hall and Terrace
Date
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circa 1900s-1940s
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Entrance to Hull-House with Hull Mansion and Smith Building
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Brick archway entrance to Hull-House with Hull Mansion and Smith Building (right); photo from southwest
Date
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1924-1930
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Hull-House complex, corner of Polk St. and Halsted
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Hull-House complex from corner of Polk St. and Halsted St. Includes (from left) Juvenile Protective Association, Butler Building, Smith (Children's) Building (on corner), Coffee House and Theater, cars parked on street and man standing on corner
Date
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1924-1930
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Sketch of Hull-House mansion and Butler Building
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Sketch of Hull-House mansion and new Butler Building; livery stables at 331 S. Halsted on the right - would be replaced by Children's Building in a few years
Date
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1891
Collection
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Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
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Public access
Children playing, South Bishop Street
Image
Image
View looking south along South Bishop Street north of West Taylor Street. Children play in the spray of a fire hydrant in the cul-de-sac at the south end of the street.
Date
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1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
West Jackson Boulevard Historic District
Image
Image
View of nineteenth-century houses in the West Jackson Boulevard Historic District, looking northwest along the north side of West Jackson Boulevard from the intersection with South Laflin Street.
Date
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circa 1990s
Collection
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C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
West Westgate Terrace Townhouses
Image
Image
View of the West Westgate Terrace townhomes. The top part of University Hall on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus is visible in the distance above the townhouses.
Date
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1970; 1967-1968 (West Westgate Terrace)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
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Public access
Buildings along the west bank of the Chicago River at Wolf Point
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Image
View looking northwest looking over the Chicago River from West Wacker Drive just west of North Franklin Street. The low-rise buildings at 212 and 222 North Canal Street still stand, as well as the tall smokestack adjacent to them (located at the junction of North Clinton, West Fulton and West Milwaukee Streets). The Braun Bottles plant (now replaced by Left Bank at K Station) is visible, with a Metra train running on the elevated tracks behind it. The red brick warehouse building slightly to the left behind Braun Bottles was converted to the 600 West Fulton office building. At the far right of the image is Wolf Point, with the Fulton House Condominiums, a converted former warehouse building at 345 North Canal Street, visible across the river behind it. Part of the Cassidy Tire Company building (344 North Canal Street) is visible behind the condominium building.
Date
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1989; 1908 (North American Cold Storage Company); 1981 (Fulton House Condominium conversion)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Chicago River and Apparel Center construction
Image
Image
View to the north along the South Branch of the Chicago River. The West Adams Street bridge runs across the center of the image, and the Apparel Center is visible behind it, under construction. Gateway Center I is partially visible in the left foreground; in the distance on the left is Butler Brothers Warehouse I (now River Center). Part of the Civic Opera Building is visible on the extreme right of the image.
Date
:
1975
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Skyline from Jackson Boulevard and Franklin Street
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Image
View looking northwest from the Jackson-Franklin Building (now demolished), formerly at the corner of Jackson Boulevard and Franklin Street. Near the center of the image are the Chicago Daily News Building (now Riverside Plaza) and the Butler Brothers Building (now The Gogo Building). On the far left is the Chicago and Northwestern Terminal. The Civic Opera House is on the right.
Date
:
1956; 1929 (Chicago Daily News Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Presidential Towers
Image
Image
View of the Presidential Towers in 1984, while the complex was under construction.
Date
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1984; 1985 (Presidential Towers)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
St. Ignatius High School
Image
Image
View of St. Ignatius High School, located at 1076 West Roosevelt Road, on the northwest corner of Roosevelt Road and South Blue Island Avenue.
Date
:
1964; 1869 (St. Ignatius High School)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Old St. Patrick's Church
Image
Image
View of the north tower of Old St. Patrick's Church. The church is located on the northwest corner of Adams and Des Plaines streets.
