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Sears Tower (Folder 532)
169 Images
Sears Tower (Loop location, including construction views); Other neighborhood houses; UIC Science & Engineering Research Center Soil Report; Condominiums on Jackson Boulevard; and South Shore vicinity neighborhoods; Cameo Container Corporation
Date:
1965-1967; 1972-1976
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
Industrial landscape, Gary, Indiana
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View of the industrial landscape in Gary, with a utility pole, railway track, billboard advertising Rolling Rock beer, and an elevated highway. Gary's steel mils and their smokestacks are visible in the distance beyond the elevated highway. The caption on the billboard reads "Brewed from Mountain Spring Water".
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial area, South Chicago
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View looking southeast from South Chicago Avenue from just north of the intersection with South Baltimore Avenue, towards cargo handling and storage facilities along the Calumet River. Concrete storage silos are visible on the left behind the viaduct. To their right are utility poles and overhead cranes, and next to that, part of the Chicago Skyway is visible. A gas storage tank (gas holder) is at the far right side. Part of the United Steelworkers Union Local 65 office building (9350 South Chicago Avenue, now home to the Power Circle Congregation) is visible in front of it.
Date:
circa 1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Skyway and State Line Power Plant
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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
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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
North Branch Street, Goose Island
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View northwest along North Branch Street, with the Lissner Corporation warehouse (later Pickens-Kane warehouse) visible against the sky in the distance. The elevated stretch of North Ogden Avenue crossing Goose Island is visible across the middle of the photograph.
Date:
1986
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: N. Lake Shore Drive, North Ave. Pedestrian Overpass through Monroe St. Bridge (Folder 43)
26 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: N. Lake Shore Drive, North Ave. Pedestrian Overpass(1962); S. Lake Shore Drive at Roosevelt Rd. Pedestrian Overpass (undated); S. Lake Shore Drive, 42nd St. Pedestrian Overpass (1962); Lock St. Bridge (1964); Loomis-Fuller Railroad Viaduct (undated drawing, 1955, 1964); Madison St. Bridge (1941); Michigan Ave. Bridge (1912 drawing, undated, 1939, 1944, 1956, 1957); Monroe St. Bridge (1966)
Date:
1939-1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Donnelley Hall and McCormick Inn hotel, 23rd Street
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View looking east along East 23rd Street from just west of South Calumet Avenue toward Donnelly Hall (at right, demolished). The high-rise McCormick Inn hotel (451 East 23rd Street, demolished 1993) is in the distance at the upper left.
Date:
1984; 1973 (McCormick Inn)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Site for Dearborn Park residential development
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View looking southeast at a cleared area along South Clark Street, the site for the first phase of the Dearborn Park residential development.
Date:
1977
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East Illinois Street at North Lake Shore Drive
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View to east along East Illinois Street, where it passes underneath North Lake Shore Drive. Part of the front facade of the Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation building (510 Peshtigo Court) is visible on the right, beyond North Lake Shore Drive. A lower wall of Lake Point Tower is in the foreground at the far right.
Date:
1986; 1938 (Kraft-Phenix Cheese Co. Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Land cleared for the Illinois Center development
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View to the southeast from the Michigan Avenue bridge, showing land along the south side of the Chicago River cleared in preparation for the Illinois Center development. The Outer Drive East (now North Lake Shore Drive) runs across the center of the image, and 400 East Randolph stands behind that.
Date:
1972; 1963 (400 East Randolph)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Cargo handling facilities, Calumet River
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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
67th Street (Folder 283)
6 Images
Calumet Skyway and 67th Street, construction view
Collection:
Chicago Photographic 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
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: N. Halsted St. Bridge through S. Halsted St. Bridge (Folder 8)
18 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: N. Halsted St.Bridge (1930, 1941, 1944, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1969, 1981); N. Halsted St. Viaduct (undated rendering, undated construction aerial photo, 1969); S. Halsted St. Bridge (1931, 1933, 1934)
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Archer Ave. Bridge through California Ave. Bridge and various images (Folder 36)
18 Images
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Bridget, the Bridge Mascot (1942); Bascule Bridge model (1942); Chicago before bridges (Indian rendering, undated, copy negative); Aerial photos over South Branch of Chicago River (undated); Aerial photo over main branch of Chicago (undated); Archer Ave. Bridge (1964); Argyle St. Bridge (1964); Ashland and Medill (1954); Balbo Ave. Viaduct (undated); Belmont Ave. (viaduct over Kennedy expressway) (1959); California Ave. Bridge (1954)
Date:
1942-1964
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: Kinzie St. Bridge; Lake Shore Drive/Outer Drive Overpass; Lake Shore Drive Underpasses; S. Laramee Viaduct (Folder 90)
112 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Kinzie St. Bridge; Lake Shore Drive/Outer Drive Overpass; Lake Shore Drive Underpasses; S. Laramee Viaduct. 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
Bridges and viaducts: N. Halsted St. Viaduct; Indiana Ave. Bridge (Folder 96)
63 Images
Bridges and viaducts: N. Halsted St. Viaduct; Indiana 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
Access to North Lake Shore Drive at East Grand Avenue
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View to west along East Grand Avenue where it crosses underneath North Lake Shore Drive. A large sign marks the access ramp for North Lake Shore Drive. The front facade of the Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation building (510 Peshtigo Court) is visible behind North Lake Shore Drive. The Time-Life Building (541 North Fairbanks Court) is visible on the right. Part of a ground-level wall of Lake Point Tower is in the foreground on the left.
