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Various views and streetscapes (Folder 544)
424 Images
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
Bridges and viaducts: 40th St. Bridge; C & Wis RR Viaduct over 70th-71st St.; 92nd St. Bridge; 95th St. Bridge (Folder 102)
115 Images
Bridges and viaducts: 40th St. Bridge; C & Wis RR Viaduct over 70th-71st St.; 92nd St. Bridge; 95th St. Bridge. 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:
1971
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: 100th St. Bridge; 106th St. Bridge (Folder 103)
137 Images
Bridges and viaducts: 100th St. Bridge; 106th St. Bridge. 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:
1971
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Ewing Avenue at East 96th Street
Image Image
View in winter looking northwest along South Ewing Avenue from the intersection with East 96th Street. The house in the foreground on the right is 9553 South Ewing Avenue; 9543 South Ewing is visible to its left. On the left side of the photograph a two-flat apartment building and a bar (9523 South Ewing) are visible. An advertisement for Schenley whiskey is painted on the side wall of the bar. It reads "Discover whipped-in smoothness!"
Date:
1972; 1905 (9553 South Ewing Avenue and 9543 South Ewing Avenue)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Skyway and State Line Power Plant
Image Image
View in winter looking east towards the State Line Power Plant, from underneath the Chicago Skyway.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Cargo handling facilities, Calumet River
Image Image
View looking southwest along the Calumet River from the East 95th Street bridge. Cargo handling facilities, including an overhead crane and concrete storage silos are visible. The Chicago Skyway runs behind these. A barge is visible in the lower right corner. Transmission towers supporting overhead power lines are silhouetted against the sky.
Date:
circa 1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 106th Street, Image 02
Image Image
Avenue "L" 106th Street. Looking east.
Date:
1937-03-22
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 105th Street, Image 02
Image Image
Avenue "L" 105th Street. Looking east.
Date:
1937-03-22
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 104th Street, Image 02
Image Image
Avenue "L" 104th Street. Looking west.
Date:
1937-03-22
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 103rd Street, Image 02
Image Image
Avenue "L" 103rd Street. Looking east.
Date:
1937-03-22
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: various bridges and viaducts (Folder 113)
232 Images
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. This folder includes images of E. 95th St. Bridge; 100th St. Bridge ; 106th St. Bridge; 130th St. & S. Halsted; State St., Lake Shore Drive. Outer Drive (Ogden Slip).
Date:
1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Houses and three-flats, East Side
Image Image
View in winter of the rear of houses and three-flats in the residential area located between South Ewing Avenue and the Calumet River.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 101st Street, Image 01
Image Image
Avenue "L; 101st Street. Looking north.
Date:
1937-03-22
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: various bridges and viaducts (Folder 121)
187 Images
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. This folder includes images of W. Chicago Ave., W. Division St., W. North Ave.,N. Lake Shore Drive (Outer Drive), N. Michigan Ave., N. Wabash Ave., N. State St., N. Dearborn St., N. Clark St., N. La Salle St., N. Halsted St., W. Division St., N. Milwaukee Ave., N. Des Plaines St., W. Erie St., W. Division St., N. Milwaukee Ave., W. Chicago Ave., S. Canal St., S. Ashland Ave., N. Ashland Ave., W. Wacker Dr., E. Wacker Dr., W. Adams St., E. 92 St., E. 95 St., E. 100 St., E. 106 St., S. Torrence Ave., E. 130 St., W. Kinzie St., plaques.
Date:
1973
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 110th Street, Image 03
Image Image
Avenue "L" 110th Street. Looking north.
Date:
1939-04-24
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 102nd Street, Image 04
Image Image
Avenue "L" 102nd Street. Looking south.
Date:
1939-04-24
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 109th Street, Image 01
Image Image
Avenue "L" 109th Street. Looking north.
Date:
1937-03-23
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 111th Street, Image 01
Image Image
Avenue "L" 111th Street. Looking south.
Date:
1937-03-23
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 102nd Street, Image 01
Image Image
Avenue "L" 102nd Street. Looking east.
