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Boats at Calumet Marina, Calumet River
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View looking northwest from Calumet Marina, located along the east bank of the Calumet River at East 136th Street and South Torrence Avenue. Boats are pulled up along the bank of the river for winter storage. The side of a flat-bottomed riverboat is painted with the words "Boat Rides 13400 Torrence Avenue". Grain storage elevators are visible on the horizon at the left.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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
Bridges and viaducts: N. State St. Bridge; Torrence Ave. Bridge; W. Wacker Dr. Viaduct; N. Wells St. Bridge; N. Western Ave. Bridge (Folder 100)
104 Images
Bridges and viaducts: N. State St. Bridge; Torrence Ave. Bridge; W. Wacker Dr. Viaduct; N. Wells St. Bridge; N. Western Ave. 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: Torrence Ave (Folder 101)
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Bridges and viaducts: Torrence Ave. 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: 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
Lake Calumet and Calumet River area
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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
Railway lines serving Chicago's far south side
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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
Bridges and viaducts (Folder 92)
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Bridges and viaducts: Madison, Monroe Bridges; N. Michigan Ave. Viaduct; North Ave. Bridge; N. Ogden Ave. Viaduct; W. Randolph St.; Skyway; Torrence Ave. Bridge; W. Van Buren St. Bridge; Wacker Drive Viaduct; W. Washington. 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:
1970
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Houses, South Commercial Avenue
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Houses on the east side of South Commercial Avenue between East 132nd and East 133rd Streets. 13217 South Commercial Avenue is at the right.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Republic Steel plant, Hegewisch
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View of the Republic Steel plant from near the entrance to the complex at East 116th Street and South Avenue O. A large gas storage tank with its red and white-checked painted top is on the left, and a smokestack is to its right. A transmission tower with multiple power lines is visible against the sky.
Date:
circa 1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 95th St. Bridge through 134th St. Bridge (Folder 58)
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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
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
Houses, South Commercial Avenue
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Houses on the east side of South Commercial Avenue, just north of South Brainard Avenue. 13323 South Commercial Avenue is at the right.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Community activities, 1972 (Folder 603)
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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. 1972 community activities at: John Addams, Annunciata, Bethlehem Lutheran, Orville T. Bright; Grissom; St. Francis de Paula; St. Francis de Sales, and George Washington schools; Armour, Hurley, Nativity of Our Lord, Queen of the Universe schools; Bradwell, Faulkner, Horace Mann, Our Lady of Peace, and St. Bride schools; Joseph Brennemann, Andrew Carnegie, William C. Goudy, Isabelle O'Keefe, St. Cyril, and George B. Swift schools; Bryn Mawr School; Kate S. Buckingham; Charles P. Caldwell, Amelia Earhart, Thomas Hoyne, Mary E. McDowell, St. Aible, St. Bronislava, Thomas Warren schools; Andrew Carnegie School; Henry Clay and St. Columba schools; John N. Eberhart and St. Nicholas of Tolentine schools; Emmanuel Lutheran, Immaculate Conception, Luella, Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Mary Magdalene, Sts. Peter and Paul, Philip H. Sheridan, and William K. Sullivan schools; Matthew S. Gallistel; John L. Marsh; Sacred Heart; St. George, St. Joseph and St. Kevin schools; John Hancock, Francis McKay and St. Adrian schools; Edward N. Hurley and Queen of the Universe schools; Richard Lee, Louis Pasteur, St. Mary Star of the Sea, and St. Turibus schools; Parkside, St. Thomas Apostle and Walter Scott schools; Nativity BVM, Ferdinand W. Peck and Tonti schools; St. Barnabas School and S. California and 74th St.; St. Barnabas; John D. Schoop and Sutherland schools; St. Tarsusis School
Date:
1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts (Folder 119)
98 Images
Bridges and viaducts: North Ave. at Lake Shore Drive; Pulaski Rd. Viaduct; Randolph St. Bridge; Roosevelt Rd. Bridge; Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct; Rush St. Bridge; Torrance Ave. Bridge; Van Buren 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:
1973
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access

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