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Aerial views of Chicago River and bridges: Chicago River jackknife bridges (Folder 1)
9 Images
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses
Date:
1952-1957
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 5 (Folder 53)
31 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 5 (1966)
Date:
1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 5 (Folder 55)
29 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 5 (1966)
Date:
1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
The Pullman train car exhibit at the Century of Progress International Exposition.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
CTA elevated tracks, Evanston
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View of a CTA train running along the track (now Purple Line) atop a raised berm in Evanston. A concrete wall borders the sidewalk.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Inland Steel from Dickey Road, East Chicago
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View from Dickey Road in East Chicago, showing a parking lot, Illinois Central railroad cars, and part of the Inland Steel plant. A tall utility pole with multiple power lines stands out against the sky.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker 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
Freight train on raised embankment
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Freight train traveling along a raised embankment on the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad (C&WI railroad) line at West 87th Street near South Holland Road. One of the boxcars is a Soo Line car.
Date:
circa 1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Grant Park railroad yards and Loop buildings
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View from the railroad yards in Grant Park toward Michigan Avenue and Loop high-rise buildings. At the left behind the trees is the Michigan Avenue National Bank Building (Michigan Boulevard Building), with the Chicago Public Library (Chicago Cultural Center) next to it to the right. Behind that is the United Insurance Building (1 E. Wacker).
Date:
1975; 1914 (Michigan Avenue National Bank Building); 1962 (United Insurance Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium building from Grant Park railroad yards
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View towards the Auditorium building and adjacent Michigan Avenue buildings from over the railway yards in Grant Park.
Date:
1972; 1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts (Folder 122)
222 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Argyle Ave. Bridge; Cermak Rd. Bridge; Cermak Rd. Bridge, Tug; Clark St. Bridge; Coast Guard Drive; Columbus Dr. Bridge; Congress St. Bridge; Damen Ave. Bridge; S. Damen Ave.Viaduct at 37th St.; Dearborn St. Bridge; Des Plaines St. 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:
1974
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: N. Des Plaines St. Viaduct (Folder 123)
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Bridges and viaducts: N. Des Plaines St. Viaduct. These prints 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:
1974
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
National Railroad Fair exhibit of the Budd Company
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Hubbard Street Railway Yard and Near North Side
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View from the Hubbard Street Yard of the Chicago & North Western Railway, with the Near North Side skyline beyond. On the left is the John Sexton Building, then a warehouse but now condominiums. Behind that is the John Hancock Center.
Date:
1970; 1917 (John Sexton Building); 1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Models posed to show new beds in Union Pacific Pullman passenger cars.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
CTA Howard Street train yards
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View southeast of the CTA tracks (now Purple Line) and the train yard north of the Howard station. A couple cars of the Skokie Swift train (with light green tops) are at the far left. The top of the sign for the Howard Theater (1615-43 West Howard Street) is visible against the sky at the far right.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Freight train at level crossing, East Chicago, Indiana
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Freight train passing through a level crossing on Euclid Avenue just north of East Chicago Avenue. A water tower with a GATX logo and utility poles are visible behind the train cars.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: various bridges and viaducts (Folder 116)
110 Images
Many of the 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. This folder includes images of N. Dearborn St. Bridge; Dearborn St. Bridge; Des Plaines St. Viaduct; Forest Glen Ave. Bridge.
Date:
1973
Collection:
James S. Parker 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
Inland Steel complex and railway tracks
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View in winter near the Lake Michigan lakefront, with railway tracks and cars in the foreground next to a roadway. In the distance, the Inland Steel complex (now ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor) is visible.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Train overpasses, West 87th Street
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View looking east along West 87th Street from just east of the intersection with South Eggleston Avenue, towards three viaducts of the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad (C&WI railroad) line which serve as a train overpasses. In the distance, a freight train with oil cars is visible crossing the third overpass. Billboards flank both sides of the entrance to the viaduct.
Date:
circa 1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Railroad yards, South Deering
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View looking southwest from East 103rd Street overpass at a large rail yard. Boxcars in the foreground include one from the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway (C&EI) and another from Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad (DT&I).
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Michigan Avenue from railroad yards in Grant Park
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View of the Michigan Avenue "streetwall" from the railway yards in Grant Park. Illinois Central railway cars are in the foreground. The Congress Hotel is in the distance, and the Auditorium Building is next to it to the right.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Models for the U.S. Steel exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
CTA elevated tracks north of Howard station
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View looking north along Chicago Avenue towards the viaduct for the CTA elevated tracks (now part of the Purple Line). A corner of the building at 222 Chicago Avenue (Evanston) is visible at the left.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
CTA train at level crossing, Wilmette
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A car waits for a train to pass at the level crossing for the CTA tracks (now Purple Line) at Maple Avenue and 3rd Street in Wilmette. The arms of the railroad crossing signals are lowered.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
CTA train cars, Wilmette terminal
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View of CTA train cars standing at the Wilmette CTA station. An old train car is at the right.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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16 Cities and towns 7 Automobiles 7 Railroad yards 5 Freight cars 5 Movable bridges 4 Architecture 4 Railroad tracks 3 Exhibitions 3 Industrial districts 3 Office buildings 3 Railroads 3 Streets 2 Aerial photographs 2 Boats and boating 2 Bridges--Abutments 2 Bridges--Design and construction 2 Concrete masonry 2 Driveways 2 Garages 2 Local transit 2 Railroad crossings 2 Railroad passenger cars 2 Railroads, Elevated 2 Refuse and refuse disposal 2 Steel industry and trade 2 Street-railroads 2 Viaducts 2 Warehouses 2 Watchtowers 2 Wooden beams 1 Advertising 1 Automobile graveyards 1 Barges 1 Basements 1 Beds 1 Billboards 1 Brick walls 1 Bridge railings 1 Bridges 1 Bridges--Deterioration 1 Brush 1 Building, Brick 1 Buildings 1 Chimneys 1 City planning 1 City traffic 1 Clay 1 College buildings 1 Commercial art 1 Commercial buildings 1 Concrete bridges--Corrosion 1 Concrete bridges--Cracking 1 Concrete bridges--Design and construction 1 Construction workers 1 Cranes, derricks, etc. 1 Dampness in buildings 1 Docks 1 Drainage pipes 1 Drawing 1 Drums (Containers) 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 Elevated highways 1 Factories 1 Fire hose 1 Floors, Concrete 1 Garage doors 1 Hand-railing 1 Heating-pipes 1 Industrial buildings 1 Iron and steel bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges--Corrosion 1 Iron and steel workers 1 Landscapes 1 Lighting 1 Loading and unloading 1 Lockers 1 Metal containers 1 Metal doors 1 Models 1 Movable bridges--Design and construction 1 Parking lots 1 Pavements 1 Pavements, Brick 1 Pedestrians 1 Plague 1 Plank roads 1 Police 1 Power-plants 1 Radiators 1 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 1 Reinforcing bars 1 Rivers 1 Roof drainage 1 Roof gutters 1 Salt boxes 1 Seepage 1 Sidewalks 1 Signs and signboards 1 Soil stabilization 1 Stairs 1 Steam-heating 1 Storage facilities 1 Street lighting 1 Tall buildings 1 Tanks 1 Tires 1 Traffic accidents 1 Traffic safety 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Truck trailers 1 Trucks 1 Tunnels 1 Underpasses 1 Underpasses--Clearances 1 Utility meters 1 Waterfronts 1 Windows 1 Wood poles 1 Wooden doors 1 Wooden fences 1 Wooden stairs