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Main Street and First National Bank, East Chicago

 

View along Main Street towards the seven-story First National Bank (originally United States National Bank of Indiana Harbor), located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway in East Chicago. Other businesses, visible on the right side of the photograph, include Edward's, Mann Floral Shop, Rothschild, and Berger's Bakery. Refinery smokestacks are visible in the distance at the far left.

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Title:
Main Street and First National Bank, East Chicago
Date of Original:
1972
Identifier:
bru012_12_kF.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3nx34
Type:
Image
Notes:
Built in 1927 as the United States National Bank of Indiana Harbor, the top four floors of this bank building have been removed since the time of this photograph.


Rights:
In copyright - non-commercial use permitted
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Cities and towns
Streets
Automobiles
Architecture
Bank buildings
Stores, Retail
Signs and signboards

Photographer:
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002
Contributor:
Scheitler, Joseph

Form:
Photographs
Medium:
color slides
Extent:
35 mm

Collection Information


Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Show more details:
Folder:
12
Repository:
University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library

Geographic Information

East Chicago (Ind.)