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Bridges and viaducts: 40th St. Bridge; C & Wis RR Viaduct over 70th-71st St.; 92nd St. Bridge; 95th St. Bridge (Folder 102)
115 Images
Bridges and viaducts: 40th St. Bridge; C & Wis RR Viaduct over 70th-71st St.; 92nd St. Bridge; 95th 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.
Date:
1971
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Cargo handling facilities, Calumet River
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View looking southwest along the Calumet River from the East 95th Street bridge. Cargo handling facilities, including an overhead crane and concrete storage silos are visible. The Chicago Skyway runs behind these. A barge is visible in the lower right corner. Transmission towers supporting overhead power lines are silhouetted against the sky.
Date:
circa 1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: various bridges and viaducts (Folder 121)
187 Images
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. This folder includes images of W. Chicago Ave., W. Division St., W. North Ave.,N. Lake Shore Drive (Outer Drive), N. Michigan Ave., N. Wabash Ave., N. State St., N. Dearborn St., N. Clark St., N. La Salle St., N. Halsted St., W. Division St., N. Milwaukee Ave., N. Des Plaines St., W. Erie St., W. Division St., N. Milwaukee Ave., W. Chicago Ave., S. Canal St., S. Ashland Ave., N. Ashland Ave., W. Wacker Dr., E. Wacker Dr., W. Adams St., E. 92 St., E. 95 St., E. 100 St., E. 106 St., S. Torrence Ave., E. 130 St., W. Kinzie St., plaques.
Date:
1973
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation, South Works
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View looking northeast from a location near East 95th Street towards Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation South Works (later United States Steel Corporation South Works).
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Cargo handling facilities, Calumet River
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View looking southwest from the South Ewing Avenue bridge towards cargo handling facilities along the Calumet River. There are barges and a loading dock in the left foreground and overhead cranes are visible to the right behind these. Concrete storage silos and a large gas storage tank are visible at the far right of the photograph. In the background, the Chicago Skyway runs across the image; power lines are visible in the distance behind the Skyway.
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation South Works, Calumet River
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View looking northeast along the Calumet River near its mouth at Lake Michigan. The Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation South Works (later called the United States Steel Corporation South Works) stood on the north bank of the river.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: 23rd St. Viaduct; W. 35th St. Bridge; 55th St. Underpass; 91st. St. Viaduct; 92nd St. Bridge; 100th St. Bridge. (Folder 84)
53 Images
Bridges and viaducts: 23rd St. Viaduct; W. 35th St. Bridge; 55th St. Underpass; 91st. St. Viaduct; 92nd St. Bridge; 100th 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.
Date:
1969
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation, South Works
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View of Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation South Works (later United States Steel Corporation South Works), looking northeast from Lake Michigan at East 95th Street. Rail freight cars loaded with automobiles are visible passing in front of the plant. Piles of industrial waste are in the foreground.
Date:
circa 1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Cargo handling facilities, Calumet River
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View in winter, looking southwest from the East 95th Street bridge towards cargo handling facilities along the Calumet River. Steam rises from the river. The Chicago Skyway runs across the image. There is an overhead crane visible at the left of the image. A large gas storage tank stands out against the sky on the right, and concrete storage silos are visible at the far right. Smokestacks and transmission towers for power lines are visible in the distance.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 40th Ave. Bridge through 130th St. Bridge (Folder 35)
25 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 40th Ave., Bridge (1914); 92nd St. Bridge (undated, 1973 plaque, 1975); 95th St. Bridge (1924, 1952, 1955, 1959, undated); 100th St. Bridge (1927, 1963, undated), 106th St. Bridge (1959, 1975, 1994 [see Box 19, Folder 212 for negatives], undated); 130th St. Bridge (1938, 1948); Inscription of plague Toll bridge here from 1839 to 1843. Gideon Matthew Jackson operated a floating toll bridge which was built of planking and timbers upon the brage principle of construction. Erected by Chicago's Charter Jubilee authenticated by Chicago Historical Society 1937 City of Chciago Incorporated 4TH March 1937.
Date:
1914-1994
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: various bridges and viaducts (Folder 112)
18 Images
These prints 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. This folder includes images of E. 92 St. Bridge, E. 95th St. Bridge, E. 100 St. Bridge, E. 103 St. Bridge, E. 106 St. Bridge, S. Torrence Ave. Bridge.
Date:
1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Community activities, 1972 (Folder 603)
206 Images
Community Activities bring the city's government into the neighborhood. Mayor Richard J. Daley's campaign for a cleaner Chicago reached out to students in Chicago's schools and made them part of the Junior Citizen's Committee for a Cleaner Chicago. 1972 community activities at: John Addams, Annunciata, Bethlehem Lutheran, Orville T. Bright; Grissom; St. Francis de Paula; St. Francis de Sales, and George Washington schools; Armour, Hurley, Nativity of Our Lord, Queen of the Universe schools; Bradwell, Faulkner, Horace Mann, Our Lady of Peace, and St. Bride schools; Joseph Brennemann, Andrew Carnegie, William C. Goudy, Isabelle O'Keefe, St. Cyril, and George B. Swift schools; Bryn Mawr School; Kate S. Buckingham; Charles P. Caldwell, Amelia Earhart, Thomas Hoyne, Mary E. McDowell, St. Aible, St. Bronislava, Thomas Warren schools; Andrew Carnegie School; Henry Clay and St. Columba schools; John N. Eberhart and St. Nicholas of Tolentine schools; Emmanuel Lutheran, Immaculate Conception, Luella, Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Mary Magdalene, Sts. Peter and Paul, Philip H. Sheridan, and William K. Sullivan schools; Matthew S. Gallistel; John L. Marsh; Sacred Heart; St. George, St. Joseph and St. Kevin schools; John Hancock, Francis McKay and St. Adrian schools; Edward N. Hurley and Queen of the Universe schools; Richard Lee, Louis Pasteur, St. Mary Star of the Sea, and St. Turibus schools; Parkside, St. Thomas Apostle and Walter Scott schools; Nativity BVM, Ferdinand W. Peck and Tonti schools; St. Barnabas School and S. California and 74th St.; St. Barnabas; John D. Schoop and Sutherland schools; St. Tarsusis School
Date:
1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts (Folder 120)
138 Images
Bridges and viaducts: S. Wacker Dr. Viaduct; Washington St. Bridge; N. Western Ave. Bridge; 40th St. Viaduct; 71st St. Viaduct over Dan Ryan Expressway; 76th St. Viaduct over Dan Ryan Expressway; 79th St.; 92nd St. Bridge; 130th 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.
Date:
1973
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access

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