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Alfred Freeman photograph collection

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

By Craig Johnson, 1992; rev. by D. Rinder, 2008; edited by Dana Lamparello, 2017.

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Title: Alfred Freeman photograph collection [graphic]

Main entry: Freeman, Ned McDonald, 1872-1940, photographer.

Inclusive dates: ca. 1920-1929

Size:

Call #: 1989.0651 PPL:

1136 photographic prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Call #: 1989.0651 PNN:

59 negatives : cellulose nitrate ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Call #: 1989.0651 PGN0510-0512:

103 negatives : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Call #: 1989.0651 PNG:

1 box of non-graphic material plus a few photographs.

Accession #: 1989.0651

Restriction: Nitrate negatives restricted from access, see reference copies instead.

Restriction: To consult the glass negatives in this collection in the Research Center it is necessary to make an advance appointment (email: Research@chicagohistory.org ). However, the collection may include prints of many of them.

Alternative Format Available: Nitrate reference copies available online http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_pp/id/1465.

Biographical sketch:

Ned Mc Donald Freeman was an amateur photographer who photographed Chicago's parks, the Illinois and Michigan Canal, The Illinois and Des Plaines Rivers, and Du Page County Forest Preserves in the 1920s. He was born in Hannibal, Missouri in 1872. Later, he was a resident of Jamaica, New York. He moved to Chicago when he was married in 1901. He was a trader at the Board of Trade until World War I. During the war he worked for the Federal Trade Commission. Later he became the personal accountant to the Henry Cross Brokerage firm. He died in Chicago in 1940.

Description of the collection:

Primarily images of Chicago parks, and forest preserves and landscapes surrounding Chicago taken by amateur photographer and Chicago resident Ned Freeman. Includes scenes of the Illinois & Michigan Canal, the Au Sable River and the Des Plaines River.

Most prints were contact-printed from small negatives. Non-graphic material consists of handwritten identification logs that have been transcribed in the container list.

Box 1 contains Ned Mc Donald Freeman's notebooks in which are photoprints arranged in numerical order with some of them having location descriptions on the page with them.

Gift of Ned McDonald Freeman's son, Alfred Freeman (1989.0651).

Storage: Box Lot (9 5 x 7 in. boxes, 11 x 14 in. box)

List of online catalog headings:

Parks -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Reservations -- Illinois.

Rivers -- Illinois.

Canals -- Illinois.

Illinois and Michigan Canal (Ill.)

Chicago (Ill.) -- Photographs.

Illinois -- Photographs.

Container list:

The Glass negatives, the Nitrate negatives, and the Photoprints in this collection are not stored together collectively. The Glass negatives are stored in three boxes, the nitrate negatives are stored in one box, and the Photoprints are stored in four boxes. The boxes are all arranged in the same way. Alfred Freeman arranged his photographs in Series. The boxes are arranged in alphabetical series order: A, B, C, E and I. Within each series, the negatives and photoprints are arranged in numerical order.