Date:
1937-11-07
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 106th Street, Image 01
Image Image
Avenue "L" 106th Street. Looking south.
Date:
1937-03-22
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 101st Street, Image 02
Image Image
Avenue "L" 101st Street. Looking east.
Date:
1937-03-22
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation, South Works
Image Image
View looking northeast from a location near East 95th Street towards Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation South Works (later United States Steel Corporation South Works).
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Lake Calumet and Calumet River area
Image Image
Map of the Lake Calumet and Calumet River area, showing expressways and major streets, parks and forest preserves, and railway lines serving the area.
Date:
circa 1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Park Beach and State Line Power Plant
Image Image
View looking southeast from the Lake Michigan beachfront at Calumet Park. In the foreground, people use the sandy beach, while behind them others walk along the pier. Rising behind the beach is State Line Power Plant, a coal-fired electrical generating station.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Cargo handling facilities, Calumet River
Image Image
View looking southwest from the South Ewing Avenue bridge towards cargo handling facilities along the Calumet River. There are barges and a loading dock in the left foreground and overhead cranes are visible to the right behind these. Concrete storage silos and a large gas storage tank are visible at the far right of the photograph. In the background, the Chicago Skyway runs across the image; power lines are visible in the distance behind the Skyway.
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation South Works, Calumet River
Image Image
View looking northeast along the Calumet River near its mouth at Lake Michigan. The Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation South Works (later called the United States Steel Corporation South Works) stood on the north bank of the river.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Lakefront land with railroad tracks
Image Image
View of an open area of disused land adjacent to Lake Michigan on Chicago's southeast side, located east of South Ewing Avenue and north of Calumet Park. Abandoned train tracks are visible in the foreground, and in the distance on the right are two railroad car transport cars, one with a load of automobiles on it.
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Railway lines serving Chicago's far south side
Image Image
Map of Chicago's far south side, showing freight railway lines serving the area.
Date:
circa 1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 110th Street, Image 04
Image Image
Avenue "L" 110th Street. Looking west.
Date:
1939-04-24
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 111th Street, Image 02
Image Image
Avenue "L" 111th Street. Looking west.
Date:
1937-03-23
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 103rd Street, Image 01
Image Image
Avenue "L" 103rd Street. Looking north.
Date:
1937-03-22
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 104th Street, Image 01
Image Image
Avenue "L" 104th Street. Looking south.
Date:
1937-03-22
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Junior Citizen's Committee: Taylor School through Walsh School (Folder 594)
26 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. 8 x 10 group portraits of students, teachers and administrators feature prominently in Series VI. Schools covered: Saint George School (12/10/63, 11/12/64, 2/4/66); Saint Gertrude School (1/16/64); Saint Gregory School (1/10/64, 11/13/64); Saint Helen School (3/16/64); Saint Jane de Chantal School (3/28/63); Saint Jerome School (11/13/64); Saint Jude Church with billboard nearby (11/17/64); St. Ludmilla's School (5/23/66); Saint Mary of the Angels School; Saint Mel and Holy Ghost School (12/13/63); Saint Michael School (4/10/64, 5/20/65, 2/18/66)
Date:
1963-1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Community activities, 1968 (Folder 599)
228 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. 1968 community activities at: Dante, Amelia Earhart and Thomas Hoyne schools; Saint Francis de Paula School; Gallistel, St. George, St. Patrick schools; other unidentified community activities
Date:
1968
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: 23rd St. Viaduct; W. 35th St. Bridge; 55th St. Underpass; 91st. St. Viaduct; 92nd St. Bridge; 100th St. Bridge. (Folder 84)
53 Images
Bridges and viaducts: 23rd St. Viaduct; W. 35th St. Bridge; 55th St. Underpass; 91st. St. Viaduct; 92nd St. Bridge; 100th St. Bridge. 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:
1969
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Ewing Avenue at East 95th Street
Image Image
View in winter looking northwest along South Ewing Avenue from just south of the intersection with East 95th Street. The Skyway Dog House (9480 South Ewing Avenue) is visible on the left. The two-story brick building on the right houses a bar. Highway signs for US 12 and US 20 are in front of that building. A sign for US 41 is just behind that.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation, South Works
Image Image
View of Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation South Works (later United States Steel Corporation South Works), looking northeast from Lake Michigan at East 95th Street. Rail freight cars loaded with automobiles are visible passing in front of the plant. Piles of industrial waste are in the foreground.
