| Dates: | 1895-2006 (Bulk dates: 1970-2006) |
| Size: | 39 linear feet in 53 boxes and 7 oversize folders, includes 4,056 photographs, 2,480 slides, 795 4”x5” negatives, 60 videos, 6 audio cassettes, 2 artifacts |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe-nhrc-clac |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition: | Donated by the Chicago Loop Alliance in 2006. |
| Conditions Governing Access: | Materials are open without restrictions. |
| Physical Location: | Box 20 and the Oversize Folders contain materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please request materials at least 24-hours prior to your research visit to coordinate access. |
| Conditions Governing Use: | Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection. |
| Preferred Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Chicago Loop Alliance Collection, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library |
| Finding Aid Author: | Original author unknown, 2006. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Michelle McCoy, 2021 |
Abstract
The Chicago Loop Alliance, formerly known as the State Street Council and the Greater State Street Council (GSSC), was founded in 1929 to promote the business interests of downtown State Street. This collection documents the activities of the organization through correspondence, marketing materials, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, press releases, studies, reports, and audiovisual resources. Among the projects was the closure of vehicular traffic on State Street and its transformation into a walking Mall between 1979 and 1996.
Biographic/Historical
The State Street Council was organized in 1929 to promote the business interests of State Street from Wacker Drive to Van Buren Street. Renamed the Greater State Street Council (GSSC) in 1982, the area of representation was expanded beyond State Street to encompass Chicago’s central business district. Twenty-three years later, in 2005, the GSSC merged with the Central Michigan Avenue Association, becoming the Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA). As the Chicago Loop Alliance, the organization’s mission is to strengthen Chicago’s competitive position as a mixed-use retail core build on its existing hospitality, real estate, residential, cultural and institutional resources, and contribute to Chicago’s standing as a world-class city and tourist attraction.
The current 40-block service area is comprised of theaters, retail businesses, residences, and the largest college population in the state of Illinois. It is bounded by Dearborn Street to the west, Lake Michigan to the east, Wacker Drive to the north and Congress Parkway to the south. Throughout its history the Chicago Loop Alliance has played an important role in the evolution of Chicago’s downtown, by working closely with public and private agencies to develop business opportunities, infrastructure, public amenities, and cooperative marketing strategies. They have sponsored marketing, consumer, real estate and planning reports, many of which are found in this collection. In addition, the Chicago Loop Alliance has regularly produced annual reports and quarterly newsletters.
The Chicago Loop Alliance has historically hosted a number of public events including holiday parades and summer festivals such as State Street Days, Loop Alive!, Summer Stage and Celebrate on State. They also traditionally hold an annual luncheon meeting with guest speakers, as well as a yearly charity gala.
The Chicago Loop Alliance is a not-for-profit business association.
Scope and Contents
The materials contained in the Chicago Loop Alliance Collection document the evolution of State Street, physically, economically and socially from 1888 to 2006.
These papers illustrate complex and pervasive issues in American cities during decades of great social and economic change, such as the decline of urban city centers and increased traffic congestion. They provide insight into City policies and procedures as well as the complicated processes by which public and private agencies cooperated on major planning and development projects, such as the redevelopment of State Street during the 1990s. Of note are the materials about the development of the pedestrian mall on State Street. State Street was closed to vehicular traffic, except buses and taxis, from 1979 until 1996 in an effort to encourage more pedestrian traffic and hence increased revenues for stores. The earliest notion of a downtown pedestrian mall came in the 1950s; its planning, construction and marketing in the 1970s and 1980s; and finally, criticism and reassessment of the State Street Mall leading to its redevelopment in the 1990s.
Arrangement
The collection uses the subject and chronological order that seemed to most apparent when the collection was acquired. Efforts were made to retain the original order of the material when possible.
The Chicago Loop Alliance Records are organized into 13 series by organizational function or material type:
- Series 1: Annual Reports, 1933-2001
- Series 2: Annual Meetings, 1953-2006
- Series 3: Correspondence, 1941-1998
- Series 4: Membership, 1944-2006
- Series 5: Marketing and Promotions, 1933-2006
- Series 6: Retail and Consumer Studies, 1978-1996
- Series 7: Planning and Development, 1925-2002
- Series 8: Vision/Redevelopment of State Street, 1986-1999
- Series 9: Transportation, 1957-2002
- Series 10: Real Estate, 1951-1996
- Series 11: News clippings, 1954-2003
- Series 12: Photographs, circa 1888-2004, undated
- Series 13: Audiovisual Materials, 1958-2005, undated
Subject Headings
- Central business districts -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Chicago Loop Alliance
- Greater State Street Council
- Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
- Parades -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Pedestrian areas -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Shopping malls -- Illinois -- Chicago
- South Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
- State Street (Chicago, Ill.)
- State Street Council of Chicago
- Trade associations -- Illinois -- Chicago
Related Collections
- Chicago City-Wide Collection
- Chicago Collection of Kenan and Carol Heise
- gloria cassens Collection
- Harold Washington Archives & Collections. Mayoral Records. Finance and Administration Sub-cabinet Records
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Annual Reports, 1933-2001
Scope and Contents
Series 1 consists of annual reports created by the State Street Council and its successor, Greater State Street Council (GSSC), between 1933 and 2001. The reports are illustrated with photographs from or related to images in this collection. The reports are not inclusive and are missing various years, including the span of 1960-1972.
Arrangement
Series 1 is arranged chronologically.
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | State Street Council, annual report, Report of the President, 1933 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | State Street Council, annual report, 1937: Chicago…100 Years a City, 1936 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | State Street Council, annual report, The City Of Tomorrow, 1937 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | State Street Council, annual report, State Street Today, 1938 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | State Street Council, annual report, 1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | State Street Council, annual report, 1941 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | State Street Council, annual report, State Street and the War Effort: A Report by the President, 1942 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | State Street Council, annual report, 1943 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | State Street Council, annual report, 1945 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | State Street Council, annual report, 1946 and Tomorrow, 1946 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | State Street Council, annual report, Report of the Year’s Activities, 1947 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | State Street Council, annual report, The State Street Story for 1948, 1948 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | State Street Council, annual report, A Digest of 1949 Council Activities, 1949 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | State Street Council, annual report, 1950 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | State Street Council, annual report, 1951 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | State Street Council, annual report, 1952 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | State Street Council, annual report, 1953 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | State Street Council, annual report, 1954 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | State Street Council, annual report, 1955 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | State Street Council, annual report, 1956 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 | State Street Council, annual report, 1959 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | State Street Council, annual report, That Great Street, 1973 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | State Street Council, annual report, That Great Street, 1974 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 | State Street Council, annual report, That Great Street, 1975 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 | State Street Council, annual report, That Great Street, 1976 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | State Street Council, annual report, That Great Street, 1977 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | State Street Council, annual report, That Great Street Mall, 1978 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | State Street Council, annual report, The 1979 Report, 1979 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | State Street Council, annual report, Perspective ’80/’81, 1980 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | State Street Council, annual report, Perspective 1981/1982, 1981 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, Currents: Perspective ’82/’83, 1982 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, Perspective, 1984 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, The Year in Perspective, 1987 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, That Great Street: The Year in Perspective, 1988 |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, In Perspective 1989, 1989 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, In Perspective 1990 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, In Perspective, 1991 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, A Year in Perspective, 1993 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, A Year in Perspective, 1994 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, A Year in Perspective (photocopy), 1995 |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, A Year in Perspective (photocopy), 1996 |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, A Year in Perspective 1997, 1997 |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, 70 Years of Service: 1929-1999, 1998 |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, Looking Toward a New Millennium, 1999 |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, State of the Art: Perspectives, 2000 |
| Box 2 | Folder 21 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual report, Perspectives, 2001 |
Series 2: Annual Meetings, 1953-2006
Scope and Contents
Series 2 consists of materials related to the organization’s formal annual meeting. These materials include agendas, flyers, invitations, meeting notes, programs, reports, speeches and tickets.
The Chicago Loop Alliance held an annual meeting (also called the Annual Luncheon) in January or February at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel. Series 2 includes copies of speeches given by many of the keynote luncheon speakers.
Arrangement
Series 2 is arranged chronologically.
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | State Street Council, annual meeting, program, invitation, ticket, speech by James C. Downs, 1953 January 5 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | State Street Council, annual meeting, address by Mayor Martin H. Kennelly, 1954 February 2 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | State Street Council, annual meeting, address by Fairfax M. Cone, reprint, press releases, flyer, remarks by Gale Blocki, Jr. and Gordon Metcalfe, 1955 February |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | State Street Council, annual meeting, address by Mayor Richard J. Daley, 1956 January 19 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | State Street Council, annual meeting, “The Chicago Story,” address by James C. Downs, Jr., 1957 January 18 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | State Street Council, annual meeting, address by Charles H. Kellstadt, 1959 January 23 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | State Street Council, annual meeting, Christmas Parade, handout, 1961 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | State Street Council, annual meeting, address by Thomas V. King, President Chicago Convention Bureau, 1969 January 28 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | State Street Council, annual meeting, invitation, 1979 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual meeting, message from the president, 1984 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual meeting, agenda, committee reports, fact sheets, guest list, invitation, membership, officers, thank-you letters; speech by Mayor Harold Washington, 1987 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual meeting, Program Committee, budget proposals, correspondence, meeting notes for January 29, 1987 luncheon, 1986-1987 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual meeting, invitation, program, RSVP card for annual dinner, 1990 January |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual meeting, awards, press release, 1992 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual meeting, agenda, program, finance report, 1993 |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual meeting, invitation, RSVP card, 1997 January 28 |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual meeting, invitation, 2006 |
Series 3: Correspondence, 1941-1998
Scope and Contents
Series 3 consists of correspondence between the State Street Council, Greater State Street Council (GSSC) or Chicago Loop Alliance and a variety of groups, businesses, City agencies and individuals.
Arrangement
Series 3 is arranged chronologically.
| Box 3 | Folder 18 | Letter, regarding loan of photograph, 1941 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 | Letter, Army Captain Louis Levine to State Street Council President, Willard Cole, regarding signage on subway entrances, 1945 March 2 |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 | Letters, regarding the removal of street-car tracks on State Street, 1956-1957 |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 | Letters, regarding State Street Mall, 1957-1959 |
| Box 3 | Folder 22 | Letters, Commercial Light Company to Commonwealth Edison regarding power for Christmas Decorations, 1960-1962 |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 | Letters, Commercial Light Company to State Street Lighting Association, regarding general street lighting, 1962-1965 |
| Box 3 | Folder 24 | Sympathy card and clipping of death notice of A. A. Halperin, Commercial Light Company, 1964 |
| Box 3 | Folder 25 | Sympathy card and clipping of death notice of Michael R. Fine, Commercial Light Company, 1965 |
| Box 3 | Folder 26 | Christmas cards from Michigan Boulevard Association, 1965, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 27 | Letters, regarding fees to sub-sidewalk entrances to retail stores [from subway], 1972-1973 |
| Box 3 | Folder 28 | Letter, James Bade, SSC to James McDonough, Department of Streets and Sanitation, complaining about the disruption of business to State Street stores during parades, 1972 |
| Box 3 | Folder 29 | Letter, James Bade, GCCS to Alderman Fred Roti, proposing a restriction on parking, 1972 |
| Box 3 | Folder 30 | Letters, editorial, to the media, 1988-1995 |
| Box 3 | Folder 31 | Letters, from GSSC to Chicago Public Schools and Morrison Incorporated, appealing for redevelopment, 1989 |
| Box 3 | Folder 32 | Letter, Mayor Richard M. Daley to Belinda Reeves, GSSC, regarding the “green machine,” street sweeper, 1998 |
| Box 3 | Folder 33 | Letter, Barbara Sinatra to Brent Minor, GSSC, following the death of her husband, Frank Sinatra, 1998 |
Series 4: Membership, 1944-2006
Scope and Contents
Series 4 documents the activities of the council membership. The materials include agendas, by-laws, committee reports, directories, newsletters, press releases, reports, and the 1999 website content of the first Chicago Loop Alliance. Among the subjects covered are the annual galas, annual meetings and such interests as development, street lighting, and transportation.
The contents of Box 4, Folders 1-16 were printed from a computer disk in 2007.
