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CTA elevated tracks north of Howard station
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View looking north along Chicago Avenue towards the viaduct for the CTA elevated tracks (now part of the Purple Line). The east wall of the building at 222 Chicago Avenue (Evanston) is visible at the far left.
Date:
1971
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Gas station and CTA elevated train tracks, Dayton Street
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View of a combination gas station, auto parts store and fast food store located at North Clybourn Avenue and North Dayton Street. The CTA elevated tracks cross North Dayton Street just beyond this intersection.
Date:
1971
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Southport Avenue and Southport CTA station
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View north along the west side of North Southport Avenue from the intersection with West Roscoe Street. The Southport CTA station is atop the elevated train tracks which cross above Southport Avenue; the entrance to the station is under the tracks.
Date:
1975
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


CTA tracks with billboard, Ashland and Roscoe
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View north along North Ashland Avenue from the intersection with West Roscoe Street. The CTA elevated train overpass (now part of the Brown Line), with a large billboard advertising cigarettes, crosses Ashland Avenue.
Date:
1975
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Wilson Avenue west of Wilson CTA station
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View looking west along the north side of West Wilson Avenue from the intersection with North Clifton Avenue. Businesses include a Goodwill store, Alhelp (a day labor agency), a bar, a check cashing shop, and the Bachelor Hotel.
Date:
1975
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Sheridan Road and Sheridan CTA station
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View north along North Sheridan Road from just south of the intersection with West Dakin Street, with the CTA elevated train track overpass crossing Sheridan Road. The entrance to the Sheridan CTA station (now part of the Red Line) is under the viaduct.
Date:
1975
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Davis CTA station, Evanston
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View looking northwest across Benson Avenue towards the Davis CTA station.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Wieboldt's Department Store, Evanston
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View east along Church Street from the intersection with Oak Avenue. Wieboldt's department store is on the left.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Itasca railroad station, Milwaukee Road Line
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View west along the tracks towards the Itasca Station (now demolished) on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) Line. West Irving Park Road is on the left.
Date:
1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Chicago and North Western Railroad station and Wheaton Center apartments
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View of the then-new Chicago and North Western Railroad station in downtown Wheaton, with the Wheaton Center apartment complex visible behind it.
Date:
1975 (Wheaton Center apartments)
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Kenilworth Avenue, Kenilworth
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View of trees arching over Kenilworth Avenue.
Date:
1970
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Lincoln Oasis
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View of the Lincoln Oasis, located along the Tri-State Tollway near South Holland, Illinois.
Date:
circa 1970
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Shopping mall and community college site plan
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Hand-drawn diagram by C. William Brubaker of a site plan for a shopping center and a community college situated on opposite sites of a highway. Both the shopping mall and the community college use the same floor plan configuration, with large anchor spaces at each end and smaller spaces located between the two.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Zion Nuclear Power Station
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View of the Zion Nuclear Power Station, looking south along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Illinois Central Electric Station, Harvey, Illinois
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View northeast along Park Avenue from the intersection with East 155th Street. The IC (Illinois Central) Electric station is in the middle distance and atop the raised embankment at the right.
Date:
1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


East 154th Street and Center Avenue, Harvey, Illinois
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View looking east along East 154th Street from the intersection with Center Avenue. Bastar's Jewelry store and the Uptown Shoe Store are on the north side of the street, and the First National Bank in Harvey is in a modern building at the right. The elevated Illinois Central Railroad tracks are visible in the distance.
Date:
1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Shops, Long Grove, Illinois
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View of shops in the historic center of Long Grove, Illinois, looking northeast across Old McHenry Road.
Date:
1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Winnetka shops and apartments
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View of a mixed-use commercial and residential building in downtown Winnetka on the northwest corner of Chestnut and Elm Streets. A Koenig & Strey realty office occupies the corner space, while Pratt & Lambert Paint and wallpaper occupies the adjacent storefronts along Elm Street. The upper floors are apartments.
Date:
1995
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Residential buildings near Waukegan lakefront
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View of housing in Waukegan near the Lake Michigan lakefront. Freight cars can be seen in the distance between the buildings.
Date:
1972
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Evanston Day Nursery, Evanston
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View of the Evanston Day Nursery, in a nineteenth century house at 1835 Grant Street.
Date:
1968
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Gold Standard Liquors sign, Skokie
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View looking east along the north side of Dempster Street in Skokie at the intersection with Leclaire Avenue, at a large streetside sign for Gold Standard Liquors (later a Binny's Beverage Depot). The Walton Chrysler car dealership is visible behind the sign.
Date:
1975
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Safe Buy Used Cars, Skokie
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Night view of a used car lot with an illuminated sign reading "Safe Buy Used Cars".
Date:
1975
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Four Cohns Shoes and Al's Clothing signs, Skokie
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Night view of illuminated signs for Four Cohns Shoes and Al's Clothing.
Date:
1975
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Let Them Eat Cake sign
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Illuminated sign for Let Them Eat Cake in Skokie.
Date:
1975
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Six Flags billboard, Wilmette
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View of a billboard for a Six Flags amusement park in St. Louis. The billboard stands along Green Bay Road in Wilmette, next to Peter Pon's Restaurant (537 Green Bay Road).
Date:
1975
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Crossroads Restaurant, Wilmette
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View at dusk of the Crossroads Restaurant (601 Green Bay Road) situated on the northwest corner of Central Avenue and Green Bay Road. The neon sign for the Wil-Shore Motors Ford dealership (611 Green Bay Road) is visible at the right.
Date:
1975
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket sign, Wilmette
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Night view of an illuminated outdoor bucket sign for a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Wilmette.
Date:
1975
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Midas Muffler Shop sign
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Night view of an illuminated sign for a Midas Muffler shop.
Date:
circa 1975
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Marshall Field's store, Evanston
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View of the Marshall Field's department store (807 Church Street), looking northwest across the intersection of Church Street and Sherman Avenue. The Varsity Theatre is visible on the right.
Date:
1984
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Area near railroad station, Evanston
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View looking northwest from the railroad embankment near the former Railroad Avenue, north of Davis Street and east of Maple Avenue. The Chicago and North Western railroad station is partially visible at the left. Businesses along Church Street, including a Dominick's grocery store, are visible in the center of the image.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Engelhart Hall, Northwestern University
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View of the Frank C. Engelhart Graduate Residence Hall (1915 Maple Avenue), at the northeast corner of Maple Avenue and Emerson Street.
Date:
1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Sherman Avenue shops, Evanston
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View of shoe stores located in a two-story commercial building on the east side of Sherman Avenue south of Church Street in Evanston. A children's shoe store, the Little Chick Shoe Shop, (1629 Sherman Avenue) is on the right. To its left is the Florsheim Thayer McNeil shoe store.
Date:
1979
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