Date:
circa 1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Park and State Line Power Plant
Image Image
View looking south from Calumet Park towards the State Line Power Plant.
Date:
circa 1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Cargo handling facilities, Calumet River
Image Image
View in winter, looking southwest from the East 95th Street bridge towards cargo handling facilities along the Calumet River. Steam rises from the river. The Chicago Skyway runs across the image. There is an overhead crane visible at the left of the image. A large gas storage tank stands out against the sky on the right, and concrete storage silos are visible at the far right. Smokestacks and transmission towers for power lines are visible in the distance.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet Park, Chicago
Image Image
View of the Lake Michigan lakefront and park buildings in Chicago's Calumet Park.
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 108th Street, Image 02
Image Image
Avenue "L" 108th Street. Looking west.
Date:
1937-03-23
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 110th St, Image 02
Image Image
Avenue "L" 110th Street. Looking north.
Date:
1937-03-23
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 40th Ave. Bridge through 130th St. Bridge (Folder 35)
25 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 40th Ave., Bridge (1914); 92nd St. Bridge (undated, 1973 plaque, 1975); 95th St. Bridge (1924, 1952, 1955, 1959, undated); 100th St. Bridge (1927, 1963, undated), 106th St. Bridge (1959, 1975, 1994 [see Box 19, Folder 212 for negatives], undated); 130th St. Bridge (1938, 1948); Inscription of plague Toll bridge here from 1839 to 1843. Gideon Matthew Jackson operated a floating toll bridge which was built of planking and timbers upon the brage principle of construction. Erected by Chicago's Charter Jubilee authenticated by Chicago Historical Society 1937 City of Chciago Incorporated 4TH March 1937.
Date:
1914-1994
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 95th St. Bridge through 134th St. Bridge (Folder 58)
17 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 95th St. Bridge (undated, 1942, 1958); 103rd St. Viaduct (1940); 106th St. Bridge (1942); 130th St. Bridge (1957); 134th St. Bridge (1936); City Council Citation to Thomas G. Pihledt (undated)
Date:
1936-1958
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Houses, South Avenue H
Image Image
View north along the east side of South Avenue H, from just south of the intersection with East 106th Street. 10611 South Avenue H is at the right.
Date:
1981; 1908 (10611 South Avenue H)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 109th Street, Image 02
Image Image
Avenue "L" 109th Street. Looking west.
Date:
1937-03-23
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at East 112th Street and Avenue "L", Image 02
Image Image
112th Street; Avenue "L". Looking north.
Date:
1937-03-23
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 110th St, Image 01
Image Image
Avenue "L" 110th Street. Looking east.
Date:
1937-11-07
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Traffic Intersection at Avenue "L" and 105th Street, Image 01
Image Image
Avenue "L" 105th Street. Looking south.
Date:
1937-03-22
Collection:
Illinois Department of Transportation Chicago Traffic photographs
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: various bridges and viaducts (Folder 112)
18 Images
These prints 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 E. 92 St. Bridge, E. 95th St. Bridge, E. 100 St. Bridge, E. 103 St. Bridge, E. 106 St. Bridge, S. Torrence Ave. Bridge.
