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North Michigan Avenue at Superior Street
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View looking northwest across North Michigan Avenue towards the intersection with East Superior Street. At the upper left is the Central Life Building (North Central Life Insurance Building, 720 North Michigan Avenue). To its right, the Water Tower Hyatt House hotel (originally Water Tower Inn, now demolished) is partially visible.
Date:
1976; 1924 (Central Life Building); 1962 (Water Tower Inn)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Wells Street from West Evergreen Avenue
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View looking north along the east side of North Wells Street from the intersection of West Evergreen Avenue. The Bijou Theater, a gay adult venue at 1349 North Wells Street, and the Over 21 store next to it are now closed.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Avenue businesses near Damen Avenue
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View of two- and three-story buildings along the north side of West Chicago Avenue, with businesses on the ground floor and apartments above. A three-story red brick building with Stefano's restaurant on the ground level stands at the intersection with North Damen Avenue. The Victory Building (2006 West Chicago Avenue) stands to the left of Stefano's.
Date:
1970; 1916 (Victory Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 5 (Folder 55)
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Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 5 (1966)
Date:
1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bittersweet Place (Folder 11)
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High-rise apartment buildings, located at 732 Bittersweet Place
Date:
1952
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Cornelia Avenue (Folder 33)
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Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
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Public access
Foster Avenue: Anderson Medical Building (Folder 51)
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Exteior view of Anderson Medical Building, 2760 West Foster Avenue
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Columbus Hospital, 2548 North Lakeview Avenue (Folder 91)
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Columbus Hospital, 2548 North Lakeview Avenue
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
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Public access
The Hupmobile exhibit at A Century of Progress International Exhibition, 1933-1934.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
World's largest automobile at the Studebaker exhibit
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Tourists posing in the car they drove from New Orleans to the Fair
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Left to right are: Michael S. Silvestri, Office L.C. Segele, Gasper A. Silvestri, Gasper J. Silvestri, and Charles A. Dupaquier.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Concept drawing for the Ford Building
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Chrysler Motors Building at night
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Jelinek Drugs, Cermak Road and Damen
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Galler's Pharmacy, 16th Street and Kolin
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Westchester National Park & Shop
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Snyder Drugs, Burlington Avenue, La Grange
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Stineway Drugs, La Grange Plaza shopping center
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Paden's Drugs, Brookfield
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Walgreens Drugs, Washington Street, Hinsdale
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Walgreens Drugs, Devon & Talcott Shopping Center, Park Ridge
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Southport Avenue and Southport CTA station
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View north along the west side of North Southport Avenue from the intersection with West Roscoe Street. The Southport CTA station is atop the elevated train tracks which cross above Southport Avenue; the entrance to the station is under the tracks.
Date:
1975
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
Wilson Avenue west of Wilson CTA station
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View looking west along the north side of West Wilson Avenue from the intersection with North Clifton Avenue. Businesses include a Goodwill store, Alhelp (a day labor agency), a bar, a check cashing shop, and the Bachelor Hotel.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago and North Western Railroad station and Wheaton Center apartments
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View of the then-new Chicago and North Western Railroad station in downtown Wheaton, with the Wheaton Center apartment complex visible behind it.
Date:
1975 (Wheaton Center apartments)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Illinois Central Electric Station, Harvey, Illinois
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View northeast along Park Avenue from the intersection with East 155th Street. The IC (Illinois Central) Electric station is in the middle distance and atop the raised embankment at the right.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East 154th Street and Center Avenue, Harvey, Illinois
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View looking east along East 154th Street from the intersection with Center Avenue. Bastar's Jewelry store and the Uptown Shoe Store are on the north side of the street, and the First National Bank in Harvey is in a modern building at the right. The elevated Illinois Central Railroad tracks are visible in the distance.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
"The Main", Chicago Avenue, Evanston
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View looking northeast across Chicago Avenue at "The Main", a two-story building with ground-level businesses and shops, and office space above. The building was at the time home to the music venue Amazinggrace, and the restaurant The Main Cafe (835 Chicago Avenue). On the second story above the restaurant, a large banner proclaims "Congressman Mikva!" The building, demolished in 2007, formerly 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
Benson Avenue, Evanston
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View looking north along Benson Avenue towards Emerson Street, from the intersection with Church Street. A raised embankment for the CTA tracks is at the left, with adjacent on-street parking along Benson Avenue. The tower of the Second Baptist Church (1717 Benson Avenue) is visible at the right.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Greystone houses, Drexel Boulevard
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Greystone houses in derelict condition on the west side of South Drexel Boulevard. East 42nd Place intersects immediately to the right of the last house on the right.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Milwaukee Avenue, Wicker Park
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View looking northwest along North Milwaukee Avenue towards the Northwest Tower (Coyote Building), which stands at the intersection with North Avenue. Part of the People's Gas Light & Coke Company building (1520 North Milwaukee Avenue) is visible at the far left. Lubinski Furniture occupied the building at the time of the photograph.
