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Wesley's Dining Room sign, Skokie
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Night view of the illuminated sign for Wesley's Dining Room.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Skokie Patio and Garden Center, Skokie
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Night view of the Skokie Patio and Garden Center, with illuminated neon signs.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
La Rosa Restaurant sign, Skokie
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Night view showing the illuminated neon sign for the La Rosa Italian Restaurant in Skokie.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Shop directory, Plaza del Lago, Wilmette
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Shop directory sign affixed to a brick wall at the Plaza del Lago shopping center, 1515 Sheridan Road, Wilmette. The directory, with a carved wood frame, includes a site plan at the top.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Walker Bros Original Pancake House, Wilmette
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View looking south through the rain along Green Bay Road at Walker Bros Original Pancake House restaurant, with its neon sign illuminated. The restaurant is located at 153 Green Bay Road in Wilmette.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Lincoln Avenue, Lincoln Square
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View north along North Lincoln Avenue, just south of Lawrence Avenue. Signs for the Meyer Delicatessen, Hopfner's Bakery, and Del Johnson's Restaurant are visible on the west side of the street. Banners hung across the street read "Welcome..Lincoln Square Mall" and "Meyer's Classic Old World Store".
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Main Street and First National Bank, East Chicago
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View along Main Street towards the seven-story First National Bank (originally United States National Bank of Indiana Harbor), located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway in East Chicago. Other businesses, visible on the right side of the photograph, include Edward's, Mann Floral Shop, Rothschild, and Berger's Bakery. Refinery smokestacks are visible in the distance at the far left.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East Chicago, Indiana, downtown business district
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View looking north along Indianapolis Boulevard from the intersection with West Chicago Avenue. A Walgreens drugstore is in the foreground on the left. Crossing arms for a level railway crossing are just visible in the distance.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East Chicago South Shore Line Station
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View looking north along Indianapolis Boulevard near the Indiana Toll Road, just south of the intersection with South Roxanna Drive. The overpass for the South Shore Line electric railroad crosses above Indianapolis Boulevard; the station house and parking for the East Chicago station is just to the right of the viaduct. The embankment for the South Shore Line is visible beyond the station on the right side of the image. A billboard for a local car dealership stands on the roof of the station house. A sign on the right side of Indianapolis Boulevard reads "Dr. John B. Nicosia, Mayor, Welcomes You To East Chicago Indiana. Please Drive Carefully!"
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Gately's People's Store, South Michigan Avenue commercial strip
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View looking north along a thriving commercial strip on South Michigan Avenue. Gately's department store (Gately's People Store, 11201 South Michigan Avenue at East 112th Street) with its five-story parking garage is visible near the center of the image. Numerous other businesses line both sides of the street. The light posts are decorated for the Christmas holiday season.
Date:
circa 1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Archer Avenue commercial strip
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View of the commercial strip along South Archer Avenue. The intersection with South Kedzie Avenue is immediately to the right of the building on the right. Businesses pictured include Archer Jewelers and the Golden Heart Snack Shop Restaurant.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Broadway Avenue businesses
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View looking north along the sidewalk on the east side of North Broadway, south of the intersection with West Bryn Mawr Avenue. 5549 North Broadway, a two story brick building, is near the center of the photograph. 5545 North Broadway, which housed a photo studio at the time the photograph was taken, is partly visible at the far right.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Hanley Dawson Cadillac and Lawry's restaurant
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View looking northwest along East Ontario Street. The Hanley Dawson Cadillac dealership (now demolished) stands on the block between North Rush Street and North Wabash Avenue. Lawry's restaurant, at the northeast corner of East Ontario and North Rush Streets, is partially visible on the right.
Date:
1976; 1895 (L. Hamilton McCormick mansion)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East Huron Street from east of Rush Street
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View looking east along the sidewalk on the north side of East Huron Street from east of Rush Street. A parking garage is in the foreground on the left. A canopy for the Allerton Hotel can be seen above the bus in the center of the photograph. In the distance, part of the Veteran's Administration Research Hospital and the American Furniture Mart building (later Lake Shore Place) at 680 North Lake Shore Drive are visible.
