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Kalom Drugs, 12th Street and Central Park Avenue
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Jastromba Drugs, 12th Street and Keeler
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


West Ogden Avenue at Homan
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View looking southwest along a stretch of West Ogden Avenue. The intersection with South Homan Avenue is in the middle ground, at the traffic signals. The Mount Tabor Missionary Baptist Church (3358 West Ogden Avenue) is on the right.
Date:
circa 1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Central Park Avenue and elevated train tracks, North Lawndale
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View looking north along South Central Park Avenue towards the Central Park stop on the Douglas Branch elevated train line (later CTA Pink Line.) The intersection with West Ogden Avenue is visible in the distance beyond the viaduct. Late nineteenth-century houses stand at the right.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Ogden Avenue, commercial/ residential buildings
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View of a group of low-rise buildings with street-level commercial space and apartments above, located on the north side of West Ogden Avenue at South Christiana Avenue. A sign on one of the buildings reads "Big 8 Pool Room".
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Sindler Drugs, Pulaski and 21st Street
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Apartment Houses, North Lawndale
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View in winter of a greystone and a brick apartment house on South California Avenue across from Douglas Park. The greystone on the right is located at 1335 South California Avenue.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


North Lawndale, winter street and brick houses
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View in winter looking west along the north side of West 15th Street, just west of the intersection with South Rockwell Street. A row of nineteenth-century brick worker's cottages line the block. The house at the far right is located at 2602 West 15th Street. Kitchen chairs have been placed along the side of the street to save parking spots.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Douglas Boulevard and Baptist Church
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View looking northwest across West Douglas Boulevard towards the Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church (3622 West Douglas Boulevard).
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


South Kedzie at 13th Street, North Lawndale
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View northeast showing buildings along the east side of South Kedzie Avenue, at the intersection with West 13th Street. Lester's Lounge and Pouchies Grocery and Restaurant are located at street level in two of these buildings.
Date:
1970s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Rosen Drugs, Douglas Boulevard and Kedzie
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Apartment houses, South Trumbull Avenue
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View looking north along the west side of South Trumbull Avenue towards West Ogden Avenue. 1950 South Trumbull Avenue is the greystone at the left.
Date:
1970s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Apartment houses, West 15th Place
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View looking west along the north side of West 15th Place at nineteenth century apartment houses between Plamondon School and South Rockwell Street.
Date:
1970s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Greystone houses, Douglas Boulevard
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View of a group of greystone houses on the north side of West Douglas Boulevard, between South Spaulding and South Sawyer Avenues. The red brick building at the far left is located at 3252 West Douglas Boulevard. The greystone next to it on the right is 3250 West Douglas Boulevard.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Douglas Boulevard, North Lawndale
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View in winter along West Douglas Boulevard in North Lawndale, with apartment buildings lining both sides of the boulevard.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Charles P. Tuma Drugs, Cermak Road and Kolin
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Two-flats, North Lawndale
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View in winter of nineteenth-century brick two-flat apartment houses on West 16th Street, east of South California Avenue.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Sears, Roebuck and Company complex
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View of the Sears, Roebuck and Company complex, looking south along South Homan Avenue from just north of the intersection with West Arthington Street.
Date:
circa 1979; 1906 (Sears Administration Building and Sears Merchandise Building Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Ambrose Plamondon Elementary School
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View looking west across West 15th Place at Ambrose Plamondon Elementary School (2642 West 15th Place). Part of Mount Sinai Hospital is visible in the distance on the left.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


A. W. Ballin Pharmacy, 12th Street and Independence
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access


Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center, Olin-Sang Pavilion
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View of the Olin-Sang Pavilion, an addition to the Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center complex, looking southwest along Ogden Avenue towards California Avenue.
Date:
circa 1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


CHA apartment buildings, North Lawndale
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View from Ogden Avenue of Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing apartment buildings on the north side of West Ogden Avenue between South Washtenaw Avenue and South Talman Avenue.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Apartment buildings, Douglas Boulevard, North Lawndale
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View from the wide grassy median towards two story apartment buildings on the north side of West Douglas Boulevard. The intersection with South Central Park Avenue is at the far left.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Ryerson Inc. corporate center, North Lawndale
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View in winter looking east along the north side of West 16th Street from west of the intersection with South Rockwell Street, at the Ryerson Inc. offices and plant. The glass-walled building on the left was an office facility. The Ryerson Inc. plant is in the distance.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Proposal for Lawndale: parks and boulevards
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Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker, highlighting Douglas Park, one of the parks in the city's "Emerald Necklace", the system of boulevards connected to it, and its location adjacent to residential areas.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Douglas Boulevard apartment buildings, North Lawndale
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View in winter of apartment buildings on the north side of West Douglas Boulevard, east of South Central Park Avenue. The greystone on the left is located at 3540 West Douglas Boulevard. 3528 West Douglas Boulevard is partially visible at the far right, with vacant lots between them.
Date:
circa 1979; 1912 (3528 West Douglas Boulevard)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Independence Boulevard
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View looking north along Independence Boulevard from the intersection with West Fillmore Street. A railroad viaduct passes over the boulevard in the distance, and playground equipment stands on the median in front of the viaduct.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access