Arrangement
Series 4 is arranged chronologically.
| Box 17 | Folder 6 | State Street Council, membership charts for State Street, from Wacker Drive to Van Buren Street, 1944 December |
| Box 3 | Folder 35 | State Street Council, by-laws with revisions, 1955 January 31 |
| Box 3 | Folder 36 | State Street Lighting Association, subscribers’ accounts receivable, 1965 October |
| Box 3 | Folder 37 | State Street Council, “What’s Going On at the Council,” newsletter by Chuck Gardner and Bette Woods, 1978 December 29 |
| Box 3 | Folder 38 | Correspondence and biographical information regarding members of the Tool and Die Institute, 1984, 1987 |
| Box 3 | Folder 39 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), newsletter, 1985 March-April |
| Box 3 | Folder 40 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), newsletter, 1986 November-December |
| Box 3 | Folder 41 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), newsletter, 1987 January-February, March-April, May-June, September-October |
| Box 3 | Folder 42 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), newsletter, 1989 July-August |
| Box 3 | Folder 43 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), 60th anniversary gala, invitation, RSVP, fact sheet, correspondence, 1989 |
| Box 3 | Folder 44 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), newsletter, 1990 December |
| Box 3 | Folder 45 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), information packet, mission statement, project lists, eligibility requirements, dues, application, circa 1990 |
| Box 3 | Folder 46 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Month in Review, reports to the Board, 1991 June, July, August, September, November-December |
| Box 3 | Folder 47 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Month in Review, report to the Board, 1992 February |
| Box 3 | Folder 48 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), newsletter, 1992 Summer, August-September |
| Box 3 | Folder 49 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Month in Review, report to the Board, 1992 September |
| Box 3 | Folder 50 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), outreach to Stouffer Riviere Hotel, 1992 |
| Box 3 | Folder 51 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), membership directories, October, 1992, 2004 |
| Box 3 | Folder 52 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), News Briefs, 1993 February/March |
| Box 3 | Folder 53 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Perspective, 1993 January |
| Box 3 | Folder 54 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), press release announcing appointment of Daniel J. Skoda as president, 1994 |
| Box 3 | Folder 55 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), News Briefs, 1995 April, June-August |
| Box 3 | Folder 56 | Letters of resignation, President Daniel J. Skoda; Anthony Stewart-Moore, 1995, 1998 |
| Box 3 | Folder 57 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), certificate of incorporation, 1995 |
| Box 3 | Folder 58 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), State Street News Briefs, 1997 |
| Box 3 | Folder 59 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), State Street News Briefs, 1998 |
| Box 3 | Folder 60 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), press release, John T. Costello Elected Chairman, February, 1999 |
| Box 3 | Folder 61 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), breakfast meeting agenda, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), About the Greater State Street Council, website text by Laura and Larry Jones, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), The Cultural Walk - An Architectural Tour, website text by Laura and Larry Jones, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Education Corridor, website text by Laura and Larry Jones, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Events: Book signings, Models, Fashion Designers website text, by Belinda Reeves, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Museums and Cultural Attractions, website text by Laura and Larry Jones, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), National Register of Historic Places, website text, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 16 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), News and Weather, website text by Belinda Reeves, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Real Estate and Development, website text by Laura and Larry Jones, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Restaurants, website text by Laura and Larry Jones, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Shopping, website text by Laura and Larry Jones, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Short State Street Welcome, Belinda Reeves, website text 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), State Street Hotels and Convention/Meeting Spaces, website text by Laura and Larry Jones, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), The Story of State Street, website text by Laura and Larry Jones, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Theatrical District, website text by Laura and Larry Jones, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Transportation, website text by Belinda Reeves, 1999 |
| Box 17 | Folder 7 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), website text, printouts of captured pages, circa 2000 |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Welcome to Chicago’s State Street, That Great Street, website text by Laura and Larry Jones, 1999 |
| Box 3 | Folder 62 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), State Street News Briefs, 2000 Spring |
| Oversize Folder 2 | 42nd Ward, 69 Election Precincts, map, 2002 April | |
| Box 4 | Folder 19 | Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA), annual gala, invitation, 2006 |
| Box 4 | Folder 20 | Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA), “Here Comes the Neighborhood,” program, 2006 |
Series 5: Marketing and Promotions, 1933-2006
Scope and Contents
Series 5 contains press releases and promotional publications for events such as State Street Days, Loop Alive!, Summer Stage and Celebrate on State as well as a Christmas event decoration cataloged as an artifact.
The contents of Box 4, Folder 54 were printed from a computer disk in 2007.
Arrangement
Series 5 is arranged chronologically.
| Box 18 | Folder 1 | State Street Council, Dollar Days Event, poster, 1933 January |
| Box 18 | Folder 2 | State Street Council, Dollar Days Event, poster, 1933 July |
| Box 18 | Folder 3 | State Street Council, Dollar Days Event, poster, 1934 January |
| Box 4 | Folder 24 | State Street Council, Committee on Promotion and Public Relations, State Street Reporting, The Progress of Your Public Relations Program for the Epoch-making Six Months Ending October 1, 1945, report, 1945 October |
| Box 4 | Folder 25 | State Street Council, State Street, First 6 Months of ’46, report, 1946 |
| Box 4 | Folder 26 | State Street Council, Promotion Program, brochure, 1953 |
| Box 4 | Folder 27 | Chicago Loop Saved by a Jingle, article reprinted from the Detroit News, 1954 |
| Box 18 | Folder 5 | State Street Council, State Street Days, clipping montage, 1957 September 4 |
| Box 4 | Folder 29 | White Sox, signs up on State Street, Hail Heroes and Welcome Visitors, press release, 1959 |
| Box 4 | Folder 30 | “The Palmer House,” history written by Palmer House Publicist, Freddie Townsend; press release for Palmer House renovations, circa 1960s-1979 |
| Box 4 | Folder 31 | Christmas photo shoot, memo to stores, 1973 |
| Box 4 | Folder 32 | State Street Council, That Great State Street and That Great Street Mall, promotional publications, 1974-1978 |
| Box 4 | Folder 33 | Keeshin State Street Tour Guides, information sheet, 1976 |
| Box 4 | Folder 34 | State Street Mall, construction, press releases, memos, report, program for closing of State Street, 1978 |
| Box 4 | Folder 35 | State Street Mall, Christmas, press release, 1979 |
| Box 4 | Folder 36 | C.D. Peacock Jewelers, history, circa 1970s |
| Box 4 | Folder 37 | Pirie, John D. (Carson Pirie Scott), death, press release, 1980 |
| Box 4 | Folder 38 | State Street Mall, map and directory, 1981 |
| Box 4 | Folder 39 | State Street Mall, 3rd anniversary, proposals, performances, schedules, Streets and Sanitation application and permit, 1982 |
| Box 4 | Folder 40 | Loop Alive! press releases, correspondence and schedules, 1982-1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 41 | Downtown Marketing and Promotions, Inc., articles of incorporation, certificate of incorporation, tax exempt letter, 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 42 | Mayor Harold Washington to speak at Annual Meeting, press release, 1984 |
| Box 4 | Folder 43 | Summer Stage, press releases, programs, 1984 |
| Box 4 | Folder 44 | Art Exposure, press release, 1984 |
| Box 4 | Folder 45 | Celebrate on State, promotional material, 1988-1990 |
| Box 4 | Folder 46 | Harold Washington Library Center, downtown El tracks to be painted, State Street restaurants at lunchtime, press releases, circa 1990 |
| Box 4 | Folder 47 | State Street Mall, postcard, State Street That Great Street, Loop Retail Historic District, Pedway, Downtown Underground Walkway System, promotional publications, 1992-1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 48 | Christmas lighting ceremony, press release, 1995 November |
| Artifacts 2007.44 a-b | Carson Pirie Scott, “State Street, That Great Street,” Christmas tree decoration, aluminum and ribbon (2 copies), 1996 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 49 | Chicago Office of Tourism, public relations and marketing, quarterly reports, 1998 |
| Box 4 | Folder 50 | Chicago Office of Tourism, Chicago People Magazine, publication, 1998 Winter |
| Box 4 | Folder 51 | Chicagovision, advertising invitation from Joan Wagner, General Manager of Chicagovision to Belinda Reeves, Executive Director, GSSC, 1998 |
| Box 4 | Folder 52 | Shop Chicago; 75 Inspearations [sic] on Tour; State Street Shopper’s Guide; State Street, A Map and Directory of the State Street Area, promotional publications, 1998, 2004, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Marketing and Promotions Committee, Proposed Consumer Retail and Entertainment Strategy for State Street, report, 1999 |
| Box 4 | Folder 54 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Marketing, supplemental text to 2000 Annual Report [printed by the archivist from a computer disk in 2007], undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 55 | Loop the Loop, Free Audio Tours, promotional publication, circa 2006 |
Series 6: Retail and Consumer Studies, 1978-1996
Scope and Contents
Series 6 consists of the questionnaires, studies, surveys and retail reports that were prepared by a variety of marketing consulting firms are included in this series.
Arrangement
Series 6 is arranged chronologically.
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | Chicago Central Area Committee, Chicago ’78: A Consumer Perspective, An Attitude Survey, conducted by Perkins and Will, 1978 |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 | Greater State Street Council Survey, report prepared by Perkins and Will, 1982 June |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | Downtown Research Corporation, Upstairs Downtown: Inventory of Upper Floor Shops and Services in the Heart of Chicago’s Loop, report, 1987 January |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 | State Street Market Profile and Shopping Center Report, by Chicago Tribune’s Retail Marketing Services Division, reports, 1988 |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | Leo Burnett U.S.A., Research Department, Exploring Consumer Perceptions about State Street, A Qualitative Study, report, 1989 October |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 | Rosalind Reed Enterprises, Survey of the Greater State Street Market, proposal for 1992 survey, report, 1991 October, 1992 August 25 |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 | Illinois Retail Merchants Association, Deloitte and Touche, Retailers Sales Comparison Report, sales survey, 1992 January, February |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), State Street Survey, questionnaire and related correspondence, 1996 October |
Series 7: Planning and Development, Downtown Chicago and State Street, 1925-2002, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 7 chronicles the planning and physical development of State Street and the downtown area. These documents include the earliest consideration of a pedestrian mall in the 1950s and parking reports and proposals from the 1970s through the 1990s.
Arrangement
Series 7 is arranged chronologically.
