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Aerial views of Chicago River and bridges: Chicago River jackknife bridges (Folder 1)
9 Images
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses
Date
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1952-1957
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
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Public access
Grant Park railroad yards and Loop buildings
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View from the railroad yards in Grant Park toward Michigan Avenue and Loop high-rise buildings. At the left behind the trees is the Michigan Avenue National Bank Building (Michigan Boulevard Building), with the Chicago Public Library (Chicago Cultural Center) next to it to the right. Behind that is the United Insurance Building (1 E. Wacker).
Date
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1975; 1914 (Michigan Avenue National Bank Building); 1962 (United Insurance Building)
Collection
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C. William Brubaker Collection
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Public access
Auditorium building from Grant Park railroad yards
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View towards the Auditorium building and adjacent Michigan Avenue buildings from over the railway yards in Grant Park.
Date
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1972; 1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection
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C. William Brubaker Collection
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Public access
Bridges and viaducts (Folder 122)
222 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Argyle Ave. Bridge; Cermak Rd. Bridge; Cermak Rd. Bridge, Tug; Clark St. Bridge; Coast Guard Drive; Columbus Dr. Bridge; Congress St. Bridge; Damen Ave. Bridge; S. Damen Ave.Viaduct at 37th St.; Dearborn St. Bridge; Des Plaines St. Viaduct. 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
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1974
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
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Public access
Hubbard Street Railway Yard and Near North Side
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View from the Hubbard Street Yard of the Chicago & North Western Railway, with the Near North Side skyline beyond. On the left is the John Sexton Building, then a warehouse but now condominiums. Behind that is the John Hancock Center.
Date
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1970; 1917 (John Sexton Building); 1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection
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C. William Brubaker Collection
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Public access
Bridges and viaducts: various bridges and viaducts (Folder 116)
110 Images
Many of the 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 N. Dearborn St. Bridge; Dearborn St. Bridge; Des Plaines St. Viaduct; Forest Glen Ave. Bridge.
Date
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1973
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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Public access
Michigan Avenue from railroad yards in Grant Park
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View of the Michigan Avenue "streetwall" from the railway yards in Grant Park. Illinois Central railway cars are in the foreground. The Congress Hotel is in the distance, and the Auditorium Building is next to it to the right.
Date
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1972
Collection
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C. William Brubaker Collection
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Public access
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James S. Parker Collection
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Chicago River (Chicago, Ill.)
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Fulton River District (Chicago, Ill.)
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Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002
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Copelin Commercial Photographers
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color slides
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color negatives (photographic)
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negatives (photographs)
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photographic prints
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Architecture
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Movable bridges
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Bridges--Abutments
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Railroad tracks
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