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Wieboldt's Department Store, Evanston
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View east along Church Street from the intersection with Oak Avenue. Wieboldt's department store is on the left.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Marshall Field's store, Evanston
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View of the Marshall Field's department store (807 Church Street), looking northwest across the intersection of Church Street and Sherman Avenue. The Varsity Theatre is visible on the right.
Date:
1984
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sherman Avenue shops, Evanston
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View of shoe stores located in a two-story commercial building on the east side of Sherman Avenue south of Church Street in Evanston. A children's shoe store, the Little Chick Shoe Shop, (1629 Sherman Avenue) is on the right. To its left is the Florsheim Thayer McNeil shoe store.
Date:
1979
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
Church Street and Maple Avenue, Evanston
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View northeast from the intersection of Church Street and Maple Avenue. A Dominick's grocery store and its parking lot occupies the northeast corner of this intersection. Behind this, a CTA train travels along the raised embankment. The tower of the Second Baptist Church is visible behind the train embankment.
Date:
circa 1976
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
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
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
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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