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Elston Avenue: Midwesco Enterprises Inc. (Folder 48)
10 Images
Midwesco Enterprises Inc., 1650 North Elston Avenue
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Tripp Avenue: Cameo Enterprises (Folder 154)
2 Images
Cameo Enterprises, 4600 South Tripp Avenue
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Mural depicting industry and industrialization
Image Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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
CITGO Refinery
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View of the CITGO Petroleum Company refinery, located at 2500 East Chicago Ave in East Chicago, Indiana.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Amoco Refinery, Whiting, Indiana
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View of the Amoco Oil Refinery (now BP Whiting Refinery) located at 2815 Indianapolis Boulevard in Whiting, Indiana.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Off Center shopping mall, 300 W. Grand Avenue
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View looking northwest across West Grand Street at the Off Center shopping mall (300 West Grand Avenue), an outlet shopping mall. The wall of the former factory building has been painted with a trompe-l'oeil mural depicting numerous windows and a fanciful cutaway view of the building's interior. On the extreme right, a CTA train passes on the elevated tracks above North Franklin Street.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Schulze Baking Company Building
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View of the Schulze Baking Company building, located at 40 East Garfield Boulevard.
Date:
1989; 1914 (Schulze Baking Company Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 5 (Folder 54)
27 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 5 (1966)
Date:
1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Indiana Avenue (Folder 73)
8 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Mural depicting industry and industrialization
Image Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Off Center shopping mall, 300 W. Grand Avenue
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View of the front facade of the Off Center outlet shopping mall at 300 West Grand Avenue. The wall of this former factory building has been painted with a trompe-l'oeil mural depicting numerous windows and a fanciful cutaway view of the building's interior. The entrance is visible at the lower left corner of the photograph.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial buildings, West Superior Street
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View of 311-313 West Superior Street, looking east along the south side of West Superior Street between North Franklin Street and North Orleans Street. At the time of the photograph it housed Selfix, a plastic products manufacturing company. On the left of the photograph is 301 West Superior Street, the CTA Brown Line elevated tracks over North Franklin Street are just visible. The intersection with North Orleans Street is in the foreground.
Date:
1908 (North Branch II, 311 West Superior Street)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 1 (AKA Grove St.) (Folder 49)
38 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 1 (AKA Grove St.) (undated 4 x 5 negatives, 1935, 1966, 1967)
Date:
1935-1967
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial area, Riley Road, East Chicago
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View in winter looking northeast on Riley Road towards United States Gypsum (USG Corporation), located at 301 Riley Road. A level railroad crossing across Riley Road is visible in the distance at the right.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial complex, South Torrence Avenue
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View of industrial plant along South Torrence Avenue.
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building, West Superior Street
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View looking west along the north side of West Huron Street from the intersection with North Orleans Street. The large brick factory and warehouse is the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building (demolished). Just visible to the left of it is 368 West Huron Street, with the Zolla/Lieberman Gallery's awning over the entrance.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Florsheim Shoe Company building
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View of part of the side facade of the Florsheim Building (130 South Canal Street).
Date:
1978; 1949 (Florsheim Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Nabisco Biscuit Company plant
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View of the north facade and grounds of the Nabisco Bakery (7300 S Kedzie Avenue) facing West 73rd Street.
Date:
1977
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Branch Canal, industrial district
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View looking north along the North Branch Canal running along the east side of Goose Island, with the Goose Island shoreline at the left. In the distance is a Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company gas holder, part of the former Willow Street Station Manufactured Gas Plant Site (demolished). The Procter & Gamble plant (demolished) with its two tall smokestacks is in the distance on the left.
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial and warehouse buildings, West Huron Street
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View looking east along West Huron Street. 368 West Huron Street, located on the northeast corner of West Huron and North Sedgwick Streets, and home to the Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, is on the far left. The large brick warehouse and factory building next to it is the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building (now demolished). The CTA Brown Line elevated tracks are visible in the distance, running over West Huron Street. Behind the tracks, at the northeast corner of West Huron and North Franklin Streets, is the Bauer Building (224-230 West Huron Street), with arched windows on its top floor. On the far right, standing at the southeast corner of West Huron and North Orleans Streets, is 325 West Huron Street (with the yellow Helix sign).
Date:
1976; 1919 (Bauer Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Seeburg factory, North Dayton Street
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View looking north along North Dayton Street with the new building of the Seeburg factory complex (1500 North Dayton Street) at the left. Part of the final letter "G" in the Seeburg sign is just visible above the roofline of the building. Brubaker's car - with his initials on the car's license plate - is parked in front of the building.
