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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
Lincoln Oasis
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View of the Lincoln Oasis, located along the Tri-State Tollway near South Holland, Illinois.
Date:
circa 1970
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Belvidere Oasis, Illinois Tollway
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View of the Belvidere Oasis, located along the Illinois Tollway I-90 (Jane Addams Memorial Tollway), east of Rockford Mile Marker 54.5.
Date:
circa 1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Oasis, Illinois Tollway
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View of an oasis located on the Illinois Tollway. A restaurant and gift shop were located in the bridge over the tollway.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Land use, Logan Square and Avondale
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Detail of a land use map showing portions of Logan Square and Avondale between North Milwaukee Avenue and the Kennedy Expressway.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Edens Expressway at Peterson Avenue
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View looking northeast across the Edens Expressway from the US 14 overpass (North Caldwell Avenue/ West Peterson Avenue). The exit ramp for the southbound Edens cuts across the image from left to right. The office building in the distance is located at 6200 North Hiawatha Avenue.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Eisenhower Expressway and CTA Congress Line train
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View looking west along the Eisenhower Expressway (Interstate 290) from Independence Boulevard. A pedestrian overpass is visible in the distance. A CTA Congress Line (later CTA Blue Line) train runs in the median of the expressway.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Interstate 94 at the I-290 interchange
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View of Interstate-94 (I-94) looking west toward South Halsted Street. The rear of the Turek hardware store (333 S. Halsted, now demolished) is visible at the front of the cluster of buildings behind the expressway. The Van Buren Street overpass is at the extreme left. The exit ramp for the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) is near the center of the image.
Date:
1968
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Edens Expressway at Peterson Avenue
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View looking north along the Edens Expressway from the US 14 overpass (North Caldwell Avenue/ West Peterson Avenue). The exit for North Caldwell Avenue (US 14) is at the right. The office building on the horizon at the far right is located at 6200 North Hiawatha Avenue.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Orleans Street from Ohio-Ontario Feeder ramp
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View looking southeast towards North Orleans Street from the Kennedy Expressway on-ramp. The Adlake Building (320 West Ohio Street), and the Bowne of Chicago building (formerly La Salle Street Press) face each other across West Ohio Street.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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