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Houses, West Pierce Avenue
Nineteenth century houses along West Pierce Avenue, east of North Leavitt Street.
1981
Chicago Avenue at Damen
View looking east along West Chicago Avenue from the intersection with North Damen Avenue, showing mixed-used buildings with retail or services on the street level, and apartments above.
1970
Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral
Detail of Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral (1121 North Leavitt Street), showing the bell tower over the entrance, and the octagonal dome behind.
1980
Houses, West Town
View of nineteenth-century brick houses near Western and North Avenues. The middle house bears the number 2008.
1967
Bell Avenue at Hirsch
View of houses and two-flats on the west side of North Bell Avenue, from the grounds of Sabin school. The intersection with West Hirsch Street is at the left.
1967
Industrial areas, West Town
View looking northwest over West Town from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). There is a large parking lot in the foreground, with raised railroad tracks adjacent to it. At the far left of the image, other railroad tracks run west. The North Branch of the Chicago River is on the right, spanned by the West Grand Avenue bridge and the Ohio Street bridge.
1978
Scrap metal, sand and gravel yards along Chicago River
View, looking west across the North Branch of the Chicago River from Goose Island, of scrap metal, sand and gravel yards with numerous industrial cranes. These yards are located along North Magnolia Street, north of West Blackhawk Street. The large elevated billboard platforms visible in the center of the photograph are still standing at the intersection of West Le Moyne Street and North Elston Avenue.
1986
Traffic Intersection at Oakley Blvd and North, Image 02
Oakley Boulevard; North Avenue. Looking east.
1939
Traffic Intersection at Oakley Blvd and Ferdinand, Image 01
Oakley Boulevard; Ferdinand Street. Looking south.
1939
Imagery of Chicago public and private schools, 1975 (Folder 611)
Brian Piccolo School; Brian Piccolo and St. Julian schools; Myra Bradwell, Horace Mann, Our Lady of Peace, Parkside and St. Philip Neri schools; Bryn Mawr, Faulkner, Isabelle O'Keefe, and St. Nicholas schools; Chicago Vocational high School and Alfred D. Kohn schools; Columbus School; John F. Eberhart, Queen of the Universe, St. Mary Star of the Sea, and St. Turibus schools; Garvey, Hurley, Queen of the Universe, St. Mary Star of the Sea, and St. Turibus schools; Goethe School; Goethe and St. Gabriel schools; Thomas A. Hendricks School; King School; Mount Greenwood School; St. Bartholomew School; St. Charles Lwango School; St. Elizabeth School; St. Francis of Assisi School; St. Hilary School; St. Hyacinth and Scammon schools; St. Martin School; St. Thecla School; St. Timothy School; Ole A. Thorp School; Van Vlissingen School (1975)
1975
Swim meet at the Ida Crown Natatorium
Young swimmers compete at a swim meet event at an indoor pool, the Ida Crown Natatorium in Eckhart Park
1963
Rice Street at Hoyne, industrial buildings
View looking east along West Rice Street, showing two industrial buildings at 2101 W. Rice Street. The larger building at the right has since been demolished. The intersection of W. Rice Street and N. Hoyne Avenue (marked in ink) is at the far left.
1967
Clybourn station, Chicago and North Western Railroad
View west from West Homer Street towards the viaduct over North Ashland Avenue for the Chicago, and North Western Railroad tracks. The Clybourn station is visible atop the viaduct.
1975
Ashland Avenue businesses, West Town
View of neighborhood businesses along the west side of North Ashland Avenue, south of Division Street, including Chester's Custom Tailors and Cleaners, Thad Niemira real estate and insurance office, Club Velvet (1112 North Ashland Avenue), and Kingsbury Polish Inn. A street sign marking the intersection with West Thomas Street is at the far left.
1968
Material Service Corporation facilties
View, looking southwest from the North Halsted Street bridge at the facilities of the Material Service Corporation (now Prairie Material, Ready-Mix Yard No. 32) at 835 North Peoria Street. Material Service company barges are docked along the North Chicago River adjacent to the facility for offloading cargo. The rear of the St. John Cantius Church is visible in the distance on the right.
1986
Morton Salt warehouse and loading dock facilities
View of the Morton Salt warehouse and loading dock facilities at 1357 North Elston Avenue, looking southwest across the North Branch of the Chicago River from Goose Island. A barge is docked on the river adjacent to the warehouse.
1986
Traffic Intersection at Oakley Blvd and Anson Place, Image 02
Oakley Boulevard; Anson Place. Looking south.
1939
Illustrated letter
A handwritten letter on brown paper with a color drawing on verso.
1988
Fundraising letter
Fund raising letter sent to members of the community after an FBI raid on the Cultural Center.
