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California Avenue (Folder 16)
23 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
California Avenue: Dickinson Seed Company (Folder 17)
12 Images
Street photography of Dickinson Seed Company Warehouse, 2750 W. 35th Street, South California Avenue and 35th Street
Date:
1957
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Elston Avenue: Midwesco Enterprises Inc. (Folder 48)
10 Images
Midwesco Enterprises Inc., 1650 North Elston Avenue
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
N.W. Expressway (Northwest Highway??) (Folder 281)
8 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Bus parked behind a prototype to Henry Ford's popular Model T automobile
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
The Pope-Toledo steam-driven automobile.
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The model pictured here was designed ca. 1900.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Conception by Hugh Ferriss of how the Ford Exhibition building will look at night
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The building is nine hundred feet long and ten stories in height at its center. It faces upon a five acre park fronting Lake Michigan. Albert Kahn of Detroit is the architect, and Walter Dorwin Teague of New York, the industrial designer, is in charge of the interior display.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Cars driving around track at the Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933-1934
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 5 (Folder 53)
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Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 5 (1966)
Date:
1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Moveable bridges of Chicago (Folder 59)
246 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.
Date:
1994
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
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
Golden Drugs, 12th Street and East Avenue
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Dulla Pharmacy, 25th and Central, Cicero
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Havranek Pharmacy, Cermak Road and Kenilworth, Berwyn
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Lyons Pharmacy, Ogden Avenue at Prescott, Lyons
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Westchester National Park & Shop
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Snyder Drugs, Burlington Avenue, La Grange
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
La Grange Road and Burlington Avenue
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Stineway Drugs, La Grange Plaza shopping center
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Kopecky Drugs, Roosevelt Road, Broadview
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Kopecky Drugs, Roosevelt Road, Broadview
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Horky's Pharmacy, Ogden Avenue, Brookfield
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Fairview Pharmacy, Downers Grove
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Date:
1955
Collection:
Chicago Area Pharmacy Photograph Collection
Access:
Public access
Argyle Street and Winthrop Avenue
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View looking west along West Argyle Street towards the Argyle CTA station. The intersection with North Winthrop Avenue is in the foreground. Various restaurants and small businesses line both sides of the street.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Howard Street at Clark
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View west along West Howard Street from west of the CTA Howard station looking towards the intersection with North Clark Street and overpass for what is now the Metra train tracks. Small businesses line the street and an advertisement for the North Shore National Bank is painted on the side wall of the building adjacent to the parking lot in the foreground. There is an office building on the far left (1791 West Howard Street).
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Howard CTA station
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View west on West Howard Street at the intersection with North Paulina Street and the CTA Howard station (now part of the Red Line). The entrance to the station is under the viaduct. De Mar's Restaurant and Pancake House is at the right.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Western Avenue railroad station, Milwaukee Road Line
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View of the south end of the Western Avenue railroad station on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) Line. A parking area for passengers is in the foreground.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Parking at Western Avenue railroad station, Milwaukee Road Line
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View of the parking lot for the Western station on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) Line. A train is at the station. A Georgian Revival office building at 2450 West Hubbard Street is at the right.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Illinois Central Electric Station, Harvey, Illinois
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View looking southwest along Park Avenue from the intersection with East 154th Street. The IC (Illinois Central) Electric station runs along the east side of the street (now the location of the Harvey Metra Station).
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East 154th Street, Harvey, Illinois
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View looking east along a block of East 154th Street from the intersection with Broadway. Part of the men's' wear store Marks Toggery is visible at the right. The intersection with Park Avenue is in the distance, with a corner of the IC (Illinois Central) Electric station, and the viaduct for the Illinois Central Railroad tracks visible.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Elm Street shops, Winnetka
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View looking east at shops along the north side of Elm Street in Winnetka, between Chestnut Street and Green Bay Road. The green awning at the far left is for Phelan's Drug store. Porter's Electric is next to it on the right.
Date:
1970
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Dempster Street and Skokie Boulevard (U.S. 41), Skokie
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View from Dempster Street at Niles Center Road looking southeast across the intersection with Skokie Boulevard (U.S. 41). A Sinclair gas station is in the foreground, and a Standard station is across the street from it. A modern two-story bank building is in the distance, at the southeast corner of Dempster Street and Skokie Boulevard (Skokie Highway).