Date:
1980; 1965 (Seeburg plant, new factory building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 5 (Folder 56)
16 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 5 (1966)
Date:
1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Institute Place: Thomas B. Jeffery Building (Folder 74)
2 Images
Thomas B. Jeffery Building, 213 West Institute Place
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Wood Street: Staff Containers (Folder 165)
6 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
5th Avenue: Hallicrafters Radios (Folder 169)
4 Images
Hallicrafters Radios, 4401 West 5th Avenue
Date:
1961
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Mural representing industry and industrialization
Image Image
This picture depicts a Bessemer converter used to mass-produce steel from molten pig iron.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building
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Detail of the fenestration on the facade of the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building on the south side of West Superior Street between North Sedgwick and North Orleans Streets.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building, West Superior Street
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View looking east along the south side of West Superior Street. The large factory and warehouse on the right, occupying the south side of the block between North Sedgwick and North Orleans Streets is the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building. To the left of that, the intersection with North Orleans Street is visible. The small two-story building visible on the southeast corner of that intersection is 331 West Superior Street. The warehouse building next to it on the far left is 311-313 West Superior Street.
Date:
1978; 1908 (North Branch II, 311 West Superior Street)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Seeburg factory from North Freemont Avenue
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View of the rear of the Seeburg factory complex (1500 North Dayton Street), looking northeast from North Freemont Avenue. The back of the large Seeburg sign is visible above the roofline.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Peshtigo Court: Kraft Foods Co. (Folder 114)
7 Images
Kraft Foods Co., 500 North Peshtigo Court.
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Root Street (Folder 128)
6 Images
350 West Root Street
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Derelict factory building, East Garfield Park
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View of a brick factory building in derelict condition, once located on South Washtenaw Avenue between West Arthington Street and West Taylor Street. The building is shown during the early stages of its demolition.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Derelict factory building, East Garfield Park
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View of a brick factory building in derelict condition, once located on South Washtenaw Avenue between West Arthington Street and West Taylor Street. The building is shown during the early stages of its demolition.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Factory buildings, North Lawndale
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View of unused factory buildings, once part of the Illinois Steel Service complex at 1127 South Washtenaw Avenue.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Standard Oil refinery, Whiting, Indiana
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View in winter of the Standard Oil refinery (later BP Whiting Refinery) in Whiting, Indiana.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial buildings, West Huron Street
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View looking northwest along the north side of West Huron Street. 368 West Huron is near the center of the image, standing at the intersection with North Sedgwick Street. The warehouse and factory building to its right is the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building. On the left, the side of the concrete-framed building at 420 West Huron Street is visible, and above that, part of the Montgomery Ward & Company headquarters (now The Montgomery condominiums) is visible.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Mural of the workshop floor of a factory
Image Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Hamlin Avenue: Panellit Inc. (Folder 286)
7 Images
Panellit, Inc., located at 7401 North Hamlin Avenue
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Ryerson Inc. corporate center, North Lawndale
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View in winter looking east along the north side of West 16th Street from west of the intersection with South Rockwell Street, at the Ryerson Inc. offices and plant. The glass-walled building on the left was an office facility. The Ryerson Inc. plant is in the distance.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial district, Huron and Franklin Streets
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View looking northwest from under the elevated train tracks at the intersection of West Huron and North Franklin Streets. West Huron Street runs along the left of the image. At the extreme right, a lower corner of 712-720 North Franklin Street/301 West Superior Street) is visible. Next to that is the rear of 311-313 West Superior Street. The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building (now demolished) is the large industrial building at the left running along North Orleans Street.
Date:
1985; 1908 (North Branch II, 311 West Superior Street)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
368 West Huron Street
Image Image
View looking northwest across West Huron Street towards 368 West Huron Street, which stands at the northeast corner of West Huron Street and North Sedgwick Street. The factory building to its right is the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building. On the left of the photograph, part of the side of the concrete-framed building at 420 West Huron Street is visible, and above that, part of the Montgomery Ward & Company headquarters (now The Montgomery condominiums, 535 West Chicago Avenue/ 500 West Superior Street) is visible.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Burley Avenue: Interlake Iron (Folder 15)
5 Images
Interlake Iron, 10730 South Burley Avenue, exterior wall under construction
Date:
1957-04-11
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Drake Avenue: Diebold (Folder 44)
4 Images
Diebold, 3365 North Drake Avenue, exterior and wide angle view of factories structure, dock doors and facade
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Ravenswood Avenue (Folder 122)
2 Images
5539 North Ravenswood Avenue
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
14th Street (Folder 172)
4 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Mural of a coal miner working in a mine shaft
Image Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Stitching
Image Image
A factory worker sews slippers on an industrial sewing machine.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Grace Street: Hydropter (Folder 57)
2 Images
Hydropter, 1000 West Grace Street. interior view
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
Pershing Road (Folder 113)
2 Images
Exterior view
Date:
1953
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access

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