| Box 5 | Folder 9 | Combination Light and Trolley Standard [lamppost], illustration, installed by State Street Lighting Association between Lake and Van Buren Streets in 1925, undated |
| Box 19 | State Street Properties, Plan & Profile, Wacker Drive to Congress Street, March 7, 1941 (corrected 8-25-43), architectural plan, 1941 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 | Pedestrian malls in Fresno, Calgary, Dallas, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Seattle and Toledo, information, 1956-1966 |
| Box 5 | Folder 12 | New Mall for State Street Unveiled, by Arthur Rubloff, [article text?] 1957 September 26 |
| Box 5 | Folder 13 | Downtown Idea Exchange, vol. 3, nos. 17-18 and vol. 6, no. 15, 1956, 1959 |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 | The Downtown Mall: Magic or Madness? by Seymour Stillman, Downtown Development Session of the National Retail Merchants Association’s Convention; Evaluation of Experimental and Promotional Malls, printed speech, article, 1959, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 15 | Chicago: A History, Chicago, Illinois Department of Public Works, Rand McNally and Company, 1973 |
| Box 5 | Folder 16 | State Street Mall, notice to delivery trucks of changes of access and traffic patterns, circa 1978; statement by Mayor Michael A. Bilandic, press release, 1978 |
| Oversize Folder 1 | Architectural poster, State Street Transit Mall, Chicago, Illinois, 1978 June | |
| Box 5 | Folder 18 | Chicago Department of Planning, Central Area Parking Problems and Fringe Area Parking Approach, Working Paper # 2, report, 1978 August |
| Oversize Folder 4 | State Street Pedestrian Transit Mall, construction plans; State Street Pedestrian Transit Mall, Landscaping, architectural plan; State Street Pedestrian Transit Mall, Street Lighting, architectural plans (bound together), 1978 June 26, 1978 January 30-1979 March 1, 1978 November 15 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 20 | Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, Chicagoland Development: Guide to Industrial, Commercial and Community Planning and Development, report, 1979 October |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 | Chicago, City on the Brink, by Richard C. Longworth, Chicago Tribune, report, 1981 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 | Chicago City Council, Municipal Code, amendments passed from January 1980 to January 1981, 1981 January 1 |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 | Chicago Plan Commission, Chicago 1992, Comprehensive Plan, Goals and Policies and Ten-Year Capital Development and Strategies, Draft for Discussion, report, 1982 October |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 | Chicago City Council, Municipal Code, Chicago Zoning Ordinance, Off-Street Parking and Loading Provisions, Amended December 31, 1981, Lake Michigan and Chicago Lakefront Protection Ordinance, Condominiums, 1982 December 21 |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 | Toward a Downtown Management Plan for Chicago, draft report, 1985 |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 | The Chicago Project, A Report on Civic Life in Chicago, by the Chicago Central Area Committee, report, 1986 September |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 | State Street Mall, questionnaire, 1987 |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 | City of Chicago, Capital Improvement Program, 1987-1991, 1987 June |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 | Adams-Wabash Self-Park Proposal, Standard Parking Corporation, report with correspondence, 1987 |
| Box 20 | Marshall Field’s, State Street, Chicago, Illinois, Renovation, architectural plans, 1988 March-December | |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 | Chicago Central Area Committee, annual report, 1988 |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 | Greater State Street District, fact sheets for development, circa 1988-1989 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 | Chicago Plan Commission, Downtown Parking Policies, report, 1989 January 26 |
| Box 7 | Folder 6 | Mall Commission through Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation, funding request, 1989 |
| Box 7 | Folder 7 | Chicago Department of Planning, Central Station Development Guidelines, Draft for Public Review, report, 1989 October |
| Box 7 | Folder 8 | Metropolitan Planning Council, A Study of Downtown Organizations and their Management Functions: Lessons for State Street, draft, report, questionnaire, 1989 |
| Box 7 | Folder 9 | International Downtown Association, Washington, D.C., Managing the Greater State Street Area, report, 1989 |
| Box 17 | Folder 5 | State Street Mall Revitalization Project, Tomorrow Magazine, A Visionary Look at a Future Sunday Supplement, June 6, 1993, supplement to, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill proposal, 1989 |
| Box 7 | Folder 11 | Metropolitan Planning Council, Issue Brief, “State Street, Is There a Better Way to Manage That Great Street?” 1990 March |
| Box 7 | Folder 12 | City of Chicago, Financial Research and Advisory Committee, Chicago: The City’s Financial Outlook for the 1990s, Still at the Crossroads, report and synopsis, 1990 May |
| Box 7 | Folder 13 | State Street Mall Commission, meeting notices, minutes and agendas, draft resolution regarding pigeon nuisance, 1990-1992 |
| Box 7 | Folder 14 | Conservation Company, The Arts in Chicago, A Report to the Community, report and correspondence, 1991 March |
| Box 7 | Folder 15 | City of Chicago, Chicago, Venue Specification Bid, World Cup ’94, volume III, attachments to Volume I and II, appendices 1-XVI, 1991 |
| Box 8 | Folder 1 | Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, Downtown Research Company, 1991 Downtown Chicago Parking Survey, report, 1991 May |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 | Chicago Department of Planning, Downtown Development, Chicago: 1989-1992, fourth report in a series, report, 1991 June |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 | Chicago Department of Planning, Planning Principles for Chicago’s Central Area: Executive Summary, draft article, 1991 September |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 | Chicago Board of Education, Real Estate Committee, redevelopment of State Street properties, press release 1992 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 | Loop parking ban, correspondence, press release, WBBM editorial, 1992 |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 | Casino, GSSC support of the proposed Urban Entertainment/Gaming Complex, 1992 |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 | Toys R Us Store, “Kresge” building (11-12 S. State Street), correspondence regarding the demolition permit freeze by the Landmark Commission, store opening press releases, 1992-1993 |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 | Celebrate on State, survey results, 1994 |
| Oversize Folder 5 | Reliance Building, site plan and details, architectural plans with elevations, 1994 | |
| Oversize Folder 6 | Reliance Building, shop drawings for windows, architectural plans, 1995 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 11 | Institute for Metropolitan Affairs, Roosevelt University, Chicago Trade Show and Convention Plan: A Blueprint for the Future, report, 1996 April |
| Box 8 | Folder 12 | State Street: New Directions, A Report Prepared for the Greater State Street Council, by The Krieg Group, report, 1997 March |
| Box 8 | Folder 13 | Chicago Department of Planning and Development, The Loop Retail Historic District, information sheet, Economic Incentives for the Repair and Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings map, 1998 |
| Box 8 | Folder 14 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), State Street Commission, Redevelopment Committee, State Street Property Evaluation Report, report, 1999 April |
| Oversize Folder 3 | Type ‘J’ Sign Details, architectural plans, draft, 2002 May 1 |
Series 8: VISION/Redevelopment of State Street, 1986-1998, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 8 consists of materials that recount the process of reversing the State Street pedestrian mall, from the draft report titled Vision for the Future of Greater State Street to the program for the State Street Grand Re-Opening.
Arrangement
Series 8 is arranged chronologically.
| Box 9 | Folder 1 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Long Range Planning Committee, meeting notes, minutes, agendas, correspondence, Vision for the Future of Greater State Street draft report, 1986-1987 |
| Box 9 | Folder 2 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Vision for the Future of Greater State Street, report and working papers, 1987 October |
| Box 18 | Folder 6 | Redevelopment timeline: 1987-1991, photocopies of snapshots illustrating existing conditions, examples of other streetscape designs, 5 architectural renderings, circa 1987 |
| Box 9 | Folder 4 | State Street Revitalization proposals, 1987-1989 |
| Box 9 | Folder 5 | Research proposal, questionnaire, survey results, correspondence, 1989 |
| Box 9 | Folder 6 | State Street Redevelopment Project, “Retail Workshop,” part of Vision for the Future of State Street, draft agenda, 1989 |
| Box 9 | Folder 7 | State Street Revitalization Project, Concept Plan, prepared by Zimmer, Gunsul Frasca Partnership/Daniel P. Coffee and Associates, Ltd., report, 1989 |
| Box 9 | Folder 8 | VISION: the State Street Revitalization Project, Who’s Minding That Great Street? A Report on Existing Management Services on the State Street Mall, report drafts 1 and 2, circa 1990 |
| Box 9 | Folder 9 | Proposal for a Greater State Street Council and City of Chicago Partnership Process to Plan for and Implement the Revitalization of State Street, report, 1990 |
| Box 9 | Folder 10 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), memo, proposed VISION Management Structure and Background Basis for Expanded Organization, proposed staffing and job descriptions, 1990 |
| Box 9 | Folder 11 | VISION: file drawer contents list, State Street Project Identification Outline [capital expenditure/physical space]; The Case for the Redevelopment of the State Street District in Downtown Chicago by William H. Whyte, article, circa 1990, undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 12 | Deputy Commissioner of Planning, memo to State Street Working Committee about design and costs of revitalization project, 1990 |
| Box 9 | Folder 13 | “Greater State Street Council Set to Implement ‘Vision’ Plan,” press release, 1991 |
| Box 9 | Folder 14 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Executive Committee, management needs and structure for downtown State Street memo, 1991 |
| Box 9 | Folder 15 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC) and Chicago Department of Planning, meeting agenda and handouts, 1991 |
| Box 9 | Folder 16 | State Street Development Plan and Urban Design Guidelines, Summary of Dialogue between the City and the Greater State Street Council (and the Response of the Department of Planning and Development), circa 1992 |
| Box 9 | Folder 17 | State Street Development Plan and Urban Design Guidelines, memos on granite versus concrete curbs, 1992 |
| Box 9 | Folder 18 | State Street, Centralized Management Services, report, 1992 |
| Box 9 | Folder 19 | State Street Development Project, Ranking of Management Services questionnaires, 1993 January, undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 20 | Chicago Plan Commission, Chicago Department of Planning and Development, State Street Development Plan and Urban Design Guidelines, report, 1993 May 13 |
| Box 9 | Folder 21 | “State Street Opens to Automobile Traffic for the Holidays,” press release, 1995 November 22 |
| Oversize Folder 7 | Contract Plans for State Street Renovation Project, Congress Parkway to Wacker Drive, architectural plans issued for bid, 1995 November 15 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 23 | State Street Renovation Project, Overview, Fact Sheet, A Public /Private Partnership, Project Elements/Construction Schedule, A Walk Down State, General Features, History of State Street, 5 photocopies of architectural drawings, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, press kit, 1996 |
| Box 9 | Folder 24 | State Street Renovation Project, groundbreaking, Transportation Community News, 1996 |
| Box 9 | Folder 25 | State Street Grand Re-opening, program, 1996 November 15 |
| Box 9 | Folder 26 | State Street Renovation Project, International Illumination Design Award, correspondence and luncheon program, 1998 |
| Box 9 | Folder 27 | VISION Report, “State Street 1999,” 2nd draft, undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 7 | Greater State Street Council Redevelopment, State Street Renovation Project, letterhead and stationary, undated |
Series 9: Transportation, 1957-2002
Scope and Contents
Series 9 contains planning documents and reports concerning pedestrians, mass transportation and a proposed but unrealized light-rail system called the Central Area Circulator.
Arrangement
Series 9 is arranged chronologically.
| Box 10 | Folder 1 | Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Chicago’s Mass Transportation System, report, 1957 February 15 |
| Box 10 | Folder 2 | City Club Bulletin, “Define Mass Transportation Needs for Chicago,” 1957 March 4 |
| Box 10 | Folder 3 | Pedestrian Mall Task Force, Chicago Loop Pedestrian Movements Study, report, 1973 December |
| Box 10 | Folder 4 | Pedestrian Mall Task Force, Chicago Loop Pedestrian Movements Study Appendix, report, 1973 December |
| Box 10 | Folder 5 | Chicago Area Transportation Study, “Focus On: Chicago Central Area Retail Buildings Survey,” 1985 |
| Box 10 | Folder 6 | Transportation investment reports and related correspondence - Combined Transportation Investment Program, A Public/Private Partnership, Chicago Area Transportation Study, 1987 March 17; Report, Proposed Combined Transportation Investment Program, Project: State Street Mall Reevaluation, requesting $300,000, undated; Draft letter of commitment to State Street Council members from “Mayor,” [Harold Washington] unsigned, 1987 January 29; Typed memo to “Sara,” [Bode?] regarding federal grant money, unsigned, undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 7 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Transportation Committee, State Street Mall Planning Project, meeting notes, 1987 |
| Box 10 | Folder 8 | Midwest System Sciences and Market Opinion Research, Characteristics and Transportation Attitudes of Downtown Chicago Pedestrians, report, 1989 April |
| Box 10 | Folder 9 | Central Area Circulator, endorsement, fact sheet, correspondence, 1989 |
| Box 10 | Folder 10 | Chicago Department of Planning, Greater Chicago Central Business District Pedestrian Survey and Interview Study, report and preliminary results, 1989 Summer |
| Box 10 | Folder 11 | Chicago Department of Planning, Greater State Street Pedestrian Count and Interview Study, report, 1989 December |
| Box 10 | Folder 12 | Metropolitan Planning Council, A Light-Rail Transit System for Chicago’s Central Area: Final Report, with fact sheet and editorials, 1989 |
| Box 18 | Folder 4 | State Street Project, Schematic Design Drawings for Greater State Street Council and the City of Chicago Department of Planning [drawings focus on transportation and include perspectives, plans, and elevations of proposed renovations], architectural plans, 1989-1990 |
| Box 10 | Folder 14 | Central Area Circulator Alternatives Analysis, Definition of Alternatives Report: Draft for Review, by Barton-Aschman Associates Inc. and Associated Consultants, report, 1990 March |
| Box 11 | Folder 1 | U.S. Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration and City of Chicago, Executive Summary, Alternative Analysis and Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Central Area Circulator, Chicago, Illinois, report, 1991 August |
| Box 11 | Folder 2 | U.S. Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration and City of Chicago, Alternative Analysis and Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Central Area Circulator, Chicago, Illinois, report with correspondence, 1991 August |
| Box 11 | Folder 3 | City of Chicago, Central Area Circulator, Analysis for Selection: Preferred Alternative, report, 1991 December 10 |
| Box 11 | Folder 4 | City Innovation, The Crescent Corridor and the Lake Calumet Airport, report, 1992 January |
| Box 11 | Folder 5 | Chicago Department of Aviation, National Economic Research Associates, Contributions of the Chicago Airport System to the Chicago Regional Economy, and Chicago’s Airports: A Legacy of Livelihoods, A Summary of the Report, reports, 1993 March |
| Box 12 | Folder 1 | Lake Shore Drive Improvement Project, schedule for moving Lake Shore Drive and creating the Museum Campus, flyer, circa 1996 |
| Box 12 | Folder 2 | City of Chicago, A Transportation Management Association for the River East Corridor in the Chicago Central Area, Summary of Concept, report, 1997 November |
| Box 12 | Folder 3 | Chicago Department of Transportation, Central Lakefront Transportation Study, prepared by McDonough Associates, Inc., report, 1997 November |
| Box 12 | Folder 4 | Chicago Department of Transportation, Millennium Park News, construction schedule, traffic changes, 1999 Spring |
| Box 12 | Folder 5 | Chicago Department of Transportation, Wacker Drive Construction Project, local detours, 2002 |
Series 10: Real Estate, 1951-1996
Scope and Contents
Series 10 consists primarily of reports on retail, office and residential space in the Loop.