Note: Photoprint=PP, Glass negative=GN, Nitrate negative=NN

Series A: Jackson Park

600 Old Courthouse : Wooded Island : 1NN 1PP

601 Old Courthouse : Wooded Island : 1NN 1PP

602 German Building : 1GN 5PP

603 German Building : 1GN 6PP

604 German Building : 1GN 1PP

605 German Building : Across Lagoon : 1GN 6PP

606 Caravels : 1GN 2PP

607 Life Saving Station : 1GN 2PP

611 Along the Lake about 70 st. : 1NN 2PP

612 Bridge : 1GN 3PP

613 Old M. F. Building : 1GN 3PP

614 Bridge : 1GN 1PP

615 Bridge : 1NN 1PP

617 Stone Bridge : 1GN 1PP

618 Lagoon : 1GN 1PP

619 Lagoon : 1GN 2PP

620 Sailboat in Harbor : 1NN 1PP

624 Colonnade : 1NN 1PP

625 Beach Building : 1GN 11PP

626 Inner Harbor : 1NN 1PP

627 Golf Links : 1NN 1PP

628 Golf Links : 1GN 1PP

629 Lagoon : 1NN 1PP

630 Footbridge : 1GN 1PP

631 Footbridge : 1NN

633 Life Saving Station : 1NN

634 Sailboat Entering Harbor : 1NN 3PP

637 Sailboat and Speedboat Entering Harbor : 1NN

638 Sailboat : 1NN

639 Sailboat : 1NN

640 Boat Club House : 1NN

641 Japanese Building : 1GN 1NN 2PP

642 Lake Michigan : 1NN

643 Boathouse and Bridge : 1GN 2PP

645 Jackson Park Shore : 1NN 1PP

646 Jackson Park Building : 1NN 1PP

Series B: Washington Park

2 South Entrance to Park : 3PP

3 Rustic Bridge : 1GN 7PP

4 Fountain : 1GN

19 Lagoon : 2NN

25 Boat on Lagoon : 1GN 1PP

26 Lagoon and Fountain : 4PP

29 Equestrians Bridge : 1NN 1PP

33 Rustic Bridge : 1GN 2PP

34 Statue "Time" : 1GN 2PP

35 Trees and Water : 1NN 1PP

36 Sheep : 1GN 8PP

37 Sheep House : 1GN 3PP

38 Lagoon : 1GN 7PP

39 Lawn : 1PP

40 Rustic Bridge : 1GN 13PP

41 Spring and Tree : 1GN 3PP

42 Spring and Tree : 1GN 2PP

43 Fountain : 1GN 10PP

44 Bank of Lagoon : 1GN 2PP

46 Bank of Lagoon : 1GN 1PP

47 Bank of Lagoon : 1GN 1PP

48 Boat : 1GN 1PP

50 Lagoon : 1GN 5PP

51 Lagoon and Trees : 1GN 3PP

52 Lagoon and Trees : 1GN 1PP

53 Grass Cutters : 1GN 1PP

Series C

1 Forest Preserve : Along 107th St. : 1GN 2PP

2 Forest Preserve : Along 107th St. : 1GN 4PP

3 Forest Preserve : Near 107th St. : 1PP

4 Forest Preserve : Spencer Springs : 3PP

5 Forest Preserve : Spencer Springs : 1GN 3PP

8 Forest Preserve : 87th St. : 3PP

9 Forest Preserve : 87th St. : 1PP

10 Stream and Trees : 1NN 3PP

11 F. C. Traeks : 1NN 11PP

12 Forest Preserve : Pulaski Woods : 1NN 1PP

14 Forest Preserve : 1GN 5PP

16 Forest Preserve : New Ski Jump : 2PP

17 Grand Calumet River near Harvey : 1GN 6PP

18 Limestone Quarry at Thomton : 1PP

21 Forest Preserve : Pond on Keen Ave. : 1PP

22 Forest Preserve : Maples Hill Lake : 2PP

23 Pond : 1GN 6PP

31 Road : Crab apples : 1NN

32 View from Rear Window : 1GN 1PP

41 Chicago River Bridge : 1NN 1PP

51 Wrigley Building : 1PP

53 Chicago River, Mas. Temple, Wrigley Building, Tribune Building : 1PP

54 Hotel Morrison : 2PP

55 Boat Passing Life Bridge : Chicago River : 1NN 2PP

56 Freighter on Chicago River : 1PP

57 Freighter on Chicago River : 2PP

58 Jackknife Bridge : Chicago River : 2PP

59 Jackknife Bridge : Chicago River : 20PP

60 Michigan Ave. Bridge : Chicago River : 7PP

61 Pylons : Grant Park : 5PP

62 Peristyle : Grant Park : 4PP

63 Freighter and Wrigley Building : 8PP

64 Wrigley Building : 1PP

65 Wrigley Building : 1GN 2PP

66 Statue Group : Mass at Fort Dearborn : 1GN 4PP

67 Snowball Bush : 1GN

68 Locomotive : Loomis St. and Belt Line : 1PP

69 Forest Preserve Near Spencer Springs : 1GN 3PP

70 Forest Preserve : 6PP

71 Back Yard at 7720 Emerald : 1NN 1PP

77 Lions at The Art Institute of Chicago Entrance : 5PP

79 Vespers at Stoney Island Ave. : 2PP

80 Pond : 1GN 16PP

81 Pond at 95th : 1GN 10PP

82 95th Street west of Kedzie : 1GN 1PP

83 Cow Under Tree : 8PP

84 Great Lakes Fountain at The Art Institute of Chicago : 7PP

198 Farm Near Forest Preserve : Pulaski Woods : 13PP

199 Western Ave. beside Forest Preserve : 1GN 6PP

200 Blue Flag : 1GN 11PP

201 Pond and Trees west of City : 42PP

202 Culvert on West Side : 10PP

204 West 107th St. Crossroads : 12PP

205 Old Ford : Alfred in it : 2PP

206 Edge of Forest Preserve near Lamont : 6PP

208 Pond and Trees : see 211 : 32PP

209 Blue Flag : 4PP

210 Dandelion Puffs : 12PP

211 Pond and Trees : see 208 : 33PP

215 Stream in Palos Park Forest Preserve : 10PP

217 Alfred in Forest Preserve Palos Park : 1FN 10PP

