Title: John Kimmich Photograph Collection, 1979-1981

Storage: Box Lot (1 11 x 14 in. box)

Accession number: G1985.111

Description of the Collection:
Street scenes in Chicago's Loop area, near West and near North sides. Includes industrial settings, parking facilities, high-rise buildings and the spaces in between high-rises. Also includes street traffic, elevated railroad tracks, intersections, street corners and bus stops. Signs, lighting, fences, fire escapes and passageways are evident in the scenes. A few photographs show the Chicago River and buildings on Goose Island. People are not prominently figured in most images. Most locations are identified.

Container List
1. Southwest corner of State & Washington
2. Marina Towers from Wacker Drive
3. Alley in Humboldt Park area
4. Ohio & State looking East
5. Looking Southwest from Franklin St.
6. Mandel Building looking North from the Chicago River
7. Dearborn & Madison looking Southeast
8. View from Lawrence Ave. El stop looking West
9. Goose Island one block West of Halsted
10. Adams St. looking West from Wabash
11. Halsted St. at Goose Island
12. Corner Dearborn & Harrison looking West
13. El station at LaSalle train station
14. Chicago River from Armitage looking North
15. American Medical Assn. building at State St. between Hubbard & Illinois
16. From Lake St. looking North between Clark & Dearborn
17. Front entrance, Merchandise Mart
18. DePaul University gym near Fullerton Ave.
19. Ogden Ave. near Goose Island?
20. Dan Ryan Expressway near Milwaukee Ave.?
21. Neighborhood house [about 1200 W. Division?]
22. Chicago Sun-Times Building from Wabash bridge
23. Chicago River at Dearborn bridge looking East
24. State St. in front of Holy Name Cathedral looking South
25. LaSalle & Madison
26. Bromley & Glen Lakes looking West
27. Van Buren one block West of State St.
28. Illinois Center under construction. Looking East toward Harbor Point & Standard Oil
29. Wabash & Lake looking North
30. Looking Northeast from about Kinzie & the river
31. 1000 N. Ogden looking West
32. Illinois Center under construction
33. Loop College under construction at Lake & State Looking Northwest
34. El stop at Lake & State looking East
35. Standing in front of Post Office looking Northeast of Continental Insurance Co.
36. Wabash & Harrison looking Southeast
37. American Medical Assn. building at Grand & State
38. State & Congress Parkway looking Northwest
39. First National Bank Building
40. First National Plaza under construction
41. Board of Trade Building on LaSalle
42. West of Fulton House looking East
43. Holy Name Cathedral
44. Michigan Ave. near Wabash looking East
45. Looking East at Lake Point Tower
46. Site of the East Bank Health Club
47. Buildings [Michigan Ave. at South Water?]
48. Jackson St. at Wells looking East
49. Van Buren St. looking West at LaSalle Station El Stop
50. 3 Illinois Center Building from Standard Oil Building
51. Marina Towers from Dearborn Bridge
52. Alley behind 5800 block of North Broadway
53. 5826 Broadway alley
54. Michigan Ave. & South Water St. looking South
55. On Michigan Ave. & South Water St. looking South

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