Date
:
1969
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Top of main entrance to Hull-House
Image
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Top of main portico entrance to Hull-House complex with Hull-House sign and pole above it
Date
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circa 1920s-1930s
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Drawing of main entrance to Hull-House and Smith (Children's) Building
Image
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Drawing of main entrance to Hull-House and Smith (Children's) Building with two adults and a child walking in, by Hull-House art instructor Michael Gamboney
Date
:
1945-1948
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Hull-House - Exterior - Misc
Image
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Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Hull-House complex from across Halsted and Polk St
Image
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Hull-House complex from vacant lot on northeast corner of Halsted and Polk Sts.
Date
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circa 1950s-1960s
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Hull-House Coffee Shop exterior
Image
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Man walking into Hull-House Coffee Shop/U.S. Post Office Station No. 10 on Polk St.; large pile of rubble on sidewalk
Date
:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
East facade of Hull-House complex
Image
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Hull-House complex from across Halsted Street, including (from left) Butler Building, Hull Mansion, and Smith (Children's) Building
Date
:
1896-1899
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Russell Ballard shows Hull-House and its neighborhood to Senator Paul H. Douglas and Elsa McCormick
Image
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Hull-House director Russell W. Ballard (left) stands across Halsted Street from Hull-House (Hull Mansion and Smith Building) with Illinois Senator Paul H. Douglas (pointing) and Elsa (Mrs. Robert H., Jr.) McCormick; McCormick was a leader in the fight to save Hull-House from demolition
Date
:
1961
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Postcard showing Hull-House complex looking north on Halsted at Gilpin Pl
Image
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Postcard showing Hull-House complex looking north on Halsted from Gilpin Pl.; includes (from left) Immigrants' Protective League (on corner), arched entrance to Hull-House courtyard, Juvenile Protective Association
Date
:
circa 1900s-1920s
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Hull-House complex, corner of Polk and Halsted
Image
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Hull-House complex as taken from corner of Polk St. and Halsted St. Includes (from left) Butler Building, entry to courtyard of Hull Mansion, Smith (Children's) Building (on corner)
Date
:
1896-1899
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Hull Mansion viewed from across Halsted St
Image
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Hull Mansion from across Halsted St., with Butler Building to the left and livery/boarding stables to the right; children are sitting on the front step
Date
:
1891-1894
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Sketch of Hull-House mansion and Butler Building
Image
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Sketch of Hull-House mansion and new Butler Building; livery stables at 331 S. Halsted on the right - would be replaced by Children's Building in a few years
Date
:
1891
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Sketch of Hull-House mansion and Butler Building
Image
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Sketch of Hull-House mansion and new Butler Building; livery stables at 331 S. Halsted on the right - would be replaced by Children's Building in a few years
Date
:
1891
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Greystone, South Laflin Street
Image
Image
Greystone at 817 South Laflin Street, south of West Polk Street. A 1970s townhouse development is partially visible at the left.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Rear of apartment buildings and houses
Image
Image
View of the rear of brick apartment buildings and nineteenth-century houses, with laundry hung up outside on clotheslines.
Date
:
1963
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Houses, Near West Side
Image
Image
View in winter of nineteenth-century brick houses along a street in Chicago's Near West Side.
Date
:
1964
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Houses on Bishop Street, Near West Side
Image
Image
Nineteenth-century brick houses along an unidentified stretch of Bishop Street.
Date
:
1974
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Alley, West Washington Boulevard
Image
Image
View of cars in parking lots and the rear of aging brick buildings from an alley along West Washington Boulevard.
Date
:
1980
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Randolph Street, wholesaler's district
Image
Image
View of wholesale distributors' shops along the north side of West Randolph Street, looking towards the intersection with North Peoria Street. N & G Produce occupies 902-904 West Randolph Street, on the west side of the intersection with Peoria Street. Columbus Meat Market also occupies part of that building.