218 Meadow and Trees west of City : 4PP

220 Stream and Dam in Forest Preserve Palos Park : 6PP

221 Old Windmill : 72nd St. : 14PP

222 Old Windmill : 72nd St. : 22PP

223 Calumet River near Blue Island : 19PP

Series E

1 Bridge in Sherman Park : 1GN 13PP

2 Bridge and Cathedral in Sherman Park : 2GN 8PP

3 Bridge in Sherman Park : 1GN 1PP

4 Lincoln Park : Men in Rowing Boats : 1GN 2PP

5 Lincoln Park : Men in Rowing Boats : 1GN 1PP

6 Boat off Grant Park : 1GN 4PP

7 Coerman Building : 1GN 2PP

8 Coerman Building : 1GN 2PP

9 Elgin Trolley : 1GN 1PP

10 Train/Subway Stop : 1GN 1PP

11 Chicago River Bridge at Dearborn : 1GN 1PP

12 I. C. Yard Grant Park : 1NN 1PP

13 Lake Steamer : 1GN 1PP

14 I & M Canal : 1GN 1PP

15 Bridge over a Sable Creek : 1GN

16 Bridge over river : 1GN 6PP

17 Dam at a Creek : 2GN 1PP

18 River, Trees and Bridge : 1GN 9PP

19 River View : 1GN 13PP

20 Rock Path Crossing a Stream in the Woods : 1NN 27PP

21 Washington Park : River View : 1GN 27PP

22 River View : 1GN 12PP

23 Washington Park : River View : 1GN 14PP

24 Park : 1GN 8PP

25 River view with two rowboats and bridge : 1GN 8PP

26 River view and Geyser : 2NN 11PP

27 Washington Park : Willow Tree : 1NN 7PP

28 Washington Park : Club Boat House : 10PP

29 Washington Park : Bridge with horse and Bridge without horse : 2NN 23PP

30 Washington Park : Lagoon Workmen : 1GN 1PP

31 Washington Park : 1NN 2PP

32 Park : People riding horses : 1NN 10PP

33 River view with Bridge : 1PP

Series I

80 Ducks on bank of canal : 4PP

81 Flood waters Illinois River near Lamont : 1NN 3PP

82 Canal widened out near Channahon : 1NN 4PP

83 Road at same point : 1NN 1PP

84 Rear wheeler in use Des Plaines River : Near dusk : 1NN 2PP

85 Illinois River : 1NN 1PP

86 Road : 1NN

87 Illinois River from Dresden Heights toward Morris : 1NN

88 Along the Canal near Channahon : 1NN 2PP

89 Old Rear Wheeler wreck just below Dresden Heights : 1NN

91 Des Plaines River near Lamont : 1PP

92 Des Plaines River near Channahon : 1NN

93 Looking up the canal : 11PP

94 Stone Bridge over Au Sable River : 1NN 18PP

95 Approach to Stone Bridge over Au Sable River : 1NN 9PP

96 New steel conduit of canal over Au Sable River : 1NN 16PP

97 Cat Tails near Au Sable River : 1NN 6PP

98 Looking up Au Sable River : 15PP

99 Easterly approach to Stone Bridge over Au Sable River : 1GN 1PP

100 Bridge over one arm of Des Plains River near Channahon : 1GN 1PP

101 Same View with Cows on Island : 1GN 1PP

102 Similar to 101 more distant : 1GN 9PP

103 Au Sable Locks from down the Canal : 1GN 30PP

104 Bridge over Des Plaines river near Channahon : 1GN 1PP

105 Au Sable Lock from up the Canal : 1GN 6PP

106 Lockskeepers House Au Sable : 1GN 3PP

107 Looking down the Des Plaines River near Channnahon : 1GN 4PP

108 Road towards Bridges in 101 and 104 : 1GN 12PP

109 Reaper in field near Au Sable : 1GN 3PP

110 Looking down Au Sable River : 1GN 5PP

111 Old Wooden Viaduct carrying canal over Au Sable River : 1GN 4PP

112 Stone Bridge over Au Sable River : 1GN 2PP

113 Lynching Place near Au Sable River : 1NN 1PP

114 Stone Canal Wall near Au Sable : 1GN 1PP

115 Ford through Au Sable River (Now a concrete Bridge) : 1GN 2PP

116 Farm near Au Sable : 1GN 1PP

117 Small river between Channahon and Wilmington : 15PP

118 Looking up Au Sable River near Au Sable : 1PP

119 Au Sable lock from up the Canal : 1GN 7PP

120 Canal overflow water near Au Sable : 1GN 7PP

121 Looking up Au Sable River near Au Sable : 7PP

122 Drainage Ditch for Au Sable and Morris : 15PP

123 Same Ditch looking other direction : 9PP

124 Canal overflow gate toward Morris from Au Sable : 1GN 12PP

125 Looking up the canal from Au Sable : 10PP

126 Limestone Bank of river between Channahon and Wilmington : 6PP

127 Lunching Place near Au Sable : 1PP

129 Stone Cliff between Channahan and Wilmington : 1NN 3PP

131 Illinois river, Dwellings, Bridges, Statues, Cars, Buildings, Horse and Wagons : 40PP

N16 City Street with Sinclair Service Station : 1NN

?I Chicago River with Bridges : 1GN 1PP

C85? River View with Trees : 1GN

A U.S. Cost Guard Building in Jackson Park : 1GN 1PP

B Fishermans Clubhouse in Washington Park : 1NN 1PP

C Lake View between 78th and 79th : 1GN

Craig Johnson, August 10, 1992