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The relief sculpture The Conquest of Time and Space adorns the main entrance to the Electrical Building exhibit.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Sculpture of 'Man Combating Ignorance' on the North approach of the Hall of Science
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Saint Michael soapstone carving
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Light sculpture that flanked the side of the Electrical Building exhibit at the Century of Progress Exposition.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Giraffe sculpture and Cornelia Avenue apartments
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View looking northeast across West Cornelia Avenue from North Elaine Place. A large sculpture of a giraffe stands at the southeast corner of the intersection. The apartment buildings at 714 West Cornelia Avenue and 712 West Cornelia Avenue are visible behind the sculpture.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Tuscany Studios statuary display, Ohio Street at Wells
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View looking northwest across the north side of West Ohio Street at the intersection with North Wells Street. In the foreground is a sidewalk display of concrete and plaster statuary at the retail location for Tuscany Studios, 163 West Ohio Street. 600 North Wells Street is at the far left. The building next to it on the right has been demolished. Behind that, the top part of 215 West Ontario Street (the former Kroeschell, Inc. headquarters) is visible.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Michigan Avenue bridgehouse
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View of the southwestern bridgehouse of the Michigan Avenue bridge.
Date:
1993; 1928 (bridgehouse sculpture)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
State Street Mall and Marshall Field's store
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View of the State Street Mall looking north from Washington Street. On the right is the Marshall Field's department store. Virginio Ferrari's sculpture "Being Born" is visible on the sidewalk at the far right. The Chicago Theater and the United Insurance Building are in the distance.
Date:
1987; 1914 (Marshall Field and Company Store)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
The Chicago Picasso, Civic Center Plaza
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View showing the back of the steel Picasso sculpture installed in the Civic Center Plaza (later Daley Center).
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Federal Center plaza
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View of the Federal Center plaza with Alexander Calder's 1974 sculpture "Flamingo" installed.
Date:
circa 1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Public access
Richard Hunt during the installation of his sculpture, "Slabs of the Sunburnt West"
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Date:
1975
Collection:
UIC Photographic Subject File
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Public access
Statue in Arched Walkway, University of Illinois Medical School
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Sculpture of Asclepius standing in arched walkway at the University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago. The sculpture's creation was funded by the WPA Federal Art Project.
Date:
October 26, 1946
Collection:
Navy Pier Negatives and Prints, 1946-1948
Access:
Public access
Sculpture at University of Illinois Medical School
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View of the sculpture "Spirit of Medicine Warding Off Disease", created with Federal Art Project funds, installed behind a reflecting pond at University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago.
Date:
October 26, 1946
Collection:
Navy Pier Negatives and Prints, 1946-1948
Access:
Public access
Statues in Arched Walkway, University of Illinois Medical School
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Sculptures of Asclepius (left) and Hygeia (right) seen through arches at the University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago. The sculptures' creation was funded by the WPA Federal Art Project.
Date:
October 26, 1946
Collection:
Navy Pier Negatives and Prints, 1946-1948
Access:
Public access
Monument at the University of Illinois Medical School
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Cornerstone of former Physicians and Surgeons Building, bearing the date October 14th, 1881. Installed as a monument at the University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago.
Date:
October 26, 1946
Collection:
Navy Pier Negatives and Prints, 1946-1948
Access:
Public access
Columbus Day pre-parade Rally in Arrigo Park
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Knights of Columbus and others at a Columbus Day pre-parade Rally in Arrigo Park.
Date:
1988
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
View of the Century of Progress Fountain of Science sculpture
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
One of the entrances to the Electrical Group exhibition at A Century of Progress. The sculpture of the man above was dedicated to "The conquest of time and space."
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Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
This miniature statuette depicting a man in overalls on a horse titled Stockman's Pride by artist Wilbur Freece is made of butter.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
This figurine by Wilbur Freece, known as the Single Jacker, is made of butter.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Sculptor Wilber Freece created this small statuette of George Washington from beef suet and rinds.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Century of Progress International Exposition, Horticultural Exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Statue at the Federal Building
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Statue at the exhibit of the Electric Light and Power Industry
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Abraham Lincoln monument, North Western Avenue
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View of an Abraham Lincoln monument installed on a traffic island on North Western Avenue just north of West Lawrence Avenue.
Date:
1967
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Tuscany Studios statuary display, Ohio Street at Wells
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Concrete statuary, planters and fountains available for sale from Tuscany Studios sidewalk display, located at 163 West Ohio Street, at the northeast corner of the intersection with North Wells Street. On the far left of the image, 600 North Wells is visible.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sculpture, State Street Mall [lighter version]
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View of pedestrians walking past a large sculpture installed on the State Street Mall in front of the Carson Pirie Scott store (now Sullivan Center).