Arrangement
Series 10 is arranged chronologically.
| Box 12 | Folder 6 | Valuation Study of Full and Assessed Land Values on Downtown State Street Chicago, Walter R. Kuehnle and Company, report, 1951 |
| Box 12 | Folder 7 | Valuation Study of Full and Assessed Land Values on Downtown State Street Chicago Walter R. Kuehnle and Company, report, 1955 |
| Box 12 | Folder 8 | Survey of Downtown State Street, Chicago, Trends in Earning Power, Land Value and Assessments Walter R. Kuehnle and Company, report, 1959 |
| Box 12 | Folder 9 | Survey of Downtown State Street, Chicago, Illinois, Earning Power and Assessment Trends, Effect on Retail Development and Land Values Walter R. Kuehnle and Company, report, 1963 |
| Box 13 | Folder 1 | Quadrennial Survey of Downtown State Street, Chicago, Illinois, Earning Power and Assessment Trends, Effect on Retail Development and Land Values, Walter R. Kuehnle and Company, report and notes, 1967 |
| Box 13 | Folder 2 | Tenth Quadrennial Survey of Downtown State Street, Chicago, Illinois, Earning Power and Assessment Trends, Effect on Retail Development and Land Values, Walter R. Kuehnle and Company, report, 1971 |
| Box 13 | Folder 3 | Summary Analysis, State Street, Sales and Capitalized Values, Walter R. Kuehnle and Company, report, 1979 April 25 |
| Box 13 | Folder 4 | Twelfth Quadrennial Survey of Downtown State Street, Chicago, Illinois, Sales Volume Trends 1948-1978, Real Estate Transactions and Capitalized Values, Assessment Trends, Walter R. Kuehnle and Company, report, 1979 |
| Box 13 | Folder 5 | Downtown Research Corporation, Greater State Street, Land and Building Use Survey, Preliminary Draft, report, 1987 |
| Box 13 | Folder 6 | Downtown Research Corporation, Greater State Street, Land and Building Use Survey, report and correspondence, 1988 |
| Box 13 | Folder 7 | Building and Managers Association of Chicago, Occupancy Survey, report, 1989 November |
| Box 13 | Folder 8 | Site of former Montgomery Ward’s flagship store, Dearborn, State and Adams Streets, acquired by holding company, press release, 1993 |
| Box 13 | Folder 9 | Northern Realty Group, Chicago Loop Retail Vacancy Survey, State Street/Wabash Avenue Corridor, Summary of Results, report, 1994 September |
| Box 13 | Folder 10 | Survey Reports Healthy State/Wabash Retail Conditions, press releases, 1996 |
Series 11: News Clippings, 1954-2003
Scope and Contents
Series 11 consists of news clipping files from the North Loop News, Inside, Chicago Loop News, The Daily Herald, Where Chicago, Crain’s Chicago Business, Chicago Reader, River North News, Chicago Weekend, Chicago Social, The Daily Southtown and New City.
Arrangement
Series 11 is arranged chronologically.
| Box 14 | Folder 1 | News clippings, 1954-1963 |
| Box 14 | Folder 2 | News clippings, 1973-1978 |
| Box 17 | Folder 1 | News clippings, 1973-1978 |
| Box 14 | Folder 3 | News clippings, 1985-1989 |
| Box 14 | Folder 4 | News clippings, 1990-1993 |
| Box 17 | Folder 2 | News clippings, 1990-1993 |
| Box 14 | Folder 5 | News clippings, 1994-1995 |
| Box 17 | Folder 3 | News clippings, 1994-1995 |
| Box 14 | Folder 6 | News clippings, 1996 January-June |
| Box 14 | Folder 7 | News clippings, 1996 July to December |
| Box 15 | Folder 1 | News clippings, 1997 January-June |
| Box 15 | Folder 2 | News clippings, 1997 July-December |
| Box 15 | Folder 3 | News clippings, 1998 January-June |
| Box 15 | Folder 4 | News clippings, 1998 July-September |
| Box 15 | Folder 5 | News clippings, 1998 October-December |
| Box 16 | Folder 1 | News clippings, 1999 January-June |
| Box 16 | Folder 2 | News clippings, 1999 July-December |
| Box 17 | Folder 4 | News clippings, 1996-2002 |
| Box 16 | Folder 3 | News clippings, 2000 |
| Box 16 | Folder 4 | News clippings, 2002-2003 |
Series 12: Photographs and Audiovisual Materials, circa 1888-2005, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 12 includes photographs, slides and negatives that span over a century and depict buildings, businesses, council activities, public events, parades and urban development projects like the 1970s construction of a pedestrian mall and its later removal.
Block numbers and businesses have been noted, when known, for some of the older photographs. These include images of the South Loop, including the 400 and 500 blocks of S. State Street. Among the State Street events are Christmas celebrations, performances, shopping promotions, street scenes and World War II parades with military vehicles and War Bond drives.
Box 39 contains photographs mounted on presentation boards showing Christmas scenes, 1935-1963. These images are prefaced with the phrase “Christmas on State Street.” There may be some duplication between these mounted selections and loose photographs in the folders.
Boxes 40-45 contain slides. These images are described alongside other photographic formats, but housed separately. The number of slides in each folder is indicated in parentheses.
The State Street Council created a selection of the slides from photographs in reports and promotional materials to be used for slide show presentations. Many of the slides show retail development in the Loop from the late 19th century to the early 21st century. They range from views of prominent buildings to Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) buses. There are a substantial number of slides are of the State Street Mall as well as storefronts and buildings along State Street after the renovation in the late 1990s. The general shots complement the slides of specific buildings, for example, slides of Chicago Public Library’s Harold Washington Library Center can be found in the general folders as well as in a folder devoted to the building (Box 42, Folder 9.)
At the end of this series are slides from slide show presentations, such as the Loop Retail Historic District (Box 45, Folder 5.)
4 x 5 Negatives, 1961-1965 Box 46
This small collection of 4 x 5 negatives was found together in one box and appears to have been made for promotional purposes. When accessioned they were identified with full dates (day, month and year; consequently they have been arranged by the archivist in chronological order). Any information written on envelopes has been noted in the finding guide. This series covers the years 1961-1965 and primarily shows promotional events on State Street and seasonal parades.
Box 46 contains 4” x 5” negatives taken by the State Street Council. The descriptions were taken from the envelopes housing the negatives.
The number and type of images in each folder is indicated in parentheses.
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged chronologically. The items are preceded by the decade it falls under to aid with browsing. Folders of images with date ranges that span decades follow those with set dates or decades. Undated images are listed at the end.
| Box 21 | Folder 1 | 1880s - State Street, view with stores Henry C. Lyttons, The Hub, The Fair (7 photographs), circa 1888 |
| Box 21 | Folder 2 | 1890s - State Street, from Madison Street (1 photograph), 1895 |
| Box 21 | Folder 3 | 1900s - South Water Street, horse-drawn wagon unloading Christmas trees (1 photograph), 1904 |
| Box 21 | Folder 4 | 1910s - State Street, looking north (1 photograph), 1918 |
| Box 21 | Folder 5 | 1910s - State Street, 400-600 blocks S. State Street [Van Buren Street to Harrison Street], (2 photo montages), circa 1910-1919 |
| Box 21 | Folder 6 | 1910s - State Street, 500-600 S. State Street, east side from Ida B. Wells Drive [Congress Parkway] to Harrison Street, Holabird and Roche Architects (1 photograph of sketch), circa 1910-1919 |
| Box 21 | Folder 7 | 1910s - State Street, 400-500 S. State Street, west side from Van Buren Street to Harrison Street, Holabird and Roche Architects (1 photograph of sketch), circa 1910-1919 |
| Box 21 | Folder 8 | 1910s - State Street, east side from 11th Street to 12th Street, Study for Development, Holabird and Roche Architects (1 photograph of sketch), circa 1910-1919 |
| Box 21 | Folder 9 | 1910s - State Street, Leiter Building, 400-500 S. State Street, east side from [Van Buren Street to Ida B. Wells Drive (Congress Parkway)], (2 photographs), circa 1910-circa 1919 |
| Box 21 | Folder 10 | 1910s - State Street, 400-500 S. State Street, west side (13 photographs), circa 1910-circa 1919 |
| Box 21 | Folder 11 | 1920s - State Street, Hooker Building (1 photograph; 2 copies), 1920 |
| Box 21 | Folder 12 | 1920s - State Street, P.W. Gates Buildings, 642-648 S. State Street (2 photographs), circa 1920 |
| Box 21 | Folder 13 | 1920s - State Street, Sinclair Building, 612 S. State Street (1 photograph), 1920 |
| Box 21 | Folder 14 | 1920s - State Street, Rothschild Building, 300 S. South Street (1 photograph), circa 1920 |
| Box 21 | Folder 15 | 1920s - State Street, 650 S. State Street (1 photograph), circa 1920 |
| Box 21 | Folder 16 | 1920s - State Street, Board of Education Building, 458-467 S. State Street, construction (3 photographs), 1921, 1928 |
| Box 21 | Folder 17 | 1920s - State Street, Child’s Building, 400 block S. State Street, D.H. Burnham & Co. Architects (2 photographs of renderings), 1922, 1928 |
| Box 21 | Folder 18 | 1920s - State Street, Eucharistic Congress, views north and south from Van Buren Street (6 photographs), 1926 June 23 |
| Box 21 | Folder 19 | 1920s - State Street, Elks Convention, views north and south from Van Buren Street (4 photographs), 1926 July |
| Box 21 | Folder 20 | 1920s - State Street, Lights Celebration, Illumination Festival, views north and south from Van Buren Street (2 photographs), 1926 October |
| Box 21 | Folder 21 | 1920s - State Street, at night (2 photographs), 1920 |
| Box 21 | Folder 22 | 1920s - State Street, U.S. Government Parcel Post Building, northeast corner of 11th and S. State Streets, mail trucks (1 photograph), circa 1920 |
| Box 21 | Folder 23 | 1920s - State Street, Chicago Theater, 1927 |
| Box 21 | Folder 24 | 1920s - State Street, Leiter Building, 400 block S. State Street, from Van Buren Street to Ida B. Wells Drive [Congress Parkway], southwest corner (1 photograph), 1928 |
| Box 21 | Folder 25 | 1920s - State Street, Municipal Court Building, between 11th and 12th Streets (1 photograph), 1928 |
| Box 21 | Folder 26 | 1920s - State Street, Army and U.S. Coast Guard recruitment office, 400 block of S. State Street (2 photographs), 1928 |
| Box 21 | Folder 27 | 1930s - State Street, apple vending stands, Childs Building, 400 S. State Street; Old Colony Building, 37 W. Van Buren Street (2 photographs), 1931 |
| Box 21 | Folder 28 | 1930s - State Street, Christmas toy opening parade (8 photographs), 1934 |
| Box 21 | Folder 29 | 1930s - State Street, Christmas toy opening parade (4 photographs), 1935 |
| Box 39 | Folder 1 | 1930s - State Street, Christmas parade with steam engine, mounted photograph, 1935 |
| Box 21 | Folder 30 | 1930s - State Street, Christmas shoppers and Santa (10 photographs), 1936 |
| Box 39 | Folder 2 | 1930s - State Street, Christmas carols from the skies by WLS with Christmas carolers Frank Bennett, Ray Steiner, David Johnson, Bernard Van Hefte, and Santa, mounted photograph, 1936 December 23 |
| Box 39 | Folder 3 | 1930s - State Street, Christmas shopping on State Street, gifts, Buddy Baer, Margot Fiedler, and Pat Berry, mounted photograph, 1936 |
| Box 21 | Folder 31 | 1930s - State Street, toy opening luncheon, toy department heads of major retail stores (1 photograph), 1937 November |
| Box 21 | Folder 32 | 1930s - State Street, subway construction (7 photographs), circa 1938-1943 |
| Box 21 | Folder 33 | 1930s - State Street, “The Voice of State Street,” broadcasting studio official opening, broadcasts and street scenes with Mayor Edward J. Kelly (15 photographs), 1939 |
| Box 21 | Folder 34 | 1930s - State Street, Christmas shoppers (1 photograph), 1939 |
| Box 21 | Folder 35 | 1930s - State Street, street scenes (6 photographs), circa 1930s |
| Box 22 | Folder 1 | 1940s - State Street, brass band (1 photograph), 1940 |
| Box 22 | Folder 1a | 1940s - [State Street], Christmas music broadcast for shoppers opened by Douglas Beattie, Basso of the Chicago Opera Company, with Mayor Edward J. Kelly and State Street Council President David Mayer, Jr., (1 photograph), 1940 |