Date:
1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access

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13 South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.) 10 South Deering (Chicago, Ill.) 8 Calumet Heights (Chicago, Ill.) 7 Hegewisch (Chicago, Ill.) 6 Calumet River (Ill.) 4 Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.) 4 Grand Crossing (Chicago, Ill.) 4 Hammond (Ind.) 4 Loop (Chicago, Ill.) 4 West Pullman (Chicago, Ill.) 3 Chicago River (Chicago, Ill.) 3 Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.) 3 Lower West Side (Chicago, Ill.) 2 Avalon Park (Chicago, Ill.) 2 Chatham (Chicago, Ill.) 2 Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.) 2 Pullman (Chicago, Ill.) 2 South Shore (Chicago, Ill.) 2 West Loop Gate (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Ashburn (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Auburn Gresham (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Avondale (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Beverly (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Beverly Hills (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Burnside (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Chicago Lawn (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Chicago River (Ill.) 1 Dan Ryan Expressway (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Douglas (Chicago, Ill.) 1 East Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Eden Green (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Edgewater (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Fort Sheridan (Ill.) 1 Gage Park (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Garfield Park (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Gold Coast (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Greater Grand Crossing (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Hegewisch (Chicago,Ill.) 1 Lake Shore Drive (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Lake View (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Little Calumet River (Ind. and Ill.) 1 Little Village (Chicago, Ill.) 1 McKinley Park (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Michigan, Lake 1 Michigan, Lake, Coast (Ill.) 1 Morgan Park (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Near North (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.) 1 New City (Chicago, Ill.) 1 North Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Northerly Island (Ill.) 1 Norwood Park (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Princeton Park (Chicago, Ill.) 1 River North (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Riverdale (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Roseland (Chicago, Ill.) 1 South Chicago, (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Streeterville (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Uptown (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Washington Park (Chicago, Ill.) 1 West Chesterfield (Chicago, Ill.) 1 West Elsdon (Chicago, Ill.) 1 West Lawn (Chicago, Ill.) 1 West Loop (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Winnipeg (Man.) 1 Woodlawn (Chicago, Ill.)

30 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 20 Cities and towns 12 Industrial districts 7 Bridges--Foundations and piers 7 Movable bridges 5 Architecture 5 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 5 Elevated highways 5 Iron and steel bridges 5 Parks 5 Rivers 4 African American children 4 Barges 4 Bridges--Abutments 4 Litter (Trash)--Prevention 4 School children 4 Storage facilities 4 Streets 4 Watchtowers 4 Youth 3 Award presentations 3 Bridge cranes 3 Bridge railings 3 Bridges 3 Bridges--Floors 3 Dwellings 3 Electric power-plants 3 Gasholders 3 Housing, Single family 3 Industrial buildings 3 Railroads 3 Steel industry and trade 2 Activity programs in education 2 African Americans 2 Apartment houses 2 Bridges--Design and construction 2 Bridges--Deterioration 2 Citizen participation 2 Civic improvement--Citizen participation 2 Construction workers 2 Expansion joints 2 Graffiti 2 Housing 2 Iron and steel bridges--Corrosion 2 Railroad tracks 2 Teenagers 2 Teens 2 Viaducts 2 Waterways 2 Wood poles 1 Aerial photographs 1 Aerial views 1 Bas-relief 1 Bathing beaches 1 Boats 1 Boats and boating 1 Bulk carrier cargo ships 1 Cargo ships 1 Catholic elementary schools 1 Cemeteries 1 Coal mines and mining--Equipment and supplies 1 Cofferdams 1 Commercial buildings 1 Community development 1 Concrete bridges--Cracking 1 Construction projects 1 Destroyers (Warships) 1 Electrical engineering 1 Equestrian statues 1 Express Roads 1 Factories 1 Garages 1 Gardening 1 Gardens 1 Industrial buildings--Maintenance and repair 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Locks (Hydraulic engineering) 1 Monuments 1 Movable bridges--Design and construction 1 Movable bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Moveable bridges 1 Nuns 1 Parade floats 1 Parades 1 Parking garages 1 Plant maintenance 1 Plaques, plaquettes 1 Political participation 1 Posters 1 Public Schools 1 Railroad bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Restaurants 1 Restaurants--Design and construction 1 Roads 1 Roads--Design and construction 1 Roads--Maintenance and repair 1 Scaffolding 1 Service stations 1 Shipwrecks 1 Sidewalks 1 Skyscrapers 1 Skyscrapers--Design and construction 1 Statues 1 Tall buildings 1 Tall buildings--Design and construction 1 Trucks 1 Truss bridges 1 Tunnels 1 Vacant lands 1 Waterfronts 1 Wooden bridges 1 Wooden bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Wreckers (Vehicles)