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State Street: 151-199 North State (East Side) (Folder 1193)
7 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Adams St. Bridge and Bridge house, and S. Archer Ave. (Folder 2)
9 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Adams St. Bridge (1923, 1925, 1927); Adams St. Bridge, Bridge house (1949) S. Archer Ave. (undated, 1954, 1962)
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Clark St. Viaduct through Dearborn St. Bridge (Folder 38)
27 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Clark St. Viaduct (1942); S. Damen Ave. Bridge (1931); S. Damen Ave. Viaduct (1963, undated); Dearborn St. Bridge (very early drawings); Dearborn St. Bridge (1962)
Date:
1931-1963
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Moveable bridges of Chicago (Folder 59)
246 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.
Date:
1994
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Cityscape with Hertz sign and John Hancock Center
Image Image
View from Outer Drive (North Lake Shore Drive) with large Hertz Rent A Car sign and the John Hancock Center against the sky.
Date:
1971; 1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Hertz sign and John Hancock Center
Image Image
Large Hertz Rent A Car sign located along Outer Drive (North Lake Shore Drive) at the Chicago River, with the John Hancock Center on the right.
Date:
1971; 1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Stores on South State Street
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View of street-level storefronts on the west side of State Street just north of 36 South State Street.
Date:
1987
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center
Image Image
View of the atrium of the James R. Thompson center in 1986.
Date:
1986; 1979-1985 (James R. Thompson Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: N. Halsted St. Viaduct through Jackson Blvd. Viaduct (Folder 41)
29 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: N. Halsted St. Viaduct (rendering, 1960); Harrison St. Bridge (1940, 1958); Jackson Blvd. Bridge (1953); Jackson Blvd. Viaduct (over Kennedy) (1958)
Date:
1940-1960
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Theater and Marshall Field's store
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View looking south along the east side of North State Street, when the State Street Mall existed and the street was closed to automobile traffic. The Chicago Theater (175 North State Street) with its iconic sign is on the left. At the time, the musical "Kiss of the Spider Woman" starring Chita Rivera was playing there. The Marshall Field and Company Store (now Macy's State Street) is visible to the right of the theater.
Date:
1995; 1914 (Marshall Field and Company Building); 1921 (Chicago Theater)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Theater Sign
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View of the sign for the Chicago Theater with 35 East Wacker Drive (Jewelers' Building) visible at the upper left.
Date:
1980; 1921 (Chicago Theater)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Thanksgiving Parade crowd in front of Chicago Theater
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View looking across the State Street Mall near the Chicago Theater. A crowd has gathered for the Thanksgiving Parade.
Date:
1980; 1921 (Chicago Theater)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center
Image Image
View of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center). Jean Dubuffet's sculpture "Monument with Standing Beast" stands on the plaza outside the building. The Greyhound Bus sign is also prominently visible.
Date:
1985; 1979-1985 (State of Illinois Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Theater and Marshall Field's store
Image Image
View looking south along the east side of North State Street, when the State Street Mall closed that part of State Street to automobile traffic. The Chicago Theater (175 North State Street) with its iconic sign is on the left. At the time, the musical "Kiss of the Spider Woman" starring Chita Rivera was playing there. The Marshall Field and Company Store (now Macy's State Street) is visible to the right of the theater.
Date:
1995; 1914 (Marshall Field and Company Building); 1921 (Chicago Theater)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Illuminated neon signs, North Clark Street
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View of a cluster of illuminated neon signs on building facades, including a bathhouse, a movie house marquee, Hotel Planters (19 North Clark Street, now demolished), and the Bamboo Inn Restaurant (11 N. Clark Street, demolished.)
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Theater
Image Image
View of the Chicago Theater on North State Street. The marquee advertises Steve Martin's film "The Jerk".