Date:
1982
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Residential street, West Ridge
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View of apartment buildings and houses in the residential area west of North Western Avenue, near West Peterson Avenue.
Date:
1967
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rear of apartment buildings and houses
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View of the rear of brick apartment buildings and nineteenth-century houses, with laundry hung up outside on clotheslines.
Date:
1963
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Alley, West Washington Boulevard
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View of cars in parking lots and the rear of aging brick buildings from an alley along West Washington Boulevard.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Commercial area, West Cermak Road
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View in winter looking east along West Cermak Road from the intersection with South California Avenue. Part of the Stach Rexall Pharmacy (2756 West Cermak Road) is visible at the far left. Numerous other businesses line both sides of the street, including a hardware store, shoe store and liquor store.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Greenstone Church
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View looking northeast at the front of the Greenstone Church, a Romanesque Revival style church located at 11211 South St. Lawrence Avenue, on the southeast corner of the intersection with East 112th Street.
Date:
circa 1972; 1881 (Greenstone Church)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Sheridan Road at West Devon Avenue
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View looking north on North Sheridan Road from the intersection with West Devon Avenue. An apartment building at 6415 North Sheridan Road is at the right. To its left is The Granada Theatre (demolished, formerly 6427-41 North Sheridan Road). In the distance on the left, the elevated tracks for the CTA Red Line are visible.
Date:
1982; 1970 (6415 North Sheridan Road)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, North Winthrop Avenue
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View of apartment buildings on the east side of North Winthrop Avenue, north of West Ardmore Avenue. 5825 North Winthrop Avenue is on the left, and 5821 North Winthrop is partially visible on the right.
Date:
1980; 1907 (5821 North Winthrop Avenue); 1909 (5825 North Winthrop Avenue)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, North Kenmore Avenue
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View looking northeast along the east side of North Kenmore Avenue between West Thorndale Avenue and West Glenlake Avenue. The Colony Apartments (6001 North Kenmore Avenue) are on the right. Next on the left is to 6007 North Kenmore Avenue, and next again to the left is 6011 North Kenmore Avenue.
Date:
1980; 1958 (6007 North Kenmore Avenue); 1969 (Colony Apartments, 6001 North Kenmore Avenue; 6011 North Kenmore Avenue)
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
East Erie Street at Rush Street
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View to west along East Erie Street. The Metropolitan Sanitary District of Chicago building (100 East Erie Street) is at the right behind the trees. The intersection with North Rush Street is visible where the stop sign stands. The lower part of the Chez Paul restaurant (660 North Rush Street) is visible in the distance to the right of the stop sign.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East Erie Street, near Rush Street
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View along the north side of East Erie Street, from west of the intersection with North Rush Street. The side facade of the nineteenth-century former residence of Robert Hall McCormick (660 North Rush Street) is on the extreme left. The top part of 100 East Erie Street is visible behind it to the right.
Date:
1976; 1875 (Robert Hall McCormick House)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Drawing of electrically driven globe in 'Ford World' exhibit in New World's Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Pelikan Drugs, 12th Street and Home
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Grosse Pharmacy, Ogden Avenue at Joliet, Lyons
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Snyder Drugs, Burlington Avenue, La Grange
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Cech's Drugs, La Grange
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Paden's Drugs and Fisher's Drugs, Brookfield
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Musket and Henriksen Drugs, Austin and Irving Park Road
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
CTA elevated tracks, Evanston
