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ARCO Oil Refinery, East Chicago, Indiana
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View from Indianapolis Boulevard looking across the west leg of the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal at the ARCO (Atlantic Richfield Company) Refinery.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Park and State Line Power Plant
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View looking south from Calumet Park towards the State Line Power Plant.
Date:
circa 1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
American Bank Note Company Building
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View of the front of the American Bank Note Company building (118-132 East Cullerton Street), at the northwest corner of the intersection with South Indiana Avenue.
Date:
1980; 1902 (American Bank Note Company Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Warehouse building, South Indiana Avenue
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View of a building located at 1727 South Indiana Avenue, on the northeast corner of the intersection of South Indiana Avenue and East 18th Street.
Date:
circa 1978; 1905 (Kodak warehouse)
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
Navy Pier Headhouse
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View of the Navy Pier Headhouse from the park immediately to the west of it. The sign for the Chicago Children's Museum, which opened at Navy Pier in 1995, is visible on the front of the building.
Date:
1995; 1916 (Navy Pier Terminal Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building
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Detail of the fenestration on the facade of the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building on the south side of West Superior Street between North Sedgwick and North Orleans Streets.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
222 West Superior Street
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View of the facade of 222 West Superior Street after renovation, looking northwest across West Superior Street.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Central Arts Building
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Street-level view of the facade and canopied entrance to the Central Arts Building (730-740 North Franklin Street), looking north along the west side of North Franklin Street. The support posts for the CTA Brown Line elevated tracks are just visible on the extreme right.
Date:
1985; 1915 (Central Arts Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
400 West Superior Street, development project
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View looking west along the north side of West Superior Street from the intersection with North Sedgwick Street. The former candy factory building in the right foreground (400 West Superior Street/ 740 North Sedgwick Street) is being renovated. On the left, the Montgomery Ward & Company headquarters (535 West Chicago Avenue/ 500 West Superior Street) is silhouetted against the sky.
Date:
1985; 1972 (Montgomery Ward headquarters)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rear of Ontario Building from Ohio-Ontario Feeder ramp
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View looking east towards North Orleans Street from the Kennedy Expressway on-ramp. The rear of the Ontario Building, 411 West Ontario Street (now Ontario Street Lofts) is on the left. The Adlake Building is visible in the distance on the right.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Concrete-framed warehouse
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Partial view of the rear of a warehouse on the Near North Side, showing its concrete frame construction.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Adlake Building
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View looking southeast towards the Adlake Building (320 West Ohio Street) from the intersection of North Orleans Street and West Ontario Street. The facade of this part of the Adlake Building faces West Ontario Street. At the time of the photograph, the building housed Morton Textiles & Furniture.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building, West Superior Street
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View looking east along the south side of West Superior Street. The large factory and warehouse on the right, occupying the south side of the block between North Sedgwick and North Orleans Streets is the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building. To the left of that, the intersection with North Orleans Street is visible. The small two-story building visible on the southeast corner of that intersection is 331 West Superior Street. The warehouse building next to it on the far left is 311-313 West Superior Street.
Date:
1978; 1908 (North Branch II, 311 West Superior Street)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Goose Island and city skyline
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View of the northern end of Goose Island, looking southeast from the North Avenue bridge across the North Branch Turning Basin. The brick Lissner Corporation warehouse is visible among the industrial buildings on the island. The skyscrapers of the Near North Side and Loop are visible against the skyline.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial area, North Kingsbury Street
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View looking northwest along North Kingsbury Street, from south of the intersection with West Eastman Street. The Carbit Paint Company factory is on the left. Embedded railroad tracks are visible in the center of the roadway.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Oscar Mayer & Company plant, Near North Side
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View looking north at the Oscar Mayer & Company plant (1241 North Sedgwick Street, now demolished) from West Division Street at North Sedgwick Street. A plot of vacant land is in the foreground. The CTA Brown Line tracks are visible on the right side of the image, and North Sedgwick Street is just visible at the extreme left.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Lake Point Tower and industrial-use land along the Chicago River
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View to northeast along north side of the Chicago River toward Lake Point Tower, with storage facilities and a parking lot along the riverfront. North Lake Shore Drive (elevated) is visible at the horizon, and a large billboard advertising cigarettes rises above it.
Date:
1978; 1968 (Lake Point Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Lake Point Tower and industrial-use land along the Chicago River
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View to northeast along north side of the Chicago River, toward Lake Point Tower. North Pier Terminal (Pugh Terminal) is the white multi-story building on the left. Built along the Ogden Slip, the building occupies the 400 block of East Illinois Street.
