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Emerson Street, Evanston
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View looking east along Emerson Street from the intersection with East Railroad Avenue. Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church is visible on the left, and a number of houses and apartment buildings are farther in the distance.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Sheridan Road and East Lake, Image 02
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Sheridan Road; Lake Street. Looking east.
Date:
1936-12-29
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Country Town Precinct Registration Day, Richard J. Daley and others
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Country Town Precinct Registration Day in Evanston, Illinois. Pictured left to right are: Frank O'Dwyer, Richard J. Daley, and H.E. Voss.
Date:
October 10, 1950
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Richard J. Daley at a voting machine event
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Richard J. Daley listens to unidentified women at a voting machine event in Evanston.
Date:
circa 1950
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
CTA Howard Street train yards
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View southeast of the CTA tracks (now Purple Line) and the train yard north of the Howard station. A couple cars of the Skokie Swift train (with light green tops) are at the far left. The top of the sign for the Howard Theater (1615-43 West Howard Street) is visible against the sky at the far right.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Greenwood Street at Chicago Avenue, Evanston
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View looking west along Greenwood Street from the intersection with Chicago Avenue. The 1400 Chicago Avenue Apartments are at the right. The viaduct for the CTA elevated tracks (now part of the Purple Line) is in the distance.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Evanston Day Nursery, Evanston
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View of the Evanston Day Nursery at its original location at 1515 Wesley Avenue.
Date:
1956
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Kroch's & Brentano's bookstore, Evanston
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View along the sidewalk on the east side of Sherman Avenue, north of Church Street, with a Kroch's & Brentano's bookstore (1723 Sherman Avenue, Evanston) in the white brick building.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Small businesses, Chicago Avenue, Evanston
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View looking south along the west side of Chicago Avenue, north of Dempster Street in Evanston. Ground level shops and businesses include Ken's barber shop, Vogue Beauty Salon, and Dave's Down To Earth Rock Shop. Each shop has flower boxes installed in front of their storefront windows.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Country Town Precinct Registration Day, Richard J. Daley and others
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At Evanston Village Hall on Country Town Precinct Registration Day. Pictured left to right are: Arthur B. McNeil, Richard J. Daley, and Edith C. Rubo.
Date:
October 10, 1950
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Richard J. Daley at a voting machine event
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Richard J. Daley talks with unidentified women at a voting machine event in Evanston.
Date:
circa 1950
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Contact sheet with 30 photos of union members picketing Jane Addams Hull-House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home
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Contact sheet with 30 photos of union members picketing Jane Addams Hull House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home.
Date:
December 1978
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
State National Bank Building, Evanston
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View of the 22-story State National Bank Building located at 1603 Orrington Avenue at the intersection with Davis Street.
Date:
1984
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
The Main, Chicago Avenue, Evanston
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View of the sign for "The Main"; in the center of the two-story building known by that name. Underneath that, the sign reads "Amazinggrace Presents Jim Post - Corky Siegel; Happy Turkeys!" The Main 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
Sherman Avenue shops, Evanston
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View of the east side of Sherman Avenue just south of the intersection with Clark Street. A three-story building has street-level shops and apartments above. Among the shops visible are Laury's Records, Student Book Exchange, The Dannon Yogurt Store and Bresler's Ice Cream. Diagonal street parking is available in front of the shops.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Houses, Asbury Avenue, Evanston
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View looking northwest along the west side of Asbury Avenue in Evanston. 1120 Asbury is at the left. The white painted nineteenth-century Italianate house in the center of the image is 1124 Asbury Avenue. The intersection with Crain Street is partially visible at the far right.
Date:
1967
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Railroad station and parking lot, Evanston
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View looking northwest from the former Railroad Avenue, located north of Davis Street between Maple and Benson Avenues. The Chicago and North Western railroad station, now the Evanston (Davis Street) Metra station, is at the left. Businesses along Church Street are visible in the distance.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Orrington Avenue at Church Street, Evanston
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View northeast along Orrington Avenue from the intersection with Church Street. The main branch of the Evanston Public Library (1703 Orrington Avenue) is in the foreground at the right. To the left behind that is the McManus Living-Learning Center. In the distance, the Rebecca Crown Center Clock Tower marks a gateway to Northwestern University. The Hotel Orrington is at the left.
Date:
circa 1976; 1961 (Evanston Public Library)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Church Street, Evanston
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View along Church Street between Maple Avenue and the CTA train tracks (Purple Line). A Dominick's grocery store is partially visible at the left, and a parking lot is at the right.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Union members picket Jane Addams Hull-House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home
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Several union members picket Jane Addams Hull House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home; one sign reads "Would Hull House board members work for our salaries?" and another reads "This Adams sure ain't like Jane Addams."
Date:
December 1978
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Union members picket Jane Addams Hull-House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home
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Several union members picket Jane Addams Hull House Association Executive Director Bob Adams' home; one sign reads "Bad Faith at Hull House Assn" and another reads "Social workers deserve more than charity!"
Date:
December 1978
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
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). A corner of the building at 222 Chicago Avenue (Evanston) is visible at the left.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
CTA viaduct and embankment wall, Evanston
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View of the northwest corner of the intersection of Greenwood Street and Sherman Avenue, showing part of the viaduct and concrete wall surrounding the embankment for the elevated CTA tracks (now Purple Line). Graffiti of a raised fist with the text "Right On!" is painted on the embankment wall.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
CTA tracks, Evanston
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View along the at-grade CTA tracks (now Purple Line) north of the Central CTA station in Evanston. The trestle bridge over the North Shore Channel is in the distance.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Avenue, Evanston
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View north along Chicago Avenue from the intersection with Washington Street. The light posts are decorated for the Christmas holiday season.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Maple Avenue, Evanston
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View north along Maple Avenue from just north of the intersection with Church Street. A Dominick's grocery store is partially visible at the far right.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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