North Loop News collection of
visual materials
Finding Aid for the Collection at the
By Diane Ryan, 1989; rev. by D. Rinder, 2008
© Copyright 2008,
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Main entry: North Loop News (Chicago,
Ill.), Inc.
Title:
North
Loop News collection of visual materials [graphic]
Inclusive dates: ca. 1950-1970
Accession #: 1988.0361
Size & Call#:
Call #: 1988.0361 PPL
754
photographic prints : b&w ; 9 x 12 in. or smaller.
17
photomechanical prints ; 9 x 12 in. or smaller.
Call #: 1988.0361 PNG
1
box non-graphic material.
Restriction: Many
photographs require photographer credit line.
Description of the collection:
Primarily photographs of newsworthy
events and people relating to Chicago's Loop commercial district and near North
side. A large portion is comprised of individual and group portraits, approximately
half of which are identified. Group portraits document political and
organizational events; presentations of awards, gifts and portraits;
anniversaries and receptions. Individual portraits represent business leaders,
politicians, judges, law enforcement agents, TV celebrities, and football coach
Mike Ditka. United States presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and
Nixon are depicted. Women are frequently shown participating in charitable
events or organizations. A few portraits show women in relation to work as
switchboard operators and student nurses. One woman is identified as a site
artist. Includes photographs of children, dogs and zoo animals. Also includes
views of buildings, street scenes and cityscapes. The John Hancock Center and
Sandburg Village apartment complex are both featured.
Related materials at Chicago
History Museum, Research Center, include the North Loop News negatives
collection (1988.0361), the North Loop News color photoprints collection
(1988.0361), and the North Loop News (Newspaper) operating records.
Storage:
Box Lot (4 11 x 14 in. boxes and 1 box of non-graphic stored with photos);
Information file
List of online catalog headings:
Ditka, Mike
North Loop News (Chicago, Ill.),
Inc.
North Loop news (Chicago, Ill.)
North Loop news (Chicago, Ill.)
Animals--Illinois--Chicago.
Apartment
houses--Illinois--Chicago.
Art--Illinois--Chicago.
Businessmen--Illinois--Chicago.
Charitable
organizations--Illinois--Chicago.
Children--Illinois--Chicago.
Christmas--Illinois--Chicago.
Circuses
and shows--Illinois--Chicago.
Commercial
buildings--Illinois--Chicago.
Dogs--Illinois--Chicago.
Easter--Illinois--Chicago.
Entertainers--Illinois--Chicago.
Hotels--Illinois--Chicago.
Jews--Spiritual
life--Illinois--Chicago.
Judges--Illinois--Chicago.
Office
buildings--Illinois--Chicago.
Organizations--Illinois--Chicago.
Police--Illinois--Chicago.
Politicians--Illinois.
Presidents--United
States.
Religious
services--Illinois--Chicago.
Streets--Illinois--Chicago.
Women--Illinois--Chicago.
Women--Work--Illinois--Chicago.
Group
portraits.
Portrait
photographs.
Silver
gelatin prints.
Cityscapes.
Container list of box and folder
numbers and titles:
Call #: 1988.0361
PPL
Box 1
1 Activities--leisure
2 Art
3 Awards
4 Banks & banking
5 Buildings
6 Buildings--Interiors
7 Charitable associations
8 Chicago Police / Cook County Sheriff
9 Chicago Stadium
10 Children
11 Circus / Rodeo
12 Cityscapes
13 Construction
Box 2
1 Daley, Richard J.
2 Dogs
3 Ellis Island
4 Entertainers
5 Events
6 Food industry
7 Galleries & museums
8 Ginza Holiday
9 Greeting cards (photo)
10 Group portraits
11 Hotels
12 Holidays
13 Industry
Box 3
1 Jews--Spiritual life
2 John Hancock Center
3 Judges
4 Lincoln, Abraham
5 Men--Identified:
Argiris,
Van G.
Bane,
Charles A.
Berke,
Samuel
Block,
Joseph L.
Bradley,
Preston
Caples,
William
Clutter,
Albert W.
Conley,
Dean
Crown,
Col.
DeWoskin,
Morris
Farwell,
Arthur
Flynn,
Fahey
Frey,
Joseph R.
Gavitt,
Howard E.
Gallo,
Alfred E.
Goldblatt,
Joel
Goldberg,
Mayer
Hargrave
Jr., Homer
Harrison,
Sol E.
Hirsch,
H. Hayward
Howard,
Bailey K.
Kelliner,
Peter M.
Kelly,
Edward P.
Klutznick,
Philip M.
Kupcinet,
Irv
Lain,
William
Leibovitz,
Stanley E.
Leverone,
Nathaniel
Liceg,
Otto
Morrison,
D.F.
Morrison,
Duke
O'Malley,
Patrick
Perlman,
Harold L.
Pierce,
Robert Bruce
Polk,
Sol
Rubloff,
Arthur
Simon,
Seymour
Snowden,
John
Stone,
W. Clement
Stracke,
Win
Tuchbreiter,
Roy
Van der
Rohe, Mies
Waner,
John
Wanzer,
H. Stanley
Willett
Jr., Howard L.
Wilson,
O.W.
Workman,
Young,
James E.
6 Men--Unidentified
7 Military
8 Organizations (see also: Women--Group
portraits)
9 Parks and fountains
10 Politics--Cook County
11 Politics--Illinois
12 Politics--United States
Box 4
1 Religion
2 Sports
3 Storefronts
4 Streets
5 Vehicles
6 Weddings
7 Women--Identified
Carpenter,
Elizabeth
Crown,
Mrs. Irving
Hall,
Joan M.
Haas,
Mary Ann
Hilden,
Catherine M.
Jones,
Amanda
Kerr,
Angie
McCormick,
Mrs. Brooks
Meir,
Golda
Morrison,
Karen
Phillip,
Lee
Starr,
Bunny
Schmal,
Jerri E.
Van
Zant, Mayphine
8 Women--Unidentifed
9 Women--Group portraits
10 Women--Work
Call #: 1988.0361
PNG
1 box
of non-graphic material such as captions (1/2-Hollinger box in size)
dmr November
2, 1989