LUCILLE V. KOSINSKE COLLECTION, 1950s
Storage:
Transparencies (3 boxes, 8 x 10 in., T0042)
Accession Number: 1986.0602
Description of the collection:
Various views, mostly in Chicago in the 1950s. Subjects include
airports and aircraft, skyline, parks, religious services, the 1952 Republican
presidential convention, and the Stockyards. Also included are views of
Stateville Prison.
Container list:
Box 1
Folder 1
1 O'Hare, 1951
2 O'Hare, construction
3 O'Hare opening day
4 O'Hare opening day
5 O'Hare
6 O'Hare opening day
Folder 2
1 O'Hare - Ralph Heinze,
supervisor, 1951
2 Meigs Field new
landing lights, 1952
3 O'Hare opening day,
Mayor Daley
4 O'Hare - Jim
Gallagher, Superintendent of construction, 1951
5 Midway Airport
6 O'Hare opening day
Folder 3
1 O'Hare
2 Helicopter landing at
Merchandise Mart
3 Helicopter landing at
Merchandise Mart
4 Pontoon landing near
Municipal Pier
5 Lear jet landing at
Meigs Field
6 Helicopter landing at
Merchandise Mart
Folder 4
1 Lear jet landing at Meigs
Field
2 Glenview races
3 Merrill C. Meigs,
Meigs Field
4 O'Hare
5 Chicago Airport
6 Midway Airport
Folder 5
1 Alexander Hamilton
monument dedication, 1952 - D. Hamilton
(descendant)
2 Alexander Hamilton
monument dedication, 1952 - Chauncey McCormick
3 Alexander Hamilton
monument dedication, 1952
4 Alexander Hamilton
monument dedication, 1952
5 Armed Forces Day
parade, 1952
6 Armed Forces Day
parade, 1952
Folder 6
1 Chicago skyline
2 Arlington Park, 195?
3 Foster Ave. extension,
opening ceremony
4 Lake shore
5 Art Institute, 1951
6 Buckingham Fountain
Folder 7
1 Looking toward Tribune
Tower from Madison & Michigan, 1950
2 International House, U
of C
3 Riverview Park
4 Grant Park, 1951
5 Michigan Avenue garage
- construction, 1953
6 Railroad tracks, Grant
Park, 1951
Folder 8
1 Foster Ave. extension,
opening ceremony
2 Iwo Jima flag display
in Chicago, 1952
3 New Citizens Day,
Lincoln Park
4 Belmont Harbor in
winter, 1956
5 Clydsdales & wagon
6 Edens highway
Folder 9
1 Shakespeare statue
2 Bridge construction
3 Wrigley Building
4 Madison & Wacker,
1952
5 Planetarium, 1951
6 Planetarium, 1951
Folder 10
1 Michigan Avenue
2 Hull House - ready to
be moved
3 St. Peters Church
construction
4 Workers on stairs of a
stadium
5 Wacker Drive
construction
6 Soldier Field
Box 2
Folder 1
1 CTA bus in snowdrift
2 Planetarium, Aquarium,
Field Museum, 1951
3 Polish Constitution
Day, 1952
4 Clydsdales & wagon
5 Equitable Building
dedication
6 Equitable Building
dedication
7 Equitable Building
dedication
8 Equitable Building
dedication
Folder 2
1 Merrill C. Meigs
2 Meigs Field terminal
dedication (Mayor Daley-speaker)
3 George Snyder &
hydroplane
4 George Snyder, Pres.
Seaplane Co.
5 Bahai Temple, Wilmette
6 Lear jet at Meigs
Field
Folder 3
1 Chester Gould, creator
of Dick Tracy
2 Carola Mandel, Nat'l
Skeet Champion
3 Amos Alonzo Stegg
4 Bishop Sheen
5 Joseph McCarthy -
Irish Fellowship Club
6 Irish Fellowship Club,
1954
Folder 4
1 Mr. & Mrs. Roger
McCormick, 1951
2 Mayor Kennelly -
Advertising Club
3 St. Peters (old) -
last mass
4 St. Peters (old) -
last mass
5 St. Peters (old) -
last mass
6 St. Peters (old) -
last mass
Folder 5
1 St. Peters (new) -
first mass
2 St. Peters (new) -
first mass
3 St. Peters (new) -
first mass
4 St. Peters (new) -
first mass
5 Cardinal Stritch
6 Cardinal Stritch
Folder 6
Helen Keller at dedication of Lighthouse for the Blind
Folder 7
1 Republican convention,
1952 - Eisenhower
2 Republican convention,
1952 - Eisenhower
3 Mayor Kennelly, Polish
Constitution Day, 1952
4 Mayor Kennelly,
Platform for Clean Government, 1955
5 Republican convention,
1952 - Taft
6 Republican convention,
1952 - Taft
Folder 8
1 Democratic convention,
1952 - Kefauver
2 Democratic convention,
1952 - "Big" Jim Farley
3 Democratic convention,
1952 - V.P. Barkley
4 Democratic convention,
1952 - Opening session
5 Stateville Prison
6 Stateville Prison
Folder 9
1 Stateville Prison
2 Stateville Prison
3 Stateville Prison
4 Stateville Prison
5 Stockyards - cattle
6 Stockyards - Swift
& Co. bldg.
Folder 10
1 Stockyards - man on
horseback
2 Stockyards - cattle
driver
3 Stockyards - worker
4 Stockyards - cattle
buyers
5 Stockyards - boxcars
6 Stockyards - cattle,
1952
7 Stockyards - pens
8 Lucille Kosinske
Box 3
Viewer