| Box 39 | Folder 4 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas music broadcast for shoppers opened by Douglas Beattie, Basso of the Chicago Opera Company, with Mayor Edward J. Kelly and State Street Council President David Mayer, Jr., mounted photograph, 1940 |
| Box 22 | Folder 2 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas with Santa arriving by airplane, Santa parade, War Bond Drive (14 photographs), 1941 |
| Box 39 | Folder 5 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas parade, mounted photograph, 1941 |
| Box 39 | Folder 6 | 1940s - State Street, State Street’s Christmas Greeting, mounted photograph, 1941 |
| Box 22 | Folder 3 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas toy opening, Santa and crowds (5 photographs), 1942 |
| Box 22 | Folder 4 | 1940s - State Street, subway entrance, looking south from Van Buren Street, (1 photograph), 1942 |
| Box 22 | Folder 5 | 1940s - State Street, wartime recruiting, parades (2 photographs), 1942 |
| Box 22 | Folder 6 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas with Santa and choirs (9 photographs), 1942 |
| Box 22 | Folder 7 | 1940s - State Street, War Bond promotions, street scenes, circus acts (21 photographs), 1943 |
| Box 22 | Folder 8 | 1940s - State Street, arsenal opening and Hollywood Bond Cavalcade with Mickey Rooney (6 photographs), 1943 September |
| Box 22 | Folder 9 | 1940s - State Street, War Bond promotions, marching soldiers, tanks, parachutes, heavy artillery, torpedoes, window displays (19 photographs), 1943 |
| Box 22 | Folder 10 | 1940s - State Street, wartime parades, veterans (12 photographs), 1943 |
| Box 22 | Folder 11 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas toy opening, Voice of State Street, broadcast with Santa, children looking at windows (10 photographs), 1943 |
| Box 39 | Folder 7 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas decorations on State Street, photograph mounted on board, mounted photograph, 1943 |
| Box 39 | Folder 8 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas, Santa and Donald Duck with season’s newest toys, mounted photograph, 1943 |
| Box 22 | Folder 12 | 1940s - State Street, Fifth War Loan advertising and parade (6 photographs), 1944 |
| Box 22 | Folder 13 | 1940s - State Street, wastepaper drive with Gloria Swanson (5 photographs), 1944 |
| Box 22 | Folder 14 | 1940s - State Street, unidentified parade (1 photograph), 1944 |
| Box 22 | Folder 15 | 1940s - State Street, Community and War Fund decorations, Armistice Day (5 photographs), 1944 |
| Box 22 | Folder 16 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas toy opening with Santa (1 photograph), 1944 |
| Box 22 | Folder 17 | 1940s - State Street, nurse recruitment breakfasts (13 photographs), 1945 |
| Box 22 | Folder 18 | 1940s - State Street, Dolly Sisters [entertainers] premiere (3 photographs), 1945 October |
| Box 22 | Folder 19 | 1940s - General Dwight D. Eisenhower, cavalcade (3 photographs), 1945 November 20 |
| Box 22 | Folder 20 | 1940s - State Street Council, Special Events Committee, meeting (2 photographs), 1945 |
| Box 23 | Folder 1 | 1940s - State Street, street scenes (4 photographs), 1945 |
| Box 23 | Folder 2 | 1940s - State Street, War Bond drives and recruitment (13 photographs), 1945 |
| Box 23 | Folder 3 | 1940s - State Street, Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day) (2 photographs), 1945 |
| Box 23 | Folder 4 | 1940s - State Street, Charles de Gaulle Cavalcade (4 photographs), 1945 |
| Box 23 | Folder 5 | 1940s - State Street, Armistice Day, observances and parade with Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr., Governor Dwight H. Green, and Mayor Edward Kelly (5 photographs), 1945 |
| Box 23 | Folder 6 | 1940s - State Street, Santa sending Christmas packages to servicemen overseas (3 photographs), 1945 |
| Box 39 | Folder 9 | 1940s - State Street, Santa and his elves promote War Bonds as a Christmas gift, mounted photograph, 1944 |
| Box 39 | Folder 10 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas crowds, mounted photograph, 1945 |
| Box 39 | Folder 11 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas, Mayor Edward J. Kelly presents Santa with key to the city, with Rubin Richman, Chairman of the State Street Council, mounted photograph, 1945 |
| Box 39 | Folder 12 | 1940s - Christmas on State Street, Stars on State Street, Peggy Ann Garner and Santa present a Victory Bond to Clyde O. Barnard, 740th Military Police of Skokie Valley, mounted photograph, 1945 |
| Box 38 | Folder 4 | 1940s - State Street, Republic Building (1 photograph), 1946 |
| Box 23 | Folder 8 | 1940s - State Street, street scenes (4 photographs), 1946 |
| Box 23 | Folder 9 | 1940s - State Street Council, committee meetings (6 photographs), 1946 |
| Box 23 | Folder 10 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas music season with Irving Berlin, Mayor Edward Kelly, Santa (5 photographs), 1946 |
| Box 39 | Folder 13 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas decorations, mounted photograph, 1946 |
| Box 39 | Folder 14 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas, Santa arrives on propeller airplane, mounted photograph, 1946 |
| Box 23 | Folder 11 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas promotions, parade, Santa (23 photographs), 1947 |
| Box 23 | Folder 12 | 1940s - State Street, Courtesy Week and Army Day Parade (4 photographs), 1947 |
| Box 39 | Folder 15 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas parade, mounted photograph, 1947 |
| Box 23 | Folder 13 | 1940s - State Street Council, Public Relations Committee (1 photograph), 1948 |
| Box 23 | Folder 14 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas Parade, decorations (15 photographs, 2 negatives), 1948 |
| Box 39 | Folder 16 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas parade, mounted photograph, 1948 |
| Box 39 | Folder 17 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas, Santa arrives on State Street, mounted photograph, 1948 |
| Box 39 | Folder 18 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas, Sculptor Marion Jaskulsi finishes clay reindeer model State Street decorations, as two gigantic Santa Claus teams, stretching from El to El, mounted photograph, 1948 |
| Box 23 | Folder 15 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas Parade, decorations being fabricated by Silvestri (39 photographs), 1949 |
| Box 23 | Folder 16 | 1940s - State Street, 400 block of S. State Street stores, “Must Vacate for Super Highway,” sign [Ida B. Wells Drive, formerly Congress Parkway] (3 photographs), circa 1949 |
| Box 39 | Folder 19 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas parade, mounted photograph, 1949 |
| Box 39 | Folder 20 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas decorations with boy on dad’s shoulders, mounted photograph, 1949 |
| Box 39 | Folder 21 | 1940s - State Street, Christmas, Mayor Kennelly rides down State Street with Santa Claus, mounted photograph, 1949 |
| Box 23 | Folder 17 | 1950s - State Street, street scenes, promotions (28 photographs), circa 1950 |
| Box 23 | Folder 18 | 1950s - Adams Street, looking west from State Street (1 photograph), circa 1950 |
| Box 23 | Folder 19 | 1950s - State Street, Leiter Building, 400-600 blocks of S. State Street (12 photographs), circa 1950 |
| Box 23 | Folder 20 | 1950s - State Street, unidentified parades (8 photographs), circa 1950 |
| Box 23 | Folder 21 | 1950s - State Street, Shopper’s Corner; Masson House of Linens; Charleson Credit, Jeweler, Opticians; Jerome’s Millinery; C.D. Peacock (interior) (6 photographs), circa 1950 |
| Box 23 | Folder 22 | 1950s - State Street, fashion shoots (6 photographs), circa 1950s |
| Box 24 | Folder 1 | 1950s - State Street, decorations being fabricated by Silvestri, Christmas, (18 photographs), 1950 |
| Box 40 | Folder 4 | 1950s - State Street, Christmas (13 slides), circa 1950s |
| Box 24 | Folder 2 | 1950s - State Street, Easter, Debbie Reynolds greeting shoppers (2 photographs), 1951 |
| Box 24 | Folder 3 | 1950s - State Street, General Douglas MacArthur at Soldiers Field, parade (20 photographs), 1951 |
| Box 39 | Folder 22 | 1950s - State Street, Christmas preparations, mounted photograph, 1951 |
| Box 39 | Folder 23 | 1950s - State Street, Christmas parade, mounted photograph, 1951 |
| Box 24 | Folder 4 | 1950s - State Street, Christmas decorations, parade (29 photographs), 1951-1959 |
| Box 24 | Folder 5 | 1950s - State Street, street scenes (11 photographs, 3 negatives), 1952-1959 |
| Box 24 | Folder 6 | 1950s - State Street, Valentine’s Day (5 photographs), 1953 |
| Box 24 | Folder 7 | 1950s - State Street, Carson, Pirie and Scott, 100th Anniversary, 1 of 2 (25 photographs), 1954 |
| Box 24 | Folder 8 | 1950s - State Street, Carson, Pirie and Scott, 100th Anniversary, 2 of 2 (24 v), 1954 |
| Box 24 | Folder 9 | 1950s - State Street, State Street Days, 1 of 2 (28 photographs), 1956 August |
| Box 24 | Folder 10 | 1950s - State Street, State Street Days, 2 of 2 (30 photographs), 1956 August |
| Box 24 | Folder 11 | 1950s - State Street, Carson Pirie Scott, exterior (1 photograph), 1958 |
| Box 24 | Folder 12 | 1950s - State Street, Reliance Building, Karolls Men’s Wear (2 photographs), 1958, 1960 |
| Box 25 | Folder 1 | 1950s - State Street Council, information booth (8 photographs), 1958-1977 |
| Box 25 | Folder 2 | 1950s - State Street, various events, includes Maurice Chevalier (11 photographs), 1958-1959 |
| Box 25 | Folder 3 | 1950s - State Street, street lights installation, Light Through the Ages Pageant, Miss Kilowatt’s visit, President Dwight D. Eisenhower turning on lights (16 photographs, 1 negative), 1958-1959 |
| Box 25 | Folder 4 | 1950s - State Street, Pan American Games, athletes (7 photographs), 1959 |
| Box 25 | Folder 5 | 1960s - State Street, Marina City groundbreaking ceremony with Mayor Richard J. Daley and Bertrand Goldberg, architect (7 photographs), 1960 November 22 |
| Box 25 | Folder 6 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas (16 photographs, 7 contact strips), circa 1960s |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Volunteer of the Year luncheon at Palmer House (7 negatives), 1961 April 21 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, information booth with Troy Donahue, State and Madison Streets (3 negatives), 1961 June 23 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, information booth (3 negatives), 1961 June 19 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Summer Holiday Queen and Court (5 negatives), 1961 June 29 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, State Street (3 negatives), 1961 August 16 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, [Summer Holiday] Queen and Santa Claus with Christmas lights and decorations (5 negatives), 1961 August 23 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, [Summer Holiday] Queen with policeman (2 negatives), 1961 August 28 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, policewomen on State Street (4 negatives), 1961 August 30 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Clean Up Parade floats (3 negatives), 1961 September 5 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Women Who Work contest with Mr. Wallerstein (2 negatives), 1961 September 5 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, cartoon balloon vendor with girl (6 negatives), 1961 November 8 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Star Queen contestants (9 negatives), 1961 November 16 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Star Queen (6 negatives), 1961 November 22 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, [Christmas] display lighting and Star Queen (3 negatives), 1961 November 29 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, parade (29 negatives), 1961 November 29 | |
| Box 40 | Folder 5 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas (3 slides), 1961 |
| Box 25 | Folder 7 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas parades, Mayor Richard J. Daley (22 photographs), 1961, 1962 |
| Box 25 | Folder 8 | 1960s - State Street, unidentified parades (11 photographs), 1961-1965 |