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Parking lot, Benson Avenue at Clark Street, Evanston
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View looking northeast, of a parking lot situated at the northeast corner of the intersection of Benson Avenue and Clark Street in Evanston.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Houses, Emerson Street, Evanston
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Houses on the north side of Emerson Street, just east of the intersection with Oak Avenue. 1103 Emerson is at the left.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment houses, West Hutchinson Street
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View of apartment houses on the 5200 block of West Hutchinson Street, west of North Laramie Avenue.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Houses and apartments, South Tripp Avenue
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View looking north along the east side of South Tripp Avenue, north of the intersection with West 49th Street, showing brick houses and apartment houses. 4847 South Tripp Avenue is at the far right.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, Hyde Park Boulevard
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Apartment buildings on the north side of East Hyde Park Boulevard, just east of South Woodlawn Avenue. The building partially visible at the far left is located at 1220 East Hyde Park Boulevard.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Devon Avenue commercial area
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View west along the north side of West Devon Avenue. The intersection with North Artesian Avenue is on the left side of the image. Numerous shops, including Towne Shoes and Slivka's Shoes, line the street.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Western Avenue at Lawrence
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View looking northwest from the intersection of North Western Avenue and West Lawrence Avenue. The Californian Restaurant and Local Loan Company occupy the building on the northwest corner of this intersection.
Date:
1967
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Ashland Avenue
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View looking south along the west side of North Ashland Avenue, south of West Ohio Street. The house partially visible at the far right is located at 530 North Ashland Avenue. Next to it on the left is Samuel Caminiti Plumbing and Heating, with a large billboard advertising Sun Life of Canada Insurance installed on the property.
Date:
1968
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Jefferson Street at West Jackson
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View in winter looking north along South Jefferson Street from the intersection with West Jackson Boulevard. Part of 600 West Jackson is visible at the far left. 222 South Jefferson is the small building next to it on the right, and 216 South Jefferson Street is next to that.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Germano-Millgate Apartments
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View of the Germano-Millgate Apartments, a public housing complex located at 8808 South Burley Avenue.
Date:
1974; 1969 (Germano-Millgate Apartments)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
West 63rd Street at Kedzie
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View looking west along the north side of West 63rd Street. The intersection with South Kedzie Avenue is in the foreground. Businesses include a Walgreens and a Rexall Drug Store, Marquette Sports Equipment, and Mid-State Beauty School.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Residential and Industrial buildings, East Cullerton Street
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View looking southeast across South Indiana Avenue, from the intersection with East Cullerton Street. A parking lot is in the foreground at the southeast corner of the intersection, with the side of a nineteenth-century house at 213 East Cullerton behind it. Rising behind that is the Atwell Building (221 East Cullerton Street). Part of the R. R. Donnelley Printing Plant is visible in the distance on the far right.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
West Morse Street near Elevated train station
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View looking east along West Morse Street from just west of the Morse station on the CTA Red Line. Numerous retail businesses including a bakery, restaurant and liquor store occupy the single story building on the 1400 block. The east half of that building is now demolished.
Date:
1982
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Western Avenue at West Devon Avenue
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View looking northeast across Western Avenue at the intersection with West Devon Avenue. A low-rise commercial building (2348-2358 West Devon Avenue) occupies the northeast corner of the intersection. Devon Hobby Models occupies the retail space on that corner. In the distance on the left is the Devon Bank (6445 N. Western Avenue).
Date:
1982; 1969 (Devon Bank Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Lincoln Avenue businesses
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View looking north along the sidewalk on North Lincoln Avenue, north of the intersection with West Leland Avenue. Diagonal on-street parking is provided in front of the large mixed-use building at 4717-4729 North Lincoln Avenue, which includes street-level retail businesses and apartments on the upper floors. A neon sign reading "Photography by Furla" is suspended over the sidewalk in front of this building. Delicatessen Meyer (closed, formerly 4750 North Lincoln Avenue) is in the distance on the left.
Date:
1980; 1916 (4717-4729 North Lincoln)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East Huron Street from east of Rush Street
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View looking east along the sidewalk on the north side of East Huron Street from east of Rush Street. A parking garage is in the foreground on the left. A canopy for the Allerton Hotel can be seen above the bus in the center of the photograph. In the distance, part of the Veteran's Administration Research Hospital and the American Furniture Mart building (later Lake Shore Place) at 680 North Lake Shore Drive are visible.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Michigan Avenue, night view
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View looking north at night along North Michigan Avenue towards the Chicago Water Tower.
