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Safe Buy Used Cars, Skokie
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Night view of a used car lot with an illuminated sign reading "Safe Buy Used Cars".
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


East Ontario Street at Rush Street
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View looking west along East Ontario Street. On the right of the image is Lawry's restaurant, at the corner of East Ontario and North Rush Streets. The Hanley Dawson Cadillac dealership (now demolished) is behind Lawry's, on the block between North Rush Street and North Wabash Avenue. The Croydon Hotel (now The James Chicago), at the southwest corner of East Ontario and North Rush Streets is at the left. Part of the Medinah Temple with its distinctive onion dome is visible behind the Croydon.
Date:
1976; 1912 (Medinah Temple)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Gerald Motors, Skokie
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Night view of Gerald Motors, with illuminated signs.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Automobile dealerships, Wilmette
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View of Fiat and Jaguar auto dealerships, looking south along Green Bay Road from south of Washington Avenue in Wilmette. The illuminated neon sign for Imperial Motors is prominently visible. The traffic signals at the intersection with Central Avenue are in the distance at the lower left.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Hanley Dawson service center, East Ontario Street
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View looking west along East Ontario Street from North Rush Street. The service center for Hanley Dawson Cadillac is on the right (demolished). A sign for an ENCO gas station is in the middle distance. A corner of the Medinah Temple with its onion dome is visible on the extreme left.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Wil-Shore Motors, Wilmette
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View at dusk of the Wil-Shore Motors Ford dealership at 611 Green Bay Road in Wilmette, with its neon signs illuminated. The building has been demolished.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access