| Box 25 | Folder 9 | 1960s - State Street, street scenes, promotions (21 photographs), 1961-1966 |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, annual meeting luncheon with Mr. Wallerstein and Secretary of Commerce [?] Mr. Martin (2 negatives), 1962 January 23 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Palmer House luncheon with J. A. & U. P. [?] from State Street stores (8 negatives), 1962 February 1 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Abi Lane giving out candy Valentines (3 negatives), 1962 February 14 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, men named George chopping down tree on State Street (2 negatives), 1962 February 20 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Palmer House luncheon with model from Paris and State Street store VIPs (10 negatives), 1962 March 8 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, St. Patrick’s Day flags, (2 negatives), 1962 March 16 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, models with Easter hats on State Street (3 negatives), 1962 April 2 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Mr. Wallenstein and Mr. Brian [?] painting [?] pots on State Street (2 negatives), 1962 April 3 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, hat fashion show, Palmer House (4 negatives), 1962 April 6 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Volunteer of the Year contestants, Palmer House breakfast (3 negatives), 1962 April 12 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Volunteer of the Year award, 20 contestants, Palmer House tea (9 negatives), 1962 April 18 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Jr. Volunteer of the Year, (10 negatives), 1962 April 25 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Volunteer of the Year winners (6 negatives), 1962 May 9 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, new straw hats on hooks [?] (McVicker’s Theater production) (6 negatives), 1962 May 15 | |
| Box 46 | [1960s] - State Street, summer holiday guests (6 negatives), [circa 1962] June 7 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, clown at information booth at corner of State and Madison Streets (3 negatives), 1962 June 18 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, circus parade on State Street (4 negatives), 1962 June 20 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, college board girls raising flag on State Street (3 negatives), 1962 July 18 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, fashion group (4 negatives), 1962 August 14 | |
| Box 46 | [1960s] - State Street Council, street cleaning event with Mr. Martin and [Summer Holiday?] Queen (2 negatives), [circa 1962] August 30 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, party and head shot, Mrs. Bette Woods (3 negatives), 1962 September 10 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Women Who Work contest kick off at information booth at State and Madison Streets (1 negative), 1962 September 17 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, girl tellers in new suits at United of American Building (5 negatives), 1962 October 3 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, cleaning woman at party at North American Building (2 negatives), 1962 October 5 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, candy twins at information booth at State and Madison Streets (3 negatives), 1962 October 8 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, luncheon at Palmer House, Hedda [?] Hopper & Bobby Darin (8 negatives), 1962 October 10 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Women Who Work contest winners, (4 negatives), 1962 October 10 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Newspaper Women Who Work at Palmer House breakfast (4 negatives), 1962 October 11 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas decoration installation (3 negatives), 1962 November | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Star Queen contest tea at Palmer House (13 negatives), 1962 November 8 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Star Queen contestants (4 negatives), 1962 November 15 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, at night (3 negatives), 1962 November 20 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Star Queen crowning (8 negatives), 1962 November 23 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Star Queen turning on lights on State Street (4 negatives), 1962 November 27 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas parade (36 negatives), 1962 November 27 | |
| Box 40 | Folder 6 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas (13 slides), 1962 |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, at night (4 negatives), 1962 December 31 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Palmer House luncheon speakers’ table (2 negatives), 1963 January 29 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, annual meeting with new director (6 negatives), 1963 January 29 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, event with [men named? George throwing dollar across State Street (4 negatives), 1963 February 19 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, fashion show prize hat (3 negatives), 1963 March 21 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Volunteer of the Year, contest judges (5 negatives), 1963 March 22 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Volunteer of the Year and Mr. Pirie at Carson Pirie Scott, 8th floor display (3 negatives), 1963 April 1 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Volunteer of the Year, breakfast (17 negatives), 1963 April 4 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Volunteer of the Year, teenage contestants (11 negatives), 1963 April 12 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Volunteer of the Year, Palmer House luncheon (13 negatives), 1963 April 24 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Kim Sisters, actors with straw hats and Mr. Benson (4 negatives), 1963 May 13 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Bette [Woods?] portrait (1 negative), 1963 June 12 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, information booth opening at State and Madison Streets (4 negatives), 1963 June 14 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, street crowds (11 negatives), 1963 June 19 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, NADI[?] show, Santa Claus, Conrad Hilton Hotel (3 negatives), 1963 June 26 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Christmas parade signs (12 negatives), 1963 June 27 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Miss Illinois and Mr. Benson ringing bells on State Street (3 negatives), 1963 July 2 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Back to School cast (3 negatives), 1963 July 15 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, sign unveiling with Mr. Benson and Mayor Richard J. Daley (3 negatives), 1963 July 30 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, BRACA & Co. store (2 negatives), 1963 October 9 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, train, "Main Street, USA" at LaSalle Street Station. (9 negatives), 1963 October 23 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, tea at Palmer House, interview of girls for Star Queen (13 negatives), 1963 November 13 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Kukla, Fran and Ollie (1 negative), 1963 November 19 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Star Queen contest finalists (5 negatives), 1963 November 20 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Star Queen, crowning Diane Rojas (6 negatives), 1963 November 29 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, Star Queen, Christmas lighting event (4 negatives), 1963 December 3 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas parade (58 negatives), 1963 December 2 | |
| Box 25 | Folder 10 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas parade, 1 of 2 (14 photographs), 1963 |
| Box 25 | Folder 11 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas parade, 2 of 2 (14 photographs), 1963 |
| Box 39 | Folder 24 | 1960s - State Street - Christmas Queen and her court, mounted photograph, 1963 |
| Box 39 | Folder 25 | 1960s - Christmas parade, 1963 |
| Box 39 | Folder 26 | 1960s - Christmas parade, Mayor Richard J. Daley and State Street Council Chairman, George Benson, Jr., 1963 |
| Box 39 | Folder 27 | 1960s - Christmas parade, 1963 |
| Box 39 | Folder 28 | 1960s - Christmas parade, 1963 |
| Box 40 | Folder 7 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas (6 slides), 1963 |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas displays and light posts (3 negatives), 1964 January 3 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, annual meeting luncheon, Palmer House (7 negatives), 1964 January 14 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, discount stores (4 negatives), 1964 January 21 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Star Queen and Court giving out Valentine candy on State Street (4 negatives), 1964 February 12 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, event with [men named] George eating cherry pie on State Street (3 negatives), 1964 February 19 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, St. Patrick’s Day, street sign installation with Star Queen, Mr. O’Johnson and Mr. O. Baily, (4 negatives), 1964 March 16 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Carson Pirie Scott, gallery opening with Volunteer of the Year (4 negatives), 1964 April 6 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Volunteer of the Year, judging at Highland Room, Carson Pirie Scott (10 negatives), 1964 April 9 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Volunteer of the Year, contestants at Milk Party (7 negatives), 1964 April 17 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Volunteer of the Year, Palmer House luncheon (10 negatives), 1964 May 1 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, head shots, Mrs. Ruth T. Hlava, 1927 Clarence Avenue, Berwyn, Illinois (3 negatives), 1964 May 5 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, straw hats (5 negatives), 1964 May 18 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, crowd shots (4 negatives), 1964 June 17 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, information booth opening (5 negatives), 1964 June 25 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, campus fashion campaign (4 negatives), 1964 July 15 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Hogan’s at United of America Building, welcome to State Street (5 negatives), 1964 August 6 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, Santa Claus reviewing parade route (9 negatives), 1964 August 11 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, fashion show and breakfast on State Street (8 negatives), 1964 August 25 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Auditorium Opera House, Lyon & Healy, luncheon (2 negatives), 1964 October 15 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, [Milk?] Party with Star Queen contestants, Palmer House (18 negatives), 1964 November 11 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Star Queen contest finalists (5 negatives), 1964 November 19 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, copy negatives (3 negatives), 1964 November 20 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Christmas lighting event with Star Queen (4 negatives), 1964 November 27 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Star Queen crowning, Susan Snow (5 negatives), 1964 November 27 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas parade (42 negatives), 1964 December 3 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Palmer House meeting (10 negatives), 1965 January 28 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Mr. Fosdick, portrait (1 negative), 1965 February 5 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Valentine pin giveaway (3 negatives), 1965 February 10 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, event with [men named?] George crossing State Street in a row boat (3 negatives), 1965 February 18 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, St. Patrick’s Day parade with Star Queen and Court (3 negatives), 1965 March 17 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, parade for Astronaut [?] and Young (10 negatives), 1965 March 31 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Volunteer of the Year at City Hall (31 negatives), 1965 April 1 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, [Volunteer of the Year] finalists (4 negatives), 1965 April 8 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, junior volunteers (10 negatives), 1965 April 14 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Volunteer of the Year (7 negatives), 1965 April 22 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, life sign (1 negative), 1965 April 23 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, parade float (2 negatives), 1965 May 11 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, straw hat day (3 negatives), 1965 May 17 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, circus parade (5 negatives), 1965 June 17 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, fashion group with elephant (11 negatives), 1965 June 20 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, corner of State and Madison Streets (2 negatives), 1965 June 21 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Back to School group (4 negatives), 1965 July 15 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, Sam the news man (8 negatives), 1965 August 9 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street Council, State Street lights mortgage burning event (4 negatives), 1965 September 21 | |
