Title: Frank M. Getchel Collection, ca. 1940-1949

Storage: Transparencies (T0043, 1 11 x 14 in. box)

Accession number: G1985.0472

Description of the Collection:
Summary: Views of Chicago by amateur photographer, Getchel, including Buckingham Fountain, the Chicago Board of Trade building, the Chicago River, the Conrad Hilton Hotel, Field Museum of Natural History, gypsies on Maxwell Street, Michigan Avenue, Midway Airport, North Avenue Beach with bathers, the Railroad Fair of 1948, Union Station, and various streetscapes, buildings, car parks and panoramic views.

Container List
Folder 1 Chicago scenes, A-N

Beaches--North Ave.
Buildings--Miscellaneous
Buildings--Merchandise Mart
Fairs--Railroad Fair, 1948-1949
Museums
Neon signs at night
Folder 2 Chicago scenes, N-Z
Neon signs at night (con't.)
Panoramas
Parks--Grant Park
People
Rivers--Chicago River
Streets--Michigan Ave.
Streets--Misc.
Transportation--Automobiles
Transportation--Railroads
Transportation--Airlines--Midway Airport
Folder 3
Riverview? [70 mm.]

dmr, March, 1987