Date:
1976; 1953-1955 (V. A. Lakeside Hospital)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Stores on North State Street at Ontario
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View to the northeast across North State Street at the intersection with West Ontario Street. A grocery store, liquor store, bar, laundromat, and a diner occupy the single-story buildings along this section of North State Street. A large billboard with a "Think Egghead" advertisement for vodka stands atop their roofs. The 111 East Chestnut Apartments (Elysees Condominiums), John Hancock Center, and Water Tower Place are visible in the upper part of the photograph.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Cartier store, North Michigan Avenue
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View of shoppers on the sidewalk in front of the Cartier store at 630 North Michigan Avenue.
Date:
circa 1993
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Shop window neon sign, North Michigan Avenue
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View of an illuminated neon sign for "Crispy Corn" in a shop window in the 700 block of North Michigan Avenue.
Date:
1993
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Walgreens store, North Michigan Avenue
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View of pedestrians on the sidewalk outside a Walgreens drugstore at 430 North Michigan Avenue (Realtor Building).
Date:
circa 1993
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
No Pedestrian Crossing sign
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View of a rusty "No Pedestrian Crossing" sign attached to a light post on North Michigan Avenue.
Date:
1993
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Water Tower Place
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View of the pedestrians on the sidewalk outside Water Tower Place (845 Michigan Avenue). A sign on the pier gives the name of the building.
Date:
1993
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Nike store, North Michigan Avenue
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View of the Nike store at 669 North Michigan Avenue, with pedestrians and stressed plantings in front of the store.
Date:
1993
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
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
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
East 23rd Street with Sauer's Restaurant sign
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View looking east along East 23rd Street towards McCormick Place. Sauer's Restaurant is in the right foreground. Behind that, the red brick facade of the P. S. Recording Studio (formerly at 323 East 23rd Street) is visible.
Date:
circa 1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rush Street at Oak Street
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View looking north along Rush Street at Oak Street. The concrete skyscraper is the Oak Bank, located at 1020 N. Rush Street. A bakery and a grocery store are located in the low-rise buildings on the left.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East Oak Street at North Michigan Avenue
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View looking northwest along East Oak Street from the intersection with North Michigan Avenue. Three high-rise residential buildings are silhouetted against the sky: 2 East Oak, 40 East Oak, and Newberry Plaza (1030 North State Street). The Esquire Theater is visible in the lower center of the photograph. A political advertisement painted on the side of the building at the lower left reads "For Integrity, Proven Capability and Compassion - Vote Democratic".
Date:
1976; 1974 (Newberry Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Tribune Tower
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View across Pioneer Court towards the south facade of the Tribune Tower (435 North Michigan Avenue), with the Chicago Tribune sign at the top.
Date:
1993
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Place sign, North Michigan Avenue
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View of the sign above the entrance to the Chicago Place shopping complex (700 North Michigan Avenue). A smaller sign for Saks Fifth Avenue is below it.
Date:
1992
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
664 North Michigan Avenue businesses
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View along the sidewalk in front of 664 North Michigan Avenue, at the northwest corner of the intersection with East Erie Street. Signs for Hanig's Footwear and Johnston & Murphy are above the street-level awnings.
Date:
circa 1993
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sidewalk, North Michigan Avenue
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View of pedestrians walking along a sidewalk on North Michigan Avenue. Newspaper boxes line the sidewalk and an accordion bus blocks the view of the street. A sandwich board sign advertising bus tours stands in the walkway. At the far left, a man solicits donations from passers-by.
