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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


Sign announcing an upcoming program.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Sign announcing a three-minute intermission between movies.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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


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


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


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Dearborn St. Bridge through Franklin-Orleans St. Bridge (Folder 39)
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Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Dearborn St. Bridge (1963); Division St. Bridge (1964 [ trash dumping], 1968); Franklin-Orleans St. Bridge (1935, 1953)
Date:
1935-1963
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 2 (Folder 52)
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Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 2 (1966)
Date:
1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 23rd St. Viaduct through 91st St. Bridge (Folder 57)
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Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 23rd St. Viaduct (1952, 1953, undated ); 31St St. and California Bridge (1954); 31st St. and Western (Bridge (1954); 35th St. Bridge (undated drawing); 91st St. Bridge (1944)
Date:
1944-1954
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


International House of Pancakes sign, Wilmette
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Illuminated free-standing sign outside the International House of Pancakes restaurant, formerly located at the corner of Wilmette Avenue and Poplar Drive.
Date:
circa 1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Wil-Shore Motors, Wilmette
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View at dusk of the Wil-Shore Motors Ford dealership at 611 Green Bay Road in Wilmette, with its neon signs illuminated. The building has been demolished.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Greek restaurants, Halsted Street
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View looking southwest across South Halsted Street at Greek restaurants lining the west side of the block. The intersection with West Adams Street is visible at the left, and part of the sign for the Greek Islands Restaurant is visible behind the traffic signals.
Date:
1983
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Indianapolis Boulevard, East Chicago, Indiana
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View in winter looking north along Indianapolis Boulevard from the overpass above the railway yards south of the Indiana Toll Road. The South Shore Line railroad tracks cross above Indianapolis Boulevard in the distance at the horizon. Power lines and utility poles are visible along the roadway and in the distance.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Archer Avenue commercial strip
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View looking southwest along South Archer Avenue. The intersection with South Sacramento Avenue is to the left of the large Standard Federal Savings bank. Numerous stores and other small businesses line both sides of the street. A small sign suspended from the light post at the far right reads "Welcome to Brighton Park".
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bank building, North Clark Street and West Morse Avenue
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View looking northeast across North Clark Street from the intersection with West Morse Avenue. The First Commercial Bank (6945 North Clark Street) occupies the northeast corner of this intersection. The bank's parking lot, to the west across North Clark Street, is marked by a large sign.
Date:
1982
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Olson Rug store, East Ohio Street
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View looking west along the north side of East Ohio Street, at the intersection with North Rush Street. Olson Rug occupies the space at the ground-floor corner of the building at 100 East Ohio Street.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access