Date
:
1980
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Loop skyscrapers
Image
Image
Aerial view looking southwest from the First National Bank Building (now Chase Tower). At the far left, the spire of the Chicago Board of Trade Building (141 West Jackson) is visible. The top part of 190 South LaSalle Street, with its rooftop gables, is visible near the center of the photograph. Part of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is visible on the upper right of the photograph. 311 South Wacker stands to the left of that. University Hall, on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, is visible in the distance in the top right corner.
Date
:
1995; 1930 (Chicago Board of Trade); 1974 (Sears Tower); 1987 (190 South LaSalle); 1990 (311 South Wacker Drive)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Garden Courts townhouses, South Racine Avenue
Image
Image
View of the Garden Courts townhouse development (851 South Racine Avenue) from the parking lot on the east side of South Racine Avenue. The top of University Hall on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, and the upper part of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) are visible in the distance above the townhouses.
Date
:
1982
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Loop skyline from the University of Illinois at Chicago campus
Image
Image
View towards the Loop from the University of Illinois at Chicago campus (then University of Illinois at Chicago Circle). Part of the Science and Engineering South building (SES) is visible on the left. A large parking lot is to the right of that building.
Date
:
1973
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
First Baptist Congregational Church
Image
Image
View northwest from Union Park towards the First Baptist Congregational Church, located at 60 N. Ashland Avenue, just south of Lake Street.
Date
:
1974
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Old St. Patrick's Church
Image
Image
View of Old St. Patrick's Church, looking northwest across West Adams Street at the intersection with Des Plaines street.
Date
:
1969
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Old St. Patrick's Church
Image
Image
View looking west along West Adams Street towards Old St. Patrick's Church, located on the northwest corner of the intersection with Des Plaines Street.
Date
:
1969
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Illinois Department of Public Health Office and Laboratory Building
Image
Image
View of the State of Illinois Department of Public Health Office and Laboratory Building. The building is now named School of Public Health West and is part of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Date
:
1971
Collection
:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access
:
Public access
Doorway at entrance of Hull Mansion with doors closed
Image
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Doorway at main entrance of Hull Mansion with doors closed and a sign reading "Hull House" above doors
Date
:
circa 1930s-1960s
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Doorway at main entrance of Hull-House with doors open
Image
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Doorway at main entrance of Hull Mansion with both exterior and interior doors open, a sign reading "Hull House" above exterior doorway and a sign reading "Information" above interior doorway
Date
:
circa 1930s-1960s
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Mary Crane Nursery doorway
Image
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Doorway of Mary Crane Nursery main entrance on south side of Hull-House complex
Date
:
circa 1930s-1960s
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Hull-House - Exterior - Misc
Image
nop
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Hull-House - Exterior - Misc
Image
nop
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Hull-House - Exterior - Misc
Image
nop
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
North facade of Hull-House complex looking east along Polk St
Image
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North facade of Hull-House complex from across Polk St. looking east; (from left) Smith (Children's) Building, Coffee House and Auditorium/Theater, Gymnasium and Hull-House Shops, Women's Club (Bowen Hall), Boys' Club; horse and cart parked on Polk St.
Date
:
1898-1907
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Hull-House complex looking northwest from Halsted St. and Cabrini St
Image
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Hull-House complex looking northwest from Halsted St. and Cabrini St. with facades of both streets; several cars parked on streets and P.I.E. moving truck on Cabrini St.
Date
:
1954-1963
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Hull-House complex with full Halsted St. and Polk St. facades
Image
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High angle photo of Hull-House complex looking southwest, including entire Halsted St. and Polk St. facades; many cars parked on streets
Date
:
circa 1930s-1950s
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Hull-House complex looking north on Halsted
Image
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Hull-House complex looking north on Halsted from Gilpin Pl.; includes (from left) Immigrants' Protective League (on corner), arched entrance to Hull-House courtyard, Juvenile Protective Association, Butler Building; Smith (Children's) Building
Date
:
circa 1910s-1920s
Collection
:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
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