"The Main", Chicago Avenue, Evanston
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View looking northeast across Chicago Avenue at "The Main", a two-story building with ground-level businesses and shops, and office space above. The building was at the time home to the music venue Amazinggrace, and the restaurant The Main Cafe (835 Chicago Avenue). On the second story above the restaurant, a large banner proclaims "Congressman Mikva!" The building, demolished in 2007, formerly stood on Chicago Avenue at the southeast corner of the intersection with Main Street in Evanston.
Date:
1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Asbury Avenue, Evanston
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View northeast along Asbury Avenue from just south of the intersection with Crain Street. The white painted nineteenth-century Italianate house at the left is 1124 Asbury Avenue. The intersection with Crain Street is partially visible at the far right.
Date:
1971
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Benson Avenue, Evanston
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View looking north along Benson Avenue towards Emerson Street, from the intersection with Church Street. A raised embankment for the CTA tracks is at the left, with adjacent on-street parking along Benson Avenue. The tower of the Second Baptist Church (1717 Benson Avenue) is visible at the right.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Church Street near Maple Avenue, Evanston
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View looking northwest from a parking lot north of Davis Street at the former Railroad Avenue towards of the rear of a department store and shops along Church Street. A Chicago and North Western railroad station and elevated tracks are at the left.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Apartments, North Dayton Street
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View looking southeast at apartment houses on the east side of the 2100 block of North Dayton Street. 2103 North Dayton Street is at the center of the image; the intersection with West Dickens Avenue is just out of the frame to the right.
Date:
1981
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


West Castlewood Terrace, Uptown
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View looking east along the south side of West Castlewood Terrace towards North Marine Drive. The cream brick house is at 859 West Castlewood Terrace, near the center of this block-long cul-de sac.
Date:
1981
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Lawrence Avenue at Sheridan Road
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View looking west along West Lawrence Avenue from the intersection with North Sheridan Road towards the Lawrence House Retirement Hotel (originally the New Lawrence Hotel) at 1020 West Lawrence Avenue. The sign for the Aragon Ballroom is visible in the distance at the left.
Date:
1981
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Alta Vista Terrace
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View along West Alta Vista Terrace. The street is lined with row houses.
Date:
1981
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Palmer Square
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View looking west at apartment buildings facing the north side of Palmer Square. Old Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church (3062 West Palmer Square) is visible at the far left.
Date:
1981
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Presbyterian Church of Norwood Park
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Presbyterian Church of Norwood Park (6088 N. Northwest Highway).
Date:
1981
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


House, North Hiawatha Avenue
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Brick ranch house at 6797 North Hiawatha Avenue, at the intersection with North Loron Avenue. A sign on the lawn reads "Loron Ave. Community of Wildwood".
Date:
1981
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Brickyard Mall
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View of the central atrium at the Brickyard Mall, located at West Diversey Avenue and North Naragansett Avenue.
Date:
1981
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Greystone, South Laflin Street
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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


Houses, South Seeley Avenue
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Large single-family houses on a residential street located near South Seeley Avenue and West 103rd Street.
Date:
1981
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Greystone houses, Drexel Boulevard
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Greystone houses in derelict condition on the west side of South Drexel Boulevard. East 42nd Place intersects immediately to the right of the last house on the right.
Date:
1981
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Auburn Park lagoon, houses and apartments
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View northeast across the Auburn Park lagoons with apartment buildings and houses surrounding the adjacent area. The apartment building at 462 West Winneconna Parkway is at the left, and nineteenth century houses are next to it on the right.
Date:
1974
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Houses, South Yates Boulevard
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Two story brick houses on South Yates Boulevard, looking north along the west side of the street from north of the intersection with East 83rd Street. 8232 South Yates Boulevard is near the left of the image.
Date:
1981
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access


Auburn Park lagoon and apartment building
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View northwest west across the Auburn Park lagoons towards an apartment building at 462 West Winneconna Parkway.
Date:
1974
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access