Date:
1980; 1921 (Chicago Theater)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Randolph Street from State Street
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View of Randolph Street from State Street including the Ford Center for Performing Arts Oriental Theater. The marquee for the Woods Theater (demolished in 1989) is in the distance at the left.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: N. State St. Bridge Torrece Ave. Bridge (Folder 31)
26 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: N. State St. Bridge (undated, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1949, 1956 copy of Plaque, 1972, 1973 bridge plaques); Throop St. Bridge (1977); Torrence Ave. Bridge (1935 1936, 1937 bridge house interior, 1938, 1956, undated)
Date:
1941-1977
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Archer Ave. Bridge through California Ave. Bridge and various images (Folder 36)
18 Images
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Bridget, the Bridge Mascot (1942); Bascule Bridge model (1942); Chicago before bridges (Indian rendering, undated, copy negative); Aerial photos over South Branch of Chicago River (undated); Aerial photo over main branch of Chicago (undated); Archer Ave. Bridge (1964); Argyle St. Bridge (1964); Ashland and Medill (1954); Balbo Ave. Viaduct (undated); Belmont Ave. (viaduct over Kennedy expressway) (1959); California Ave. Bridge (1954)
Date:
1942-1964
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Wabash Avenue with Don Roth's Blackhawk Restaurant
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View along North Wabash Avenue, with the sign for Don Roth's Blackhawk Restaurant (139 North Wabash) prominently visible.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Dearborn St. Bridge through Franklin-Orleans St. Bridge (Folder 39)
28 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Dearborn St. Bridge (1963); Division St. Bridge (1964 [ trash dumping], 1968); Franklin-Orleans St. Bridge (1935, 1953)
Date:
1935-1963
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access

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13 Cities and towns 11 Architecture 7 Theaters 6 Advertising 6 Commercial art 5 Streets 4 Iron and steel workers 4 Movable bridges--Design and construction 3 Concrete bridges 3 Construction and demolition debris 3 Elevated highways 3 Skyscrapers 3 Stores, Retail 3 Truck-mounted cranes 3 Viaducts 2 Aerial photographs 2 Barges 2 Bridges--Design and construction 2 City traffic 2 Commercial buildings 2 Construction workers 2 Pavements, Concrete 2 Pedestrian areas 2 Reinforced concrete 2 Restaurants 2 Road work zones 2 Stairs 2 Street lighting 2 Streetscapes (Urban design) 2 Viaducts--Design and construction 2 Wooden beams 1 Accidents 1 Aerial photogrammetry 1 Anchors 1 Architectural design 1 Architectural ironwork 1 Automobiles 1 Benches 1 Billboards 1 Boats and boating 1 Bridge railings 1 Bridges--Design and construction--Equipment and supplies 1 Buildings 1 Buses 1 Cables 1 Cement mixers 1 Children 1 City planning 1 Clothing trade 1 Columns, Concrete 1 Concrete bridges--Corrosion 1 Concrete bridges--Foundations and piers--Corrosion 1 Concrete construction 1 Construction equipment 1 Control boards (Electrical engineering) 1 Control rooms 1 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 1 Drawing 1 Drums (Containers) 1 Escalators 1 Excavating machinery 1 Expansion joints 1 Factories 1 Footbridges 1 Foundations 1 Hand-railing 1 Hoisting machinery 1 Hotels 1 Housing 1 Iron and steel bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges--Design and construction 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Landscape architecture 1 Landscapes 1 Lighting 1 Loaders (Machines) 1 Local transit stations 1 Machine industry 1 Mascots 1 Motion picture theaters 1 Movable bridges 1 Parades 1 Parking meters 1 Pavements, Asphalt 1 Pedestrians 1 Pencil drawing 1 Plates, Iron and steel--Welding 1 Play 1 Public art 1 Public buildings 1 Public works 1 Railing 1 Railroad bridges 1 Railroads 1 Refuse and refuse disposal 1 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 1 Riparian areas 1 River channels 1 Rivers 1 Road construction workers 1 Roads 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 1 Roads--Work zones 1 Scaffolding 1 Sculpture 1 Ships 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Soil stabilization 1 Steel I-beams 1 Steel construction 1 Steel, Structural 1 Steel--Corrosion 1 Street life 1 Street-railroads 1 Structural steel workers 1 Tall buildings 1 Teenagers 1 Telephone lines 1 Traffic safety 1 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 1 Underpasses 1 Watchtowers 1 Windows