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View of a CTA train running along the track (now Purple Line) atop a raised berm in Evanston. A concrete wall borders the sidewalk.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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229 Streets 207 Cities and towns 139 Architecture 88 Stores, Retail 66 Drugstores 47 Apartment houses 47 Parking lots 44 Commercial buildings 37 Commercial strips 36 Storefronts 30 Signs and signboards 24 Railroads, Elevated 19 Local transit 16 Restaurants 13 Railroad stations 12 Housing, Single family 11 Shopping centers 11 Streetscapes (Urban design) 10 Industrial buildings 9 Dwellings 9 Exhibitions 8 Exhibition buildings 8 Pedestrians 7 Bank buildings 7 Industrial districts 7 Office buildings 7 Politicians 7 Railroad cars 7 Trucks 6 Buildings 6 Buildings--Remodeling for other use 6 High-rise apartment buildings 6 Parking garages 6 Politics and government 6 Row houses 5 Billboards 5 Commercial art 5 Embankments 5 Parades & processions 5 Rivers 5 Sidewalks 5 Street photography 4 Buses 4 Church buildings 4 Concrete masonry 4 Factories 4 Fourth of July celebrations 4 Movable bridges 4 Outdoor photography 4 Railroad tracks 4 Roads 4 Skyscrapers 4 Street lighting 4 Viaducts 4 Warehouses 3 Aerial photographs 3 Antiques 3 Boards of trade 3 Boats and boating 3 City traffic 3 Community development, Urban 3 Driveways 3 Footbridges 3 Hotels 3 Landscape architecture 3 Public housing 3 Refuse and refuse disposal 3 Shopping malls 3 Steel industry and trade 3 Street-railroads 3 Tall buildings 3 Trees 3 Waterfronts 3 Wooden beams 2 Advertising 2 Automobile racing 2 Barges 2 Bars (Drinking establishments) 2 Basements 2 Bridge railings 2 Chevrolet automobile 2 College campuses 2 Columns, Concrete 2 Concrete walls 2 Condominiums 2 Construction workers 2 Courtyards 2 Drums (Containers) 2 Dwarfs (Persons) 2 Elevated highways 2 Express Roads 2 Financial institutions 2 Floors, Concrete 2 Health facilities 2 Hospital buildings 2 Houses, Single family 2 Housing 2 Iron and steel workers 2 Landscapes 2 Lighting 2 Movable bridges--Design and construction 2 Parking meters 2 Pavements, Concrete 2 Railroad crossings 2 Railroads 2 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 2 Rites and ceremonies 2 Service stations 2 Show windows 2 Soil stabilization 2 Stairs 2 Tanks 2 Traffic safety 2 Traffic signs and signals 2 Vacant lands 2 Watchtowers 2 Windows 1 Abandoned buildings 1 Antique and classic cars 1 Architectural design 1 Architectural ironwork 1 Automobile Showrooms 1 Automobile graveyards 1 Automobiles, Steam 1 Automobiles--Models 1 Banks and banking 1 Beauty contestants 1 Benches 1 Boilers 1 Brick walls 1 Bricks 1 Bridges 1 Brush 1 Building 1 Building, Brick 1 Cables 1 Ceilings 1 Chauffeurs 1 Children 1 Chimneys 1 Chrysler automobile 1 City council members 1 City planning 1 Civic improvement 1 Clinics 1 Coal-tar products 1 College buildings 1 Community health services 1 Company towns 1 Concrete 1 Concrete beams 1 Concrete bridges 1 Concrete-Corrosion 1 Condominium 1 Construction 1 Construction Industry 1 Construction and demolition debris 1 Containers 1 Contests 1 Courthouses 1 Crowds 1 Dampness in basements 1 Dampness in buildings 1 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 1 Dedication services 1 Docks 1 Doorways 1 Dormitories 1 Drainage pipes 1 Drawing 1 Electric cables 1 Electric circuit-breakers 1 Electric conductors 1 Electric light fixtures 1 Electric lighting 1 Electric meters 1 Electric power systems 1 Electric wiring 1 Engines 1 Express highways 1 Facades 1 Factories--Location 1 Factories--Restrooms 1 Fairs 1 Farm produce 1 Fire hose 1 Flags 1 Foundations 1 Freight cars 1 Garage doors 1 Garages 1 Gas cylinders--Storage 1 Globes 1 Grandstands 1 Gravel 1 Hand-railing 1 Heating-pipes 1 High-rise apartment buildings--Design and construction 1 Historical reenactments 1 Holidays 1 Hospitals (buildings for health facility) 1 Housing development 1 Human services 1 Human settlements 1 Iron and Steel Bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Loading and unloading 1 Local transit stations 1 Lockers 1 Manufacturing industries 1 Metal containers 1 Metal doors 1 One-way streets 1 Passenger trains 1 Pavements 1 Pavements, Asphalt 1 Pavements, Brick 1 Plague 1 Plank roads 1 Play 1 Plymouth automobile 1 Police 1 Power-plants 1 Produce trade 1 Public buildings--Restrooms 1 Public schools 1 Racetracks (Automobile racing) 1 Radiators 1 Railing 1 Reinforced concrete 1 Reinforcing bars 1 Religious facilities 1 Riparian areas 1 Road work zones 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections. 1 Roof drainage 1 Roof gutters 1 Salt boxes 1 Scaffolding 1 School buildings 1 Schools 1 Seed crops 1 Seepage 1 Ships 1 Shrubs 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Social service 1 Spectators 1 Steam-engines 1 Steam-heating 1 Steel I-beams 1 Storage facilities 1 Stores & shops 1 Streestscapes (Urban design) 1 Street life 1 Studebaker automobile 1 Teenagers 1 Telephone lines 1 Theaters 1 Tires 1 Toll roads 1 Tourism 1 Traffic 1 Traffic flow 1 Traffic regulations 1 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 1 Truck trailers 1 Tunnels 1 Underpasses 1 Universities and colleges 1 Utility meters 1 Viaducts - Design and Construction 1 Warnings 1 Water-pipes--Valves 1 Women 1 Wood 1 Wooden doors 1 Wooden fences 1 Wooden stairs