Date:
1978; 1905-1920 (North Pier Terminal); 1968 (Lake Point Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Buildings along the west bank of the Chicago River at Wolf Point
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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:
1989; 1908 (North American Cold Storage Company); 1981 (Fulton House Condominium conversion)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
ARCO Oil Refinery, East Chicago, Indiana
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View from Indianapolis Boulevard towards the ARCO (Atlantic Richfield Company) Refinery along the west leg of the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal. A ship is docked along the canal; a gas flare stack rises to the right of it.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial area and coal piles
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View looking north across the North Branch Canal towards industrial and manufacturing buildings along the east bank of the canal and North Kingsbury Street. Large piles of coal and coal moving equipment sit along the water's edge. On the far left, a building with a Bowman Dairy Company sign is visible (1450 North Dayton Street). Behind it to the right a rooftop cupola for The Seng Company (848 West Eastman Street/ 1440 North Dayton Street) is visible.
Date:
1970; 1903 (1450 North Dayton Street)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Near North Side from Holiday Inn Mart Plaza hotel
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View of the Near North Side, looking northeast from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). The John Sexton Building, located at Illinois and Orleans Streets, is visible at the lower left. At the bottom center, Assumption Catholic Church and its steeple (323 West Illinois Street) are visible. The John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place stand out against the sky on the upper right.
Date:
1978; 1917 (John Sexton Building); 1969 (John Hancock Center); 1976 (Water Tower Place)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Stiffel Lamp factory, West Huron Street
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View looking west along the north side of West Huron Street from the intersection with North Kingsbury Street at the Stiffel Lamp factory (520 West Huron Street).
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial buildings, West Ontario Street
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View looking northwest along the north side of West Ontario Street between North Orleans Street and West Kingsbury Street. 420 West Ontario is on the right. The west end of the building is 434 West Ontario Street. 440 West Ontario Street is visible on the far left.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial buildings, West Ontario Street
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View of the rear of industrial buildings on West Ontario Street, west of North Orleans Street, facing the Ohio-Ontario Feeder ramp. On the left of the image is the Ontario Building (now Ontario Street Lofts, 411 West Ontario Street), for sale at the time of the photograph. Next to it on the right is 369 West Ontario, with the words Artcrest Suspended Ceilings painted on it. To its right is 401 West Ontario Street, with a billboard on its side facade announcing "The condominiums are here, The condominiums are here".
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
343 West Erie Street building
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View of the west facade (facing N. Orleans Street) of 343 West Erie Street, looking southwest from the intersection of North Orleans Street and West Erie Street.
Date:
1985; 1910 (343 West Erie)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Elevated train tracks, North Franklin Street
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View looking north along North Franklin Street from just south of the intersection with West Grand Avenue. The CTA Brown Line elevated tracks run above the street. On the right of the photograph, 213 West Grand is visible. 300 West Grand is on the left.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
John Sexton Building
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View of the upper stories of the south facade (facing West Illinois Street) of the John Sexton Building, seen from west of the intersection with North Orleans Street.
Date:
1985; 1917 (John Sexton Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
C. H. Hanson Company Building
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View of the front facade of the C. H. Hanson Company building (303 West Erie Street), located at the southwest corner of West Erie Street and North Franklin Street.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial buildings, West Superior Street
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View of 311-313 West Superior Street, looking east along the south side of West Superior Street between North Franklin Street and North Orleans Street. At the time of the photograph it housed Selfix, a plastic products manufacturing company. On the left of the photograph is 301 West Superior Street, the CTA Brown Line elevated tracks over North Franklin Street are just visible. The intersection with North Orleans Street is in the foreground.
Date:
1908 (North Branch II, 311 West Superior Street)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Brick building with sandwich shop
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View of the side facade of a nineteenth-century brick building, with a number of windows on the upper levels. The building houses a sandwich shop at street level called Bogie's Beef. A bus stop sign and traffic signals are visible at the lower left.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Tribune Freedom Center under construction
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View of the Chicago Tribune printing plant under construction, looking northeast from West Erie Street at North Union Avenue. The plant, named the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center, is located adjacent to the west bank of the North Branch of the Chicago River at 777 West Chicago Avenue. Visible to the right of it are the Montgomery Ward Catalog and Retail Sales building (Mail Order House), the Montgomery Ward Administration building, and the Montgomery Ward & Company Headquarters tower (now The Montgomery condominiums, 535 West Chicago Avenue/ 500 West Superior Street).
Date:
1980; 1908 (Montgomery Ward Catalog and Retail Sales building); 1972 (Montgomery Ward headquarters); 1982 (Chicago Tribune Freedom Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Navy Pier
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View of the south side of the Navy Pier Terminal Building from the lake, with the open plaza and perimeter walkway visible.
Date:
1990; 1916 (Navy Pier Terminal Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial area, Goose Island and North Branch, Chicago River
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View looking west from the North Halsted Street bridge. The southern end of Goose Island is in the right foreground, with the former Lissner Corporation building (later Kendall College) is visible in a neglected state. The Lissner name has been painted over with "Batcheld..." in this photograph. Across the river, part of the facilities of the Material Service Corporation (later Prairie Material, Ready Mix Yard No. 32) located at 835 North Peoria Street, are visible.