Date:
1986; 1938 (Kraft-Phenix Cheese Co. Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Dearborn St. Bridge through Franklin-Orleans St. Bridge (Folder 39)
28 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Dearborn St. Bridge (1963); Division St. Bridge (1964 [ trash dumping], 1968); Franklin-Orleans St. Bridge (1935, 1953)
Date:
1935-1963
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Calumet River and Chicago Skyway
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View looking north along the Calumet River from the East 100th Street bridge. The Chicago Skyway runs across the image. Behind it are cargo handling facilities, including an overhead crane and concrete storage silos. Two barges are at the right.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Donnelley Hall
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View of Donnelly Hall (demolished) looking northeast from South Calumet Avenue (Martin Luther King Drive). The top of the McCormick Inn hotel (451 East 23rd Street, demolished 1993) is visible behind it.
Date:
1984
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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14 Cities and towns 8 Industrial districts 5 Barges 5 Commercial art 5 Rivers 5 Storage facilities 4 Architecture 4 Signs and signboards 4 Streets 3 Advertising 3 Aerial photographs 3 Boats and boating 3 Bridge cranes 3 Bridges 3 City traffic 3 Concrete bridges 3 Express Roads 3 Gasholders 3 Iron and steel workers 3 Movable bridges 3 Movable bridges--Design and construction 3 Refuse and refuse disposal 3 Street lighting 3 Watchtowers 2 Automobiles 2 Bridge railings 2 Bridges--Design and construction 2 Bridges--Floors 2 Community development, Urban 2 Construction and demolition debris 2 Construction workers 2 Footbridges 2 Industrial buildings 2 Landscapes 2 Parking lots 2 Pavements, Concrete 2 Reinforced concrete 2 Tall buildings 2 Underpasses 2 Viaducts 2 Viaducts--Design and construction 2 Wooden beams 1 Apartment houses 1 Architectural design 1 Architectural drawing 1 Architectural ironwork 1 Barge 1 Benches 1 Billboards 1 Bird's-eye views in art 1 Bridges--Foundations and piers 1 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Brush 1 Building sites 1 Buildings 1 Buses 1 Cables 1 Cement mixers 1 Children 1 Chimneys 1 City planning 1 Columns, Concrete 1 Concrete bridges--Corrosion 1 Concrete bridges--Foundations and piers--Corrosion 1 Concrete construction 1 Concrete masonry 1 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 1 Drawing 1 Drums (Containers) 1 Electric power-plants 1 Exhibition buildings 1 Express highways 1 Factories 1 Foundations 1 Graffiti, Machinery, Movable bridges 1 Hand-railing 1 Iron and steel bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges--Design and construction 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Lighting 1 Litter (Trash) 1 Local transit stations 1 Machinery 1 Mascots 1 Motor vehicles 1 Parking facilities 1 Parking meters 1 Pavements, Asphalt 1 Pavements, Brick 1 Plague 1 Plates, Iron and steel--Welding 1 Play 1 Police 1 Porches 1 Public works 1 Railing 1 Railroad bridges 1 Railroad cars 1 Railroads 1 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 1 Riparian areas 1 Road construction workers 1 Road work zones 1 Roads 1 Roads--Design and construction 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 1 Scaffolding 1 Ships 1 Sidewalks 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Skyscrapers 1 Skyscrapers--Design and construction 1 Soil stabilization 1 Stairs 1 Steel construction 1 Street life 1 Street-railroads 1 Structural steel workers 1 Tall buildings--Design and construction 1 Tanks 1 Teenagers 1 Telephone lines 1 Traffic regulations 1 Traffic safety 1 Traffic safety warnings 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 1 Truck-mounted cranes 1 Trucks 1 Warehouses 1 Waterfronts--Recreational use 1 Windows 1 Work environment