Date:
1993
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Lawrence Avenue and Winthrop
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View west along West Lawrence Avenue towards the Aragon Ballroom at 1106 West Lawrence Avenue, and the elevated tracks at the CTA Lawrence station. The intersection with North Winthrop Avenue is in the middle distance.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Plaza del Lago and 1500 Sheridan Road, Wilmette
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View southeast from the entrance to the Plaza del Lago shopping center (1515 Sheridan Road, Wilmette). The large brick entrance sign located along Sheridan Road is in the foreground, and the 1500 Sheridan Road condominiums are behind it, across Sheridan Road.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Les-On Drug Discounts, 6740 North Sheridan Road
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View of a profusion of signs in the windows of the Les-On Drug Discounts store at 6740 North Sheridan Road.
Date:
1975; 1908 (6740 North Sheridan Road)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Skokie Juvenile shop sign
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View of an illuminated neon sign reading "Skokie Juvenile".
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Toyota automobile dealership signs, Skokie
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View of illuminated signs for the Toyota dealership Skokie Imports.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
53rd Street and Lake Park Avenue
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View of the intersection of East 53rd Street and South Lake Park Avenue, looking northeast from South Lake Park Avenue. The Hyde Park Bank stands at the southwest corner of this intersection, and a large sign for it is suspended over that corner. A brick plaza with landscaping and a bench is in the foreground, adjacent to the sidewalk.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Polluted water sign, Whiting Beach
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Sign posted at Whiting Beach (now Whihala Beach Park) on the shore of Lake Michigan in Whiting, Indiana. The sign reads "Danger, Polluted Water, No Swimming, By Order Of Hammond Board of Health".
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Theater and Marshall Field's store
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View looking south along the east side of North State Street, when the State Street Mall existed and the street was closed to automobile traffic. The Chicago Theater (175 North State Street) with its iconic sign is on the left. At the time, the musical "Kiss of the Spider Woman" starring Chita Rivera was playing there. The Marshall Field and Company Store (now Macy's State Street) is visible to the right of the theater.
Date:
1995; 1914 (Marshall Field and Company Building); 1921 (Chicago Theater)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
West Huron and North Wells Streets
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View looking southwest across West Huron Street from just east of the intersection with North Wells Street. The parking lot in the foreground, located along the east side of North Wells Street between West Huron and West Erie Streets, is still in existence (2017). A billboard in that parking lot advertises Newport cigarettes. To the left behind the billboard, the yellow and turquoise exterior of Ed Debevic's restaurant (640 North Wells Street, demolished) is visible. To the right of the billboard, the three story building with the brown brick front facade became part of the Hooters restaurant at 660 North Wells Street. Behind this building is North Branch II (311-313 West Superior Street), with a banner reading "The North Branch Center". The Merchandise Mart is in the distance at the far left.
Date:
1985; 1908 (North Branch II, 311 West Superior Street)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East Oak Street from North Michigan Avenue
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View looking west along East Oak Street from North Michigan Avenue. A parking lot occupies the southwest corner of the intersection of Oak Street and North Michigan Avenue. An advertisement for the Oak Trust and Savings Bank is painted on the side of the building adjacent to that lot. A number of shops, and the Esquire Theater are at the right across Oak Street. Beyond these at the upper right are three high-rise residential buildings: 2 East Oak, 40 East Oak, and Newberry Plaza (1030 North State Street).
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Gino's East pizzeria sign and parking lot
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View looking east from a parking lot at the northeast corner of North Michigan Avenue and East Superior Street. There is a sign for Gino's East painted on the wall of the restaurant at the eastern end of the lot. Some of the oval windows of the Prentice Women's Hospital can be seen in the distance on the right.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Hotel and apartment building with painted advertisements
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View looking northeast, showing a nineteenth-century hotel and an apartment building on West Ohio Street at the northwest corner of North Dearborn Street. The sides of the buildings are painted with advertisements for nearby businesses. There is a street-level parking lot in the foreground. The upper part of Water Tower Place and the John Hancock Center are visible behind them. On the right of the image, the rear of the Hotel Cass (now part of Holiday Inn Express) is visible.
Date:
1976; 1925 (Cass Hotel)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Strip club "Candy Store", Wabash Street
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View of the "Candy Store" strip club, located on Wabash Street near Delaware Place.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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