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Morris Topchevsky drawing "Chicago: End of the Trail"
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Pencil drawing by Hull-House art instructor Morris Topchevsky depicting five Mexican laborers in hats in front of an employment office with several signs in English and Spanish; tall buildings in background
Date:
1925-1930
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Various views and streetscapes (Folder 544)
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Various views and streetscapes, including graffiti on monument at Western and 21st; viaduct mural at Halsted and Kinzie; Barber shop at Wells and Washington; Cabrini Green housing project after rehab; Chagall mosaic in Loop; Coastguard house at locks; Congress and Michigan; Continental bank; Copernicus statue at Adler Planetarium; Daley Plaza; Division and State; Drake Hotel; Drexel Fountain; Fort Sheridan Cemetery; Parking garages; Kemper Building; LaSalle Plaza; LaSalle and Adams; Kozsko Statue; Madison St.; Madison and Wells; 22 W. Madison Building; Marquette Statue; McKinley Park; Michigan Ave. bridge; Michigan Ave. high-rise; New Michigan Hotel (Lexington Hotel); Lake Shore Drive; Outer Drive; Port of Chicago; Presidential Towers; Robie House (exterior painting); "S" curve at Navy Pier; Sears and Hancock Towers; Sherman Hotel; State St.; Stearns Quarry; Stockyards Entrance; Sculpture on Parking Lot; Unidentified interior architecture; United Artists movie theater and intersection; 111 E. Wacker Dr.; Winnipeg (Manitoba) Mall; Winston Towers; WEM; Wolf Point before Apparel Center
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Various buildings (Folder 552)
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Various buildings, including: Lake Street, west from Wabash in 1860 (copy negative print); Lytton Building; Methodist Publishing House; Michael Reese Hospital (model); Michigan Ave. north from Randolph in 1860 (copy negative print); Michigan Avenue National Bank; North Pier Terminal; North Shore Racquet Club (Northbrook IL); Passavant Memorial Hospital; Peabody Hotel (Memphis TN)
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
"The Chicago River" drawing by Vernon Howe Bailey (1908)
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Drawing by Vernon Howe Bailey of the Chicago River, with boats and buildings
Date:
1900-1908
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Various skyline and aerial views (Folder 543)
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Various skyline and aerial views, including snow removal, NW Incinerator, Solid Waste Disposal Facility, water quality tests, Annunzio headquarters
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop skyscrapers
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Aerial view looking southwest from the First National Bank Building (now Chase Tower). At the far left, the spire of the Chicago Board of Trade Building (141 West Jackson) is visible. The top part of 190 South LaSalle Street, with its rooftop gables, is visible near the center of the photograph. Part of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is visible on the upper right of the photograph. 311 South Wacker stands to the left of that. University Hall, on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, is visible in the distance in the top right corner.
Date:
1995; 1930 (Chicago Board of Trade); 1974 (Sears Tower); 1987 (190 South LaSalle); 1990 (311 South Wacker Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Daley billboard at Jackson and Market
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View northwest along West Jackson Blvd. at Market Street (now part of Wacker Drive), looking towards Union Station. A billboard reading "Re-elect Richard J. Daley for County Clerk, Democratic November 2nd" is installed at that intersection.
Date:
circa 1954
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
"Dearborn Street" drawing by Vernon Howe Bailey
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Streetscape by Vernon Howe Bailey of "Dearborn Street," with streetcars, pedestrians, cars, horse-drawn carts, and buildings,
Date:
1904-1908
Collection:
Hull-House Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Nationalities maps
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Collection:
Lawrence J. Gutter Collection of Chicagoana
Access:
Public access
Chicago River and Apparel Center construction
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View to the north along the South Branch of the Chicago River. The West Adams Street bridge runs across the center of the image, and the Apparel Center is visible behind it, under construction. Gateway Center I is partially visible in the left foreground; in the distance on the left is Butler Brothers Warehouse I (now River Center). Part of the Civic Opera Building is visible on the extreme right of the image.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River and Gateway Center
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View looking north along the South Branch of the Chicago River from the West Jackson Boulevard bridge. The West Adams Street bridge runs across the center of the image, and two of the buildings in the Gateway Center complex are behind it on the left. The Butler Brothers Warehouse I (later River Center) is in the distance, with a John Plain & Company sign on its clock tower.
Date:
1969; 1913 (Butler Brothers Warehouse); 1965 (Gateway Center I); 1967 (Gateway Center II, CDW Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
River City
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View of River City (800 South Wells Street), looking southeast from south of West Harrison Street near the South Branch of the Chicago River. The power station on the west bank of the river (301 West Taylor Street) is visible to the right. A corner of the 310 West Polk Building (originally Marshall Field River Warehouse, now demolished) is visible at the far right.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Branch of the Chicago River and Loop skyscrapers
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View looking northeast from the west bank of the South Branch of the Chicago River, south of West Polk Street. On the left is the red brick 310 West Polk Building, occupied by the Cadaco game company at the time of the photograph. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) stands out against the sky.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Wage map
4 Images
Collection:
Lawrence J. Gutter Collection of Chicagoana
Access:
Public access

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