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Parade Queen poses in front of the Christopher Columbus monument
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An unidentified Parade Queen poses in front of the Columbus monument in Grant Park.
Date:
1974
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Statue of Ponce de Leon at the Horticultural Building Exhibit, Century of Progress International Exposition.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Sculpture of Syrian weather God Hadad.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
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View of the top part of one of Fernando Botero's bronze sculptures, during the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" held in Grant Park. The upper parts of the Prudential Building (One Prudential Plaza) and the Aon Center are visible behind the work.
Date:
1994
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
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View of Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture The Big Hand, installed for the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" held in Grant Park. The Aon Center is visible in the distance.
Date:
1994
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Christopher Columbus monument, Vernon Park
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View of the top part of the Christopher Columbus monument in Vernon Park (now Arrigo Park).
Date:
1970; 1892 (Christopher Columbus statue)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
River City
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View looking south toward River City (800 South Wells Street). The sculpture on the left is installed near West Harrison and South Wells Streets for the Sculpture Chicago '85 outdoor exhibition.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Che Ca Gou sculpture, Chicago Place
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View of an anodized metal sculpture installed on the rear wall of the top-level food court in the Chicago Place shopping center (700 North Michigan Avenue). The sculpture depicts several of the city's iconic skyscrapers, including the John Hancock building and the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower), arrayed in a fan shape and interspersed with large metal feathers, suggesting a Native American headdress. A group of wild onions are depicted in the center of the sculpture, and a curved panel below the cluster of onions bears the inscription "and the Illini called it Che Ca Gou".
Date:
1990; 1990 (Chicago Place)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Dubuffet sculpture outside James R. Thompson Center
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View of Jean Dubuffet's sculpture Monument with Standing Beast (Monument à la bête debut) installed in the plaza outside the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago.
Date:
1985; 1984 (Dubuffet sculpture)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Federal Center plaza
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Undated view of the Federal Center plaza, looking towards the Dirksen Federal Building. Alexander Calder's sculpture "Flamingo" stands in the center of the plaza.
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Multiple views of the installation of the Richard Hunt sculpture "Slabs of the Sunburnt West"
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Date:
1975
Collection:
UIC Photographic Subject File
Access:
Public access
Statue in Arched Walkway, University of Illinois Medical School
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Sculpture of Asclepius standing in arched walkway at University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago. The sculpture's creation was funded by the WPA Federal Art Project.
Date:
October 26, 1946
Collection:
Navy Pier Negatives and Prints, 1946-1948
Access:
Public access
Statues in Arched Walkway, University of Illinois Medical School
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Sculptures of Asclepius (left) and Hygeia (right) seen through arches at the University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago. The sculptures' creation was funded by the WPA Federal Art Project.
Date:
October 26, 1946
Collection:
Navy Pier Negatives and Prints, 1946-1948
Access:
Public access
Congressman and Parade Chairman Peter Rodino speaks in front of Columbus Monument
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Congressman and Parade Chairman Peter Rodino speaks in front of Columbus Monument
Date:
1974
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Harold Washington Social Security Center and Batcolumn sculpture
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View looking northwest at Claes Oldenburg's monumental-scale baseball bat sculpture "Batcolumn", installed on the plaza in front of the Harold Washington Social Security Center (600 West Madison Street).
Date:
1980; 1975 (Harold Washington Social Security Center); 1977 (Batcolumn)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Three First National Plaza
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View of the lower part of the 9-story atrium lobby of Three First National Plaza, located at 70 West Madison Street (at N. Dearborn). Henry Moore's sculpture "Large Internal-External Upright Form" occupies a prominent place in the lobby.
Date:
1985; 1983 (Henry Moore sculpture)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center
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View of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center). Jean Dubuffet's sculpture "Monument with Standing Beast" stands on the plaza outside the building.
Date:
1985; 1979-1985 (State of Illinois Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center
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View of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center). Jean Dubuffet's sculpture "Monument with Standing Beast" stands on the plaza outside the building. The Greyhound Bus sign is also prominently visible.
Date:
1985; 1979-1985 (State of Illinois Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Civic Center Plaza with Picasso sculpture
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View of the Picasso sculpture installed on the Civic Center Plaza (later Daley Center).
Date:
1968
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
The Chicago Picasso
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View of the sculpture by artist Pablo Picasso installed in the Daley Center Plaza.
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Statue of Apollo, University of Illinois Medical School
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Sculpture of Apollo at the University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago. The words "Alpha Omega Alpha" are inscribed on the statue's base.
Date:
October 26, 1946
Collection:
Navy Pier Negatives and Prints, 1946-1948
Access:
Public access
Exterior facade of the Electrical Group building
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Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
One of the entrances to the Electrical Group exhibition under construction in preparation for A Century of Progress. The sculpture of the man above was dedicated to "The conquest of time and space."
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access

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