Cady and Huart collection

Cady and Huart collection of railroad photographs

Finding Aid for the Collection at the Chicago History Museum, Research Center

By Diane Ryan, 1989; rev. by D. Rinder, 2008; revised by Dana M. Lamparello, 2017.

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Title: Cady and Huart collection of railroad photographs [graphic]

Inclusive dates: ca. 1910-1969

Size:

Call #: 1989.0600 PPL:

407 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.

Call #: 1989.0600 PPN-0336:

4 negatives : b&w ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. or smaller.

Accession #: 1989.0600

Bib#: 4170

Restriction: Advance appointment required to view color material in cold storage or negatives in cool storage; please email research@chicagohistory.org.

Description of the collection:

Black-and-white photographic prints and negatives relating to railroad properties in Chicago. Images depict the construction of Chicago's Union Station during the 1920s including a few group portraits of principal men and the U.S.O. facility in the station in 1955. The area around the station is documented by snapshots taken in 1964. A large segment of photographs shows railroad and tunnel construction under the post office at Van Buren & Congress Streets, ca. 1920-1965. Another area of focus is Canal Street, the Chicago River and adjacent railroad properties between 1800 South and 600 North. Many photographs seem to have been commissioned by railroad companies and bear with some identifying information. Negatives show unidentified railroad tracks and yards (ca. 1940s) and Canal Street railroad crossing, 1959.

Processing note: Missing from this collection as of May 2017 are: 1) Call #: 1989.0600 PCP-0181: 17 photographic prints : col. ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller. Missing color photographs consist of construction scenes of the "Tishman Building" and area along Canal Street during the 1960s. 2) Call #: 1989.0600 PCT-0198: 13 transparencies : col., slide ; 35 mm. missing slides show the site at a traffic accident at the Canal Street railroad crossing on August 5, 1959. 3) All record books. 4) 11 black-and-white negatives.

Arranged by topic.

Gift of Thomas F. Cady and Emil Huart, Jr., 1989 (1989.0600).

List of online catalog headings:

Union Station (Chicago, Ill.)

Bridges -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Building -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Construction industry -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Railroad mail service -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Railroad stations -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Railroad tracks -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Streets -- Illinois -- Chicago.

USO clubs -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Film negatives.

Photographic prints -- Color.

Silver gelatin prints.

Slides -- Color.

Container list of box and folder numbers and titles:

Box 1, Streets | Call #: 1989.0600 PPL

1 Office buildings--Gateway Center ("Tishman Building") construction, 10 South Riverside Plaza, 1964 (32)

2 People--Investors or railroad officials at Union Station, ca. 1920s (3)

3 Post offices--Post office construction, Congress & Van Buren Streets, 1930s (11)

4 Post offices--Post office construction, Congress & Van Buren Streets, tunnel for new mail facilities, 1955 (21)

5 Post offices--Post office construction, Congress & Van Buren Streets, 1956 (20)

6 Railroad companies--Railroad properties album, generally along Canal Street from 1800 South to 600 North (34)

7 Railroad companies--Railroad properties along Chicago River, 1960s (1)

Box 2, Streets | Call #: 1989.0600 PPL

1 Railroad stations--Union Station, construction, 1920s (8)

2 Railroad stations--Union Station, construction album, 1924 (25)

3 Railroad stations--Union Station, tracks and platform, 1965 (9)

4 Railroad stations--Union Station, U.S.O. facility, 1951? (10)

5 Railroad tracks & yards--Between Harrison St. and 1800 South, 1944-1954 (12)

6 Railroad tracks & yards--Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. along Canal Street between Van Buren and Polk Street, ca. 1910s (6)

7 Railroad tracks & yards--Unidentified, ca. 1940s (3)

8 Streets--Area adjacent to Union Station, 1964 (74)

9 Streets--Canal Street, street construction, 1922, 1953 (10)

10 Streets--Canal Street crossing, 1959 (12)

Box 3, Transportation facilities | Call #: 1989.0600 PPL

Box 4, Black-and-white negatives | Call #: 1989.0600 PPN-0336