| Box 46 | 1960s - State Street, 424 S. State Street sign (1 negative), 1965 October 8 | |
| Box 25 | Folder 12 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas parade, 1 of 2 (15 photographs), 1965 |
| Box 25 | Folder 13 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas parade, 2 of 2 (15 photographs), 1965 |
| Box 25 | Folder 14 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas parade (17 photographs), 1966 |
| Box 26 | Folder 1 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas parade, 1 of 3 (13 photographs), 1967 |
| Box 26 | Folder 2 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas parade, 2 of 3 (13 photographs), 1967 |
| Box 26 | Folder 3 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas parade, 3 of 3 (15 photographs), 1967 |
| Box 26 | Folder 4 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas parade (12 photographs), 1968 |
| Box 26 | Folder 5 | 1960s - State Street, Christmas parade (2 photographs, 1 contact sheet), 1969 |
| Box 46 | [1960s] - State Street, crowd scene (1 negative), circa 1960s | |
| Box 26 | Folder 6 | 1970s - Bozo’s Circus Ringmaster, Ned Locke and Ray Rayner as Oliver O. Oliver (2 photographs), circa 1970 |
| Box 26 | Folder 7 | 1970s - State Street, street scenes (8 photographs), circa 1970s |
| Box 26 | Folder 8 | 1970s - State Street, Christmas parade (15 photographs, 2 negatives), circa 1970s |
| Box 26 | Folder 9 | 1970s - State Street, People Week, street entertainers (9 photographs, 1 contact sheet), 1973, 1974 |
| Box 40 | Folder 8 | 1970s - State Street, events (39 slides), 1975, 1976 |
| Box 26 | Folder 10 | 1970s - State Street, People Week, street entertainers (19 photographs, 12 contact sheets), 1977 |
| Box 26 | Folder 11 | 1970s - State Street, Christmas (10 photographs, 2 contact sheet), 1977 |
| Box 26 | Folder 12 | 1970s - State Street, People Week, street entertainers (19 photographs, 11 contact sheets), 1978 |
| Box 26 | Folder 13 | 1970s - Roosevelt Theatre (1 photograph), 1978 |
| Box 26 | Folder 14 | 1970s - State Street, Mall block plan and artist’s impression (2 photographs), 1978 |
| Box 26 | Folder 15 | 1970s - State Street, Mall construction, closing ceremony with Mayor Michael Bilandic and Arthur Osborne (3 photographs, 2 contact sheets), 1978 June |
| Box 26 | Folder 16 | 1970s - State Street, Mall construction (13 photographs, 4 contact sheets), 1978-1979 |
| Box 26 | Folder 17 | 1970s - State Street, Christmas (14 photographs), 1978, 1979 |
| Box 27 | Folder 1 | 1970s - State Street, People Week, 1 of 3 (18 photographs), 1979 |
| Box 27 | Folder 2 | 1970s - State Street, People Week, 2 of 3 (18 photographs), 1979 |
| Box 27 | Folder 3 | 1970s - State Street, People Week, 3 of 3 (9 photographs, 14 contact sheets), 1979 |
| Box 27 | Folder 4 | 1970s - State Street, Mall Dedication, Mayor Jane Byrne (6 photographs, 4 contact sheets), 1979 |
| Box 27 | Folder 5 | 1970s - State Street, That Great Street Mall Week, Governor James R. Thompson, Mayor Michael Bilandic (17 photographs, 7 contact sheets), 1979 October 29-November 2 |
| Box 27 | Folder 6 | 1970s - State Street, shoppers sending free greeting cards to hostages in Iran, “America Cares” (1 photograph), circa 1979 |
| Box 27 | Folder 7 | 1980s - State Street, Mayor Jane Byrne at various events (20 photographs, 2 contact sheets), circa 1979-1983 |
| Box 27 | Folder 8 | 1980s - State Street, North Loop alley revitalization (2 photographs of drawings), 1980 |
| Box 27 | Folder 9 | 1980s - State Street, People Week, Eugene Sawyer (15 photographs), 1980 |
| Box 27 | Folder 10 | 1980s - State Street, Christmas tree lighting ceremony, musicians (11 photographs), 1980 |
| Box 27 | Folder 11 | 1980s - State Street, parade and neighborhood Christmas trees (22 photographs, 10 contact sheets), 1980 |
| Box 27 | Folder 12 | 1980s - State Street, subway entrances, bus shelters (9 photographs), circa 1980 |
| Box 27 | Folder 13 | 1980s - State Street, department store [Wieboldt’s ?] renovation (2 photographs), circa 1980 |
| Box 27 | Folder 14 | 1980s - State Street, C.D. Peacock, exterior (1 photograph), circa 1980 |
| Box 27 | Folder 15 | 1980s - Atwater Building, detail (1 photograph, 1 negative), circa 1980 |
| Box 27 | Folder 16 | 1980s - Silversmith Building, detail (1, 1 negative), circa 1980 |
| Box 27 | Folder 17 | 1980s - Marshall Field and Company, annex detail and interior (3 photographs), circa 1980 |
| Box 27 | Folder 18 | 1980s - Clock, Old Heidelberg Restaurant, Randolph Street (1 photograph, 1 negative), circa 1980 |
| Box 27 | Folder 19 | 1980s - Madison Street, looking west from State Street (1 photograph), circa 1980 |
| Box 27 | Folder 20 | 1980s - Wabash Avenue, looking north from Madison Street (1 photograph), circa 1980 |
| Box 27 | Folder 21 | 1980s - Chicago Cultural Center, Michigan Avenue and Washington Street (1 photograph), circa 1980 |
| Box 27 | Folder 22 | 1980s - Dearborn Street, former site of Montgomery Ward’s (1 photograph, 1 negative), circa 1980 |
| Box 28 | Folder 1 | 1980s - Chicago Sun-Times Building (1 photograph), circa 1980 |
| Box 28 | Folder 2 | 1980s - Berghoff Restaurant, Adams Street (1 photograph, 1 negative), circa 1980 |
| Box 28 | Folder 3 | 1980s - State Street, Being Born [sculpture] by Virginio Ferrari, State and Washington (1 photograph), circa 1980 |
| Box 28 | Folder 4 | 1980s - State Street, Circus Walk (4 photographs), circa 1980 |
| Box 40 | Folder 10 | 1980s - State Street, Christmas (22 slides), 1980 |
| Box 40 | Folder 9 | 1980s - State Street, Christmas (10 slides), circa 1980s |
| Box 28 | Folder 5 | 1980s - Palmer House, exterior and interior (8 photographs), circa 1980-1996 |
| Box 28 | Folder 6 | 1980s - State Street, Skate on State (3 photographs), circa 1980-circa 2000 |
| Box 28 | Folder 7 | 1980s - State Street, events, 1 of 2 (16 photographs), circa 1980s |
| Box 28 | Folder 8 | 1980s - State Street, events, 1 of 2 (16 photographs, 2 contact sheets, 1 negative), circa 1980s |
| Box 28 | Folder 9 | 1980s - State Street, street scenes (15 photographs, 1 negatives, 1 contact sheet), circa 1980s |
| Box 28 | Folder 10 | 1980s - Loop, general views of the elevated train tracks, entrances and stations (17 photographs), circa 1980s |
| Box 21 | Folder 23 | 1980s - State Street, Chicago Theater, 1981 |
| Box 28 | Folder 11 | 1980s - State Street, Mall, 2nd anniversary with Mayor Jane Byrne (6 photographs), 1981 |
| Box 40 | Folder 12 | 1980s - State Street, Mall anniversary (28 slides), 1981 |
| Box 40 | Folder 11 | 1980s - State Street, Summer Stage (16 slides), 1981 |
| Box 28 | Folder 12 | 1980s - State Street Mall, maintenance crew (1 photograph, 1 contact sheet), 1981 |
| Box 28 | Folder 13 | 1980s - State Street Council, photographs of awards (2 photographs), 1981 |
| Box 28 | Folder 14 | 1980s - State Street, street scenes (13 photographs, 1 contact sheet, 2 negatives), 1981 |
| Box 28 | Folder 15 | 1980s - State Street, Michigan Avenue, Christmas (21 photographs, 11 contact sheets), circa 1981-1982 |
| Box 40 | Folder 13 | 1980s - State Street, Christmas (37 slides), 1981 |
| Box 40 | Folder 18 | 1980s - State Street, Art Exposure (7 slides), 1982 |
| Box 28 | Folder 18 | 1980s - State Street, Carson Pirie Scott, Louis’ on the Mall sidewalk Café (6 photographs), 1982 |
| Box 40 | Folder 14 | 1980s - State Street, Dutch Treat (39 slides), 1982 |
| Box 28 | Folder 17 | 1980s - State Street, Mall anniversary, Mayor Jane Byrne (6 photographs, 5 contact sheets), 1982 |
| Box 40 | Folder 16 | 1980s - State Street, Mall anniversary (10 slides), 1982 |
| Box 28 | Folder 16 | 1980s - State Street, “On Culture,” exhibition (4 photographs, 2 contact sheets), 1982 |
| Box 40 | Folder 17 | 1980s - State Street, Pepsi Challenge (16 slides), 1982 |
| Box 28 | Folder 19 | 1980s - State Street, street scenes (2 photographs), 1982 |
| Box 40 | Folder 15 | 1980s - State Street, Summer Stage, information booth, (18 slides), 1982 |
| Box 40 | Folder 19 | 1980s - State Street, Christmas (17 slides), 1982 |
| Box 41 | Folder 1 | 1980s - State Street, Art Exposure (12 slides), 1983 |
| Box 41 | Folder 2 | 1980s - State Street, Circus Vargas (20 slides), 1983 |
| Box 41 | Folder 3 | 1980s - State Street, Christmas (43 slides), 1983 |
| Box 28 | Folder 20 | 1980s - State Street, Christmas (2 contact sheets), 1983 |
| Box 29 | Folder 1 | 1980s - State Street, art shows (3 photographs), 1983, 1984 |
| Box 29 | Folder 3 | 1980s - State Street, Chicago Sculpture International (2 photographs, 7 contact sheets), 1984 |
| Box 29 | Folder 2 | 1980s - State Street, Summer Stage with Mayor Harold Washington (8 photographs), 1984 |
| Box 41 | Folder 4 | 1980s - State Street, Summer Stage (22 slides), 1984 |
| Box 29 | Folder 4 | 1980s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), 54th Annual Meeting with Mayor Harold Washington, Irv Kupcinet (9 photographs), 1984 |
| Box 41 | Folder 5 | 1980s - State Street, Sculpture Chicago (40 slides), 1984 |
| Box 41 | Folder 6 | 1980s - State Street, Christmas (41 slides), 1984 |
| Box 34 | Folder 1 | 1980s - Loop, mainly State Street, street scenes (188 photographs), circa 1985 |
| Box 41 | Folder 7 | 1980s - State Street, Chicago sculpture (12 slides), 1985 |
| Box 41 | Folder 8 | 1980s - State Street, French Promotion (15 slides), 1985 |
| Box 29 | Folder 6 | 1980s - State Street, street vendors (8 photographs), circa 1985 |
| Box 41 | Folder 9 | 1980s - State Street, Christmas (1 slide), 1985 |
| Box 29 | Folder 7 | 1980s - State Street, Vietnam Veterans Welcome Parade (4 contact sheets), 1986 |
| Box 41 | Folder 10 | 1980s - State Street, Vietnam Veterans’ Welcome Parade (20 slides), 1986 |
| Box 29 | Folder 8 | 1980s - State Street, Chicago Theatre, facade renovation (1 photograph), circa 1986 |
| Box 29 | Folder 9 | 1980s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual meeting, Mayor Harold Washington (20 photographs), 1987 |
| Box 29 | Folder 10 | 1980s - State Street, Chicago’s Sesquicentennial, store windows (7 photographs), 1987 |
| Box 34 | Folder 2 | 1980s - State Street, Celebrate on State with Mayor Harold Washington (163 photographs), 1987 |
| Box 41 | Folder 11 | 1980s - State Street, Christmas (47 slides), 1987 |
| Box 30 | Folder 1 | 1980s - State Street, VISION, supporting street scenes with comments highlighting problems with State Street Mall, 1 of 4 (20 photographs), 1987 |
| Box 30 | Folder 2 | 1980s - State Street, VISION, supporting street scenes with comments highlighting problems with State Street Mall, 2 of 4 (20 photographs), 1987 |
| Box 30 | Folder 3 | 1980s - State Street, VISION, supporting street scenes with comments highlighting problems with State Street Mall, 3 of 4 (12 photographs), 1987 |
| Box 30 | Folder 4 | 1980s - State Street, VISION, supporting street scenes with comments highlighting problems with State Street Mall, 4 of 4 (18 photographs), 1987 |
| Box 45 | Folder 1 | 1980s - State Street, VISION for the future of Greater State Street, illustrations from report, (15 slides), 1987 |
| Box 30 | Folder 5 | 1980s - State Street, Rally in the Alley (12 photographs, negatives), 1988 |