Date:
1986
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Branch Canal from Division Street Bridge
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View looking north from the West Division Street Bridge over the North Branch Canal running along the east side of Goose Island. The Excelsior Steel Furnace Company is visible at the extreme left. On the far right, a red brick warehouse building at 860 West Evergreen Avenue is visible.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Dearborn Street from State Street
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View west from North State Street to the block of North Dearborn Street between West Ohio and West Ontario Streets, with a large parking lot in the foreground. On the left along Dearborn Street is a nineteenth-century hotel; a Commonwealth Edison substation stands next to it to the north. Part of the former Chicago Historical Society building at 632 North Dearborn is visible at the extreme right.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Navy Pier
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View from the northwest, showing the east end of Navy Pier extending out into Lake Michigan.
Date:
1984; 1916 (Navy Pier)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Time-Life Building and Commerce Mart Warehouse from Pioneer Court
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View of the Time-Life Building (541 North Fairbanks Court), looking northeast from Pioneer Court (adjacent to the Tribune Building). The Commerce Mart Warehouse (formerly located at 251-315 East Grand Avenue, now demolished) stands in front of it. Part of the American Furniture Mart (Lake Shore Place) is visible behind it on the left.
Date:
1972; 1968-1970 (Time-Life Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River industrial facilities and Lake Point Tower
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View to the northeast with industrial buildings, warehouses, and storage facilities along the north side of the Chicago River, and land being cleared for development along the south side of the river. Lake Point Tower rises on the left.
Date:
1972; 1968 (Lake Point Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Area west of the Howard CTA station
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View of mixed commercial and residential-use land and vacant lots west of the CTA Howard station.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Inland Steel, Indiana Harbor plant, East Chicago
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View of the Inland Steel complex. Lettering on the building in the center foreground reads "Plant No. 2 South Gate". The Inland Steel office building is visible behind it, near the center of the photograph.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial area, Riley Road, East Chicago
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View in winter looking northeast on Riley Road towards United States Gypsum (USG Corporation), located at 301 Riley Road. A level railroad crossing across Riley Road is visible in the distance at the right.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial complex, South Torrence Avenue
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View of industrial plant along South Torrence Avenue.
Date:
1974
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). Beyond that, a coal yard and coal barge are visible at the riverfront. In the distance is the red brick Procter & Gamble plant (demolished) with its two smokestacks. At the far right part is a Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company gas holder, part of the former Willow Street Station Manufactured Gas Plant Site (demolished).
Date:
1970; 1953 (Peoples Gas gas holder)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Branch of the Chicago River at Western Avenue
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View looking northwest along the North Branch of the Chicago River from the Western Avenue bridge south of West Belmont Avenue. On the far right are industrial buildings on the 2400 block of West Barry Avenue. In the distance near the center of the image an industrial building on North Rockwell Street, on the west side of the river, stands out against the sky.
Date:
1967
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Navy Pier, Auditorium Building
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View of the Auditorium Building at the east end of Navy Pier, looking northeast from the lake. The Beer Garden entrance arch is visible on the far left, part of a major Navy Pier renovation project completed in 1995.
Date:
1995; 1916 (Navy Pier Terminal Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
West Grand Avenue and North Orleans Street
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View northwest from North Franklin Street and West Illinois Street. A large parking lot occupies the block on the southeast corner of West Grand Avenue and North Orleans Street. 318 West Grand Street is visible at the right, home to Caravans Awry (a rug store) at the time of the photograph. To the left of that, the Montgomery Ward & Company Headquarters (now The Montgomery condominiums) is visible in the distance. The rear of Ontario Building (now Ontario Street Lofts, 411 West Ontario Street) is near the center of the photograph, and the side of Clark & Barlow Hardware (353 West Grand Avenue) is visible at the far left.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Kingsbury Street and West Superior Street
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View looking southeast from North Kingsbury Street, from just south of the intersection with West Chicago Avenue. Parking lots for the Montgomery Ward Company headquarters occupy the block from North Kingsbury Street to North Hudson Street, and the next block to the south, between West Superior and West Huron Streets. The rear of 400 West Superior Street/ 740 North Sedgwick Street can be seen facing North Hudson Street. The tan brick building at the southeast corner of North Hudson and West Superior Streets has since been demolished. The John Hancock Center rises on the left, and on the right side of the photograph, the Marina City towers are visible.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial buildings, Ontario Street and North Orleans Street
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View of the area at the northwest corner of the intersection of West Ontario Street and North Orleans Street. Automobile traffic coming off the Ohio-Ontario Feeder ramp is visible in the foreground. Part of the F. C. Traver Building, 358 West Ontario Street (originally the F. C. Traver Paper Co.) is visible at the far left of the photograph. 350 West Ontario Street is next to it on the right. The rear of 343 West Erie is next on the right, and in front of that, stands the small building at 636 North Orleans Street.
Date:
1978; 1910 (343 West Erie)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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