1983
Invitation to a graduation ceremony
Invitation to a graduation ceremony at the Cultural Center day care center.
1982
Boricua; March/April 2000
Cover of Boricua en affirmació de la gente puertorriqueña.
2000
La Voz del Paseo Boricua ; March 2007; vol. 4, no.1 (Selected pages)
La Voz del Paseo Boricua Newspaper.
2007
La Voz del Paseo Boricua; March 2009; vol. 6, no. 1 (cover only)
La Voz del Paseo Boricua Newspaper
2009
Doña Consuelo Speaks (Selected pages)
Selected pages from a booklet with prose and poetry about and by Doña Consuelo de Corretjer.
1980
Festival Tierra Adentro
Program for music festival featuring students from Roberto Clemente High School.
1993
Iluminaste el Sendero Hacia la Nueva Sociedad
Memorial program for Bartolo Hernandez de Jesus.
1989
A Force for Change
Brochure for Vida/SIDA, an HIV/AIDS prevention sub-organization of the Cultural Center.
1998
15th Festival Invernal en el Paseo Boricua
15th annual winter festival brochure.
2008
Jornada 100 x 35
Save the dates card for year-long celebration of Cultural Center anniversary.
2008
Escuela Superior Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Celebra Su 15to Aniversario
Group in front of banner celebratingthe Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School15th Anniversary.
1987
Welcome!¡ Bienvenidos! A Tour of the Greater Humboldt Park Area Puerto Rican Murals and Cultural Institutions
Selected pages from a brochure for a tour highlighting the public art and wall murals of the Humboldt Park community.
2006
Bridges and viaducts (Folder 86)
Bridges and viaducts: W. Adams St.; W. Addison St.; Archer-Ashland Overpass; Argyle and Wilson Underpass; N. Ashland Ave.; W. Belmont; Berwyn Underpass; Bryn Mawr Underpass; Chicago-Halsted Viaduct; W. Cortland St. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
1970
Bridges and viaducts (Folder 99)
Bridges and viaducts: North Ave. Bridge; Ogden Ave. Bridge (over Canal); Ogden Ave. Bridge (over River) ; Ohio St. Feeder Ramp; Pulaski Rd. Bridge (over Canal); E. Randolph St. Viaduct; W. Randolph St. Bridge. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
1971
Richard J. Daley with others at St. Nicholas Cathedral
Eugene Darczynysyn, Ann Petrow, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, Mary Shpikua, Michael Kaniuk, and Taras Shpikula at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral.
1967
Dia Internacional de la Mujer
Invitation to an event for International Women's Day.
1992
Invitation to join parade
Invitationto an organization to participate in the 10th annual neighborhood parade to celebratecultural identity and protest daily injustices.
1987
Consuelo Lee de Corretjer Parent-Child Development Center
Fundraising letter for the child development center.
1983
PRCC Board Meeting notes
Notes from a Cultural Center board meeting.
1984
Boricua en affirmació de la gente puertorriqueña; Septiembre 1999
Issue of Boricua en affirmació de la gente puertorriqueña newspaper covering the movement to remove the U.S. navy from the island of Vieques.
1999
La Voz del Paseo Boricua; May 2007; vol.4, no. 3 (Spanish and English covers)
La Voz del Paseo Boricua Newspaper
2007
VIDA/SIDA Commemorates World AIDS Day 2007
Postcard for a nighttime vigil in honor of World AIDs Day, sponsored by PRCC and VIDA/Sida.
2007
Festival Tierra Adentro I
Flier for a festival of Latin American music and art.
1984
Elizam: Imagenes, Imaginacion y Simbologia en el Arte
Announcement for an exhibit by artist Elizam Escobar.
1981
Students of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow; Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School, June 2005
Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School Yearbook.
2006
Scene from parade
Scene of a crowd at a parade on Division Street in Chicago.
1980
La Voz del Paseo Boricua; June 2007; vol. 4, no. 4 (Spanish and English covers)
La Voz del Paseo Boricua Newspaper
2007
Ashland Avenue and W. J. Saunders Office Supplies
View north along North Ashland Avenue from just north of the intersection with West Homer Street. W. J. Saunders & Co. stands on the west side of the street. The Chicago and North Western Railroad tracks are visible at the far left, behind the business.
1975
Office building, West Hubbard Street
View of the front entrance to a Georgian Revival style office building located at 2450 West Hubbard Street.
1976
Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral
Detail of the entrance to Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral (1121 North Leavitt Street), showing Sullivan's ornamentation over the doorway.
1980
Commonwealth Edison substation, Western Avenue
View of a Commonwealth Edison substation, located at 1042 North Western Avenue, at West Thomas Street.
1974

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