| Box 30 | Folder 6 | 1980s - State Street, Celebrate on State with Mayor Eugene Sawyer, 1988, 1989 (10 photographs) |
| Box 30 | Folder 7 | 1980s - State Street, Celebrate on State with Mayor Richard M. Daley (34 photographs, negatives) [See also Box 34, Folder 3], 1989 |
| Box 30 | Folder 8 | 1980s - State Street Christmas, Mayor Richard M. Daley in Marshall Field’s, circa 1989 (1 photograph) |
| Box 30 | Folder 9 | 1980s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual gala, 1989 (15 photographs) 1 of 3 |
| Box 30 | Folder 10 | 1980s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual gala, 1989 (16 photographs) 2 of 3 |
| Box 30 | Folder 11 | 1980s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual gala (11 photographs, 6 contact sheets) 3 of 3, 1989 |
| Box 45 | Folder 6 | 1980s - Slide presentation, DePaul Speech, 1 of 2 (13 slides), 1988 |
| Box 45 | Folder 7 | 1980s - Slide Presentation, DePaul Speech, 2 of 2 (11 slides), 1988 |
| Box 44 | Folder 7 | 1980s - State Street, alleys (3 slides), circa 1980s |
| Box 42 | Folder 1 | 1980s - State Street, politicians, celebrities (20 slides), circa 1980s |
| Box 30 | Folder 12 | 1990s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual meeting (6 contact sheets, negatives), 1990 January |
| Box 30 | Folder 13 | 1990s - State Street, information booth, street vendor, northeast corner of State and Madison Streets, subway entrances, bus shelters (17 photographs), circa 1990 |
| Box 30 | Folder 14 | 1990s - State Street, Celebrate on State with Mayor Richard M. Daley (44 photographs, 1 contact sheet), 1990 |
| Box 30 | Folder 15 | 1990s - Quincy Court (5 photographs), circa 1990 |
| Box 30 | Folder 16 | 1990s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual gala (6 contact sheets, negatives), 1991 |
| Box 30 | Folder 17 | 1990s - State Street, Celebrate on State with Mayor Richard M. Daley (62 photographs, negatives), 1991 |
| Box 34 | Folder 6 | 1990s - State Street, Celebrate on State (45 photographs), 1992 |
| Box 31 | Folder 2 | 1990s - State Street, looking south from Lake Street (6 photographs), circa 1992 |
| Box 31 | Folder 3 | 1990s - State Street, Leiter Building renovation (1 photograph), circa 1992 |
| Box 34 | Folder 7 | 1990s - State Street, Celebrate on State (48 photographs), 1993 |
| Box 31 | Folder 5 | 1990s - State Street, Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago Public Library (4 photographs), circa 1993 |
| Box 31 | Folder 6 | 1990s - State Street, Christmas Lights, Marshall Field’s (1 photograph), 1993 |
| Box 35 | Folder 1 | 1990s - Greater State Street Council, annual gala (39 photographs), 1994 |
| Box 35 | Folder 2 | 1990s - Greater State Street Council, annual meeting (23 photographs), 1994 |
| Box 35 | Folder 3 | 1990s - State Street, Celebrate on State (249 photographs), 1994 |
| Box 31 | Folder 10 | 1990s - State Street, Christmas lighting ceremony (4 photographs), 1994 |
| Box 31 | Folder 11 | 1990s - State Street, Celebrate on State with Chris Zorich (183 photographs, negative), 1995 |
| Box 31 | Folder 12 | 1990s - State Street, Christmas lighting ceremony (3 photographs), 1995 |
| Box 31 | Folder 13 | 1990s - State Street, Chicago Theatre, marquee (1 photograph), circa 1995 |
| Box 31 | Folder 14 | 1990s - State Street, Gallery 37 (1 photograph), circa 1995 |
| Box 31 | Folder 15 | 1990s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual gala (13 photographs), 1995 |
| Box 36 | Folder 2 | 1990s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual gala (55 photographs), 1996 |
| Box 35 | Folder 6 | 1990s - State Street Renovation Project [announcement?] with Mayor Richard M. Daley (42 photographs), 1996 |
| Box 31 | Folder 18 | 1990s - State Street Renovation Project, presentation boards showing plans and elevations (9 photographs), 1996 |
| Box 36 | Folder 1 | 1990s - State Street Renovation Project, groundbreaking with Mayor Richard M. Daley (34 photographs), 1996 |
| Box 31 | Folder 20 | 1990s - State Street Renovation Project, construction (16 photographs), 1996 |
| Box 31 | Folder 21 | 1990s - State Street Renovation Project, planning meeting, 30 days before grand re-opening (23 photographs), 1996 |
| Box 36 | Folder 3 | 1990s - State Street Renovation Project, reopening ceremony, Holidazzle Parade and reception with Mayor Richard M. Daley (94 photographs), 1996 November 15 |
| Box 32 | Folder 2 | 1990s - State Street, new subway entrances (10 photographs), 1996 |
| Box 32 | Folder 3 | 1990s - State Street, street scenes, after renovation (2 photographs), circa 1996 |
| Box 32 | Folder 4 | 1990s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), members (14 photographs, 2 negatives), circa 1996 |
| Box 35 | Folder 5 | 1990s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual meeting (49 photographs), 1996 |
| Box 36 | Folder 4 | 1990s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual meeting (30 photographs), 1997 |
| Box 32 | Folder 7 | 1990s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), gala (7 contact sheets), 1997 |
| Box 32 | Folder 8 | 1990s - State Street, Celebrate on State (34 photographs), 1997 |
| Box 36 | Folder 6 | 1990s - State Street, Christmas lighting ceremony (32 photographs), 1997 |
| Box 32 | Folder 10 | 1990s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), gala (4 photographs), 1998 |
| Box 32 | Folder 11 | 1990s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual luncheon and meeting (2 albums, 64 photographs), 1998 |
| Box 32 | Folder 12 | 1990s - Berghoff Cafe, 100th Anniversary (2 photographs), 1998 |
| Box 32 | Folder 13 | 1990s - State Street, Celebrate on State (20 photographs, 1 negative), 1998 |
| Box 21 | Folder 23 | 1990s - State Street, Chicago Theater, 1998 |
| Box 32 | Folder 14 | 1990s - State Street, Halloween parade, annual lighting ceremony (9 photographs, negatives), 1998 |
| Box 36 | Folder 7 | 1990s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual gala (51), 1999 |
| Box 32 | Folder 16 | 1990s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), 70th anniversary annual meeting, luncheon (6 photographs), 1999 February 2 |
| Box 32 | Folder 17 | 1990s - State Street, Randolph Street, Adams Street, scenes (9 photographs, negatives), 1999 |
| Box 32 | Folder 18 | 1990s - State Street, Reliance Building, restoration banner (1 photograph), 1999 |
| Box 32 | Folder 19 | 1990s - State Street, storefronts (25 photographs), 1999 |
| Box 36 | Folder 8 | 1990s - State Street, Celebrate on State (60 photographs), 1999 |
| Box 36 | Folder 9 | 1990s - State Street, Halloween parade (36 photographs), 1999 |
| Box 38 | Folder 10 | 1990s - State Street, Channel 7, WLS-TV, ABC Building (1 photograph), 1999 |
| Box 42 | Folder 6 | 1990s - State Street, double decker bus (15 slides), circa 1990s |
| Box 42 | Folder 3 | 1990s - State Street, maintenance (19 slides), circa 1990s |
| Box 42 | Folder 2 | 1990s - State Street, vendors (44 slides), circa 1990s |
| Box 37 | Folder 2 | 2000s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual gala (28 photographs), 2000 |
| Box 33 | Folder 5 | 2000s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual luncheon and meeting (16 photographs), 2000 |
| Box 33 | Folder 6 | 2000s - State Street, Celebrate on State (150 photographs, 1 transparency), 2000 |
| Box 36 | Folder 10 | 2000s - State Street, Memorial Day parade with Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Irv Kupcinet (127 photographs), 2000 |
| Box 33 | Folder 8 | 2000s - Greater State Street Council, website launch party (6 photographs), 2000 July |
| Box 33 | Folder 9 | 2000s - State Street, Borders Books, State and Randolph Streets (4 photographs), circa 2000 |
| Box 33 | Folder 10 | 2000s - State Street, street scenes (8 photographs, 2 negatives, 1 transparency), circa 2000 |
| Box 33 | Folder 11 | 2000s - State Street, Hot Tix Stand, Block 37 (1 photograph), circa 2000 |
| Box 37 | Folder 3 | 2000s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual meeting (33 photographs), 2001 January 29 |
| Box 33 | Folder 13 | 2000s - State Street, Sears (2 photographs), 2001 |
| Box 37 | Folder 5 | 2000s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual gala (78 photographs), 2001 |
| Box 37 | Folder 4 | 2000s - State Street, Celebrate on State (112 photographs), 2001 |
| Box 33 | Folder 16 | 2000s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), annual gala (31 photographs, negatives), 2002 |
| Box 33 | Folder 17 | 2000s - Greater State Street Council (GSSC), gala (48 photographs, negatives), 2003 |
| Box 33 | Folder 18 | 2000s - Millennium Park, opening weekend fireworks (1 photograph), 2004 July |
| Box 40 | Folder 3 | Undated - Chicago buildings, historic (20 slides), undated |
| Box 33 | Folder 20 | Undated - Greater State Street Council (GSSC)/Chicago Loop Alliance members (16 photographs), undated |
| Box 33 | Folder 21 | Undated - Greater State Street Council /Chicago Loop Alliance members (14 photographs, 1 negative), undated |
| Box 45 | Folder 3 | Undated - Greater State Street Council, graphics (46 slides), circa 1980s-2000 |
| Box 45 | Folder 2 | Undated - Greater State Street Council, staff, events (39 slides), circa 1980-2000 |
| Box 43 | Folder 6 | Undated - Loop, buildings, contemporary (94 slides), undated |
| Box 43 | Folder 7 | Undated - Loop, street scenes, contemporary (25 slides), undated |
| Box 43 | Folder 8 | Undated - Loop, aerial views, sculpture/public art, Chicago River (29 slides), circa 1950s-2000 |
| Box 45 | Folder 5 | Undated - Slide presentation, Loop Retail Historic District, with text (76 slides), circa 1980-2000 |
| Box 33 | Folder 19 | Undated - State Street, 159 N. State Street; Kitty Kelly Store building; Dearborn Center; unidentified building; aerial views of Congress Parkway (Wells to Chicago River) (6 photographs of architectural renderings and models), undated |
| Box 43 | Folder 2 | Undated - State Street, buildings, Carson Pirie Scott (47 slides), circa 1980-2000 |
| Box 42 | Folder 9 | Undated - State Street, buildings, Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center (54 slides, and negatives), circa 1989-2000 |
| Box 43 | Folder 3 | Undated - State Street, buildings, The Chicago Theater (12 slides), circa 1980-2000 |
| Box 42 | Folder 8 | Undated - State Street, buildings, contemporary (101 slides), undated |
| Box 42 | Folder 11 | Undated - State Street, buildings, Leiter Building (9 slides), circa 1980-2000 |
| Box 43 | Folder 1 | Undated - State Street, buildings, Marshall Field and Company (51 slides), circa 1900-2000 |
| Box 42 | Folder 12 | Undated - State Street, buildings, Palmer House Hilton Hotel (25 slides), circa 1980-2000 |
| Box 42 | Folder 10 | Undated - State Street, buildings, Rothschild Building/DePaul Center (30 slides), circa 1980-2000 |
| Box 40 | Folder 2 | Undated - State Street, buildings, historic (8 slides), undated |
| Box 45 | Folder 4 | Undated - State Street, Loop, architectural plans, models (77 slides), undated |
| Box 44 | Folder 8 | Undated - State Street, Loop, interiors (42 slides), circa 1970s-2000 |
| Box 44 | Folder 1 | Undated - State Street, Loop, store fronts and buildings, 1 of 5 (80 slides), circa 1970s-2000 |
| Box 44 | Folder 2 | Undated - State Street, Loop, store fronts and buildings, 2 of 5 (60 slides), circa 1970s-2000 |
| Box 44 | Folder 3 | Undated - State Street, Loop, store fronts and buildings, 3 of 5 (60 slides), circa 1970s-2000 |
| Box 44 | Folder 4 | Undated - State Street, Loop, store fronts and buildings, 4 of 5 (80 slides), circa 1970s-2000 |
| Box 44 | Folder 5 | Undated - State Street, Loop, store fronts and buildings, 5 of 5 (44 slides), circa 1970s-2000 |
| Box 44 | Folder 6 | Undated - State Street, Loop, window displays (40 slides), circa 1970s-2000 |
| Box 44 | Folder 11 | Undated - State Street, mall shots (74 slides), circa 1979-1996 |
| Box 45 | Folder 8 | Undated - State Street, maps, charts, other visual material used in slide presentations/publications, 1 of 2 (85 slides), undated |
| Box 45 | Folder 9 | Undated - State Street, maps, charts, other visual material used in slide presentations/publications, 2 of 2 (65 slides), undated |
| Box 41 | Folder 12 | Undated - State Street, people (44 slides), circa 1980-2000 |
| Box 41 | Folder 13 | Undated - State Street, people, shoppers (15 slides), circa 1980-2000 |
| