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Kalom Drugs, 12th Street and Central Park Avenue
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Image
Date
:
1955
Collection
:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Jastromba Drugs, 12th Street and Keeler
Image
Image
Date
:
1955
Collection
:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Teenagers outside Marcy Center next to oversize Bible
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Image
Group of teenagers standing outside the Marcy Center next to an oversized replica of the Holy Bible, with the cover open to show an illustration.
Date
:
1939
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Women in the Marcy Center Clinic Dispensary Waiting Room
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Image
Large group of women waiting in the Marcy Center Clinic Dispensary waiting room.
Date
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c. 1940
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Teenage boy working on drill press in workroom
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Image
Teenage boy working on project on drill press in workroom
Date
:
1943
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Women and teenage girls working on sewing projects
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Image
Two women and two teenage girls work on sewing projects with a Singer treadle sewing machine. One woman is trying on a skirt while a teen adjusts the hem.
Date
:
c. 1950
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Boys working in craft shop
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Image
Boys working in craft shop with a man assisting.
Date
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October 1, 1956
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Boys in the game room
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Image
Boys playing ping-pong and working on arts and crafts projects in the game room.
Date
:
1945
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Harriet Seeds watering plants outside Marcy Center
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Image
Harriet Seeds, House Mother, watering plants outside Marcy Center.
Date
:
1932
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Vacation Bible School members outside Marcy Center
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Image
Large group of Daily Vacation Bible School members and instructors gathered outside the Marcy Center.
Date
:
1935
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Teenagers holding basketball trophies
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Image
Teenagers holding basketball trophies stand behind card tables with trophies on them.
Date
:
c. 1960
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Clean Up Corps, Marcy Center
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Image
Group of young boys pose with buckets and mops outside Marcy Center, as part of the Clean Up Corps working on neighborhood beautification.
Date
:
1942
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Woman and children waiting in the Marcy Center Clinic
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Image
A group of children and a mother with a child seated next to her wait in the Marcy Center Clinic.
Date
:
c. 1960
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Boy with drum leading children in Marcy Center playground
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Image
A young boy with a drum leads a group of small children through the Marcy Center playground with a teacher strolling behind. Children included in the picture are: Maurice Bright, drummer, Renee Damper and Irwin Clark, Kevin Howell, Bruce Doublas, and Anthony Blair.
Date
:
c. 1960
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Men with poster showing annual Marcy Center fundraising totals
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Image
Three men standing next to a poster showing annual fundraising totals for the Marcy Center, with one man handing a check to another.
Date
:
1967
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Adult Education class with Miss Peterson
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Image
A man and woman receive instruction from Miss Peterson in an adult education class.
Date
:
1942
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
May Breakfast, 1962
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Image
Six tables of volunteers and guests eating inside a decorated gymnasium at the 1962 May Breakfast, in honor of "Berta".
Date
:
May 15, 1962
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Children playing shuffleboard on a sidewalk
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Image
Children and teenagers playing shuffleboard on a sidewalk between brick buildings and a playground, with other children watching from behind a fence.
Date
:
c. 1940
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Women in front of building in the snow
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Image
Group of nine women wearing winter coats stand in front of a building in the snow.
Date
:
c. 1925
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
West Ogden Avenue at Homan
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Image
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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Image
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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Image
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
Apartment buildings, 15th Place, North Lawndale
Image
Image
View in winter of nineteenth-century apartment houses along the north side of West 15th Place, between Plamondon School and South Rockwell Street. 2630 West 15th Place is at the far left.
Date
:
1979
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Ogden Blvd and Albany Ave, Image 06
Image
Image
Ogden Avenue; Albany Avenue. Looking north. Photograph was taken at 10:00 AM.
Date
:
1936-01-20
Collection
:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access
:
Public access
A. W. Ballin Pharmacy, 12th Street and Independence
Image
Image
Date
:
1955
Collection
:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Sindler Drugs, Pulaski and 21st Street
Image
Image
Date
:
1955
Collection
:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
Galler's Pharmacy, 16th Street and Kolin
Image
Image
Date
:
1955
Collection
:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access
:
Public access
The Story of Marcy Center pamphlet
Image
Image
Cover of "The Story of Marcy Center" pamphlet telling the history and purpose of Marcy Center. Written by Rosie Drexler, a young woman from the neighborhood. The cover photograph is of Rosie Drexler.
Date
:
c. 1930
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Adults taking notes in a class
Image
Image
Four adults seated in classroom chairs taking notes. Another adult, probably a teacher, stands in front of them.
Date
:
c. 1960
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Teenage girls rolling out dough in a kitchen
Image
Image
Group of teenage girls rolling out dough in a kitchen.
Date
:
c. 1960
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Teenage boys on a ramp outside a camp building
Image
Image
Group of teenage and younger boys standing on a wooden ramp in front of a camp building.
Date
:
c. 1930
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Teenagers practicing dance steps
Image
Image
Four African American teen girls and a young man practice dance steps.
Date
:
c. 1960
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Children and teenagers boarding a bus for a field trip
Image
Image
Children and teenagers boarding a bus for a summer field trip.
Date
:
c. 1960
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Teacher reading book to children
Image
Image
Group of five African American students listen as a teacher reads to them from a picture book.
Date
:
c. 1960
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Dr. Lucinda Rita examining boy's ear, Marcy Center Clinic
Image
Image
Dr. Lucinda Rita using an instrument to examine a young teen boy's ear during a school medical exam at the Marcy Center Clinic.
Date
:
1961
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Costumed children in the "Pied Piper of Hamlin"
Image
Image
Group of children cast in a production of the "Pied Piper of Hamlin" pose in costume on stage at the Rock River Conference Gymnasium in Marcy Center.
Date
:
1939
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Marcy Center volunteers and neighborhood residents
Image
Image
Group of Marcy Center volunteers and neighborhood residents posing in the street.
Date
:
c. 1960
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Reading newsletter in adult education class
Image
Image
Group in an adult education class reading and discussing a newsletter.
Date
:
1942
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Medical clinic patients in waiting room with a nurse
Image
Image
Three patients at the medical clinic speak with a nurse in the clinic's waiting room.
Date
:
1942
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Children playing on the Marcy Center playground
Image
Image
Group of children wearing coats and hats play on the Marcy Center playground during kindergarten recess.
Date
:
c. 1940
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
English Party
Image
Image
Group of adults and a child behind a table with cookies and samovar tea urn at an English party.
Date
:
c. 1942
Collection
:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access
:
Public access
Apartment Houses, North Lawndale
Image
Image
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
Vacant land on Roosevelt Road, North Lawndale
Image
Image
View looking northeast from West Roosevelt Road at vacant land between South Homan and South Kedzie Avenues. The building in the distance on the far left is the Chicago Police Department Tech Lab (3340 West Fillmore Street). To the right of it, one of the buildings of the former Sears complex is visible.
Date
:
circa 1979
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
George W. Collins High School
Image
Image
View from the parking lot towards George W. Collins High School (later Collins Academy High School), 1313 South Sacramento Drive. The school is located within Douglas Park.
Date
:
circa 1979
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Douglas Park and Roosevelt Road
Image
Image
View in winter from Douglas Park, looking towards apartment buildings along West Roosevelt Road. The intersection of Roosevelt Road and South Francisco Avenue is near the center of the photograph. Playground equipment is visible in the park, behind the trees.
Date
:
circa 1979
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Proposal for Lawndale: industrial areas
Image
Image
Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker, showing industrial areas in Lawndale.
Date
:
1979
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Proposal for Lawndale: public transportation
Image
Image
Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker, showing public transportation service in Lawndale.
Date
:
1979
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Proposal for Lawndale: Title Page
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Image
Hand-lettered title page by C. William Brubaker for a proposal for Lawndale, developed by the Mayor's Architectural Advisory Committee. The title reads: "Lawndale: Look What It Has Going For It; A Review Of The Physical Environment.
Date
:
1979
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Proposal for Lawndale: shopping center
Image
Image
Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker, showing the location of a proposed shopping center at West Roosevelt Road and South Kedzie Avenue.
Date
:
1979
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Lead contamination inspection and testing, 1611 S. Ridgeway
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Image
Three unidentified men inspecting the kitchen of a home at 1611 S. Ridgeway Avenue for lead poison contaminants.
Date
:
1971
Collection
:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access
:
Public access
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Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002
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Chicago Park District (Chicago, Ill.). Traffic Engineering Section
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Kaufmann & Fabry Co.
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Adolph Pressler
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