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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229 Streets 207 Cities and towns 139 Architecture 88 Stores, Retail 66 Drugstores 47 Apartment houses 47 Parking lots 44 Commercial buildings 37 Commercial strips 36 Storefronts 30 Signs and signboards 24 Railroads, Elevated 19 Local transit 16 Restaurants 13 Railroad stations 12 Housing, Single family 11 Shopping centers 11 Streetscapes (Urban design) 10 Industrial buildings 9 Dwellings 9 Exhibitions 8 Exhibition buildings 8 Pedestrians 7 Bank buildings 7 Industrial districts 7 Office buildings 7 Politicians 7 Railroad cars 7 Trucks 6 Buildings 6 Buildings--Remodeling for other use 6 High-rise apartment buildings 6 Parking garages 6 Politics and government 6 Row houses 5 Billboards 5 Commercial art 5 Embankments 5 Parades & processions 5 Rivers 5 Sidewalks 5 Street photography 4 Buses 4 Church buildings 4 Concrete masonry 4 Factories 4 Fourth of July celebrations 4 Movable bridges 4 Outdoor photography 4 Railroad tracks 4 Roads 4 Skyscrapers 4 Street lighting 4 Viaducts 4 Warehouses 3 Aerial photographs 3 Antiques 3 Boards of trade 3 Boats and boating 3 City traffic 3 Community development, Urban 3 Driveways 3 Footbridges 3 Hotels 3 Landscape architecture 3 Public housing 3 Refuse and refuse disposal 3 Shopping malls 3 Steel industry and trade 3 Street-railroads 3 Tall buildings 3 Trees 3 Waterfronts 3 Wooden beams 2 Advertising 2 Automobile racing 2 Barges 2 Bars (Drinking establishments) 2 Basements 2 Bridge railings 2 Chevrolet automobile 2 College campuses 2 Columns, Concrete 2 Concrete walls 2 Condominiums 2 Construction workers 2 Courtyards 2 Drums (Containers) 2 Dwarfs (Persons) 2 Elevated highways 2 Express Roads 2 Financial institutions 2 Floors, Concrete 2 Health facilities 2 Hospital buildings 2 Houses, Single family 2 Housing 2 Iron and steel workers 2 Landscapes 2 Lighting 2 Movable bridges--Design and construction 2 Parking meters 2 Pavements, Concrete 2 Railroad crossings 2 Railroads 2 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 2 Rites and ceremonies 2 Service stations 2 Show windows 2 Soil stabilization 2 Stairs 2 Tanks 2 Traffic safety 2 Traffic signs and signals 2 Vacant lands 2 Watchtowers 2 Windows 1 Abandoned buildings 1 Antique and classic cars 1 Architectural design 1 Architectural ironwork 1 Automobile Showrooms 1 Automobile graveyards 1 Automobiles, Steam 1 Automobiles--Models 1 Banks and banking 1 Beauty contestants 1 Benches 1 Boilers 1 Brick walls 1 Bricks 1 Bridges 1 Brush 1 Building 1 Building, Brick 1 Cables 1 Ceilings 1 Chauffeurs 1 Children 1 Chimneys 1 Chrysler automobile 1 City council members 1 City planning 1 Civic improvement 1 Clinics 1 Coal-tar products 1 College buildings 1 Community health services 1 Company towns 1 Concrete 1 Concrete beams 1 Concrete bridges 1 Concrete-Corrosion 1 Condominium 1 Construction 1 Construction Industry 1 Construction and demolition debris 1 Containers 1 Contests 1 Courthouses 1 Crowds 1 Dampness in basements 1 Dampness in buildings 1 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 1 Dedication services 1 Docks 1 Doorways 1 Dormitories 1 Drainage pipes 1 Drawing 1 Electric cables 1 Electric circuit-breakers 1 Electric conductors 1 Electric light fixtures 1 Electric lighting 1 Electric meters 1 Electric power systems 1 Electric wiring 1 Engines 1 Express highways 1 Facades 1 Factories--Location 1 Factories--Restrooms 1 Fairs 1 Farm produce 1 Fire hose 1 Flags 1 Foundations 1 Freight cars 1 Garage doors 1 Garages 1 Gas cylinders--Storage 1 Globes 1 Grandstands 1 Gravel 1 Hand-railing 1 Heating-pipes 1 High-rise apartment buildings--Design and construction 1 Historical reenactments 1 Holidays 1 Hospitals (buildings for health facility) 1 Housing development 1 Human services 1 Human settlements 1 Iron and Steel Bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Loading and unloading 1 Local transit stations 1 Lockers 1 Manufacturing industries 1 Metal containers 1 Metal doors 1 One-way streets 1 Passenger trains 1 Pavements 1 Pavements, Asphalt 1 Pavements, Brick 1 Plague 1 Plank roads 1 Play 1 Plymouth automobile 1 Police 1 Power-plants 1 Produce trade 1 Public buildings--Restrooms 1 Public schools 1 Racetracks (Automobile racing) 1 Radiators 1 Railing 1 Reinforced concrete 1 Reinforcing bars 1 Religious facilities 1 Riparian areas 1 Road work zones 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections. 1 Roof drainage 1 Roof gutters 1 Salt boxes 1 Scaffolding 1 School buildings 1 Schools 1 Seed crops 1 Seepage 1 Ships 1 Shrubs 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Social service 1 Spectators 1 Steam-engines 1 Steam-heating 1 Steel I-beams 1 Storage facilities 1 Stores & shops 1 Streestscapes (Urban design) 1 Street life 1 Studebaker automobile 1 Teenagers 1 Telephone lines 1 Theaters 1 Tires 1 Toll roads 1 Tourism 1 Traffic 1 Traffic flow 1 Traffic regulations 1 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 1 Truck trailers 1 Tunnels 1 Underpasses 1 Universities and colleges 1 Utility meters 1 Viaducts - Design and Construction 1 Warnings 1 Water-pipes--Valves 1 Women 1 Wood 1 Wooden doors 1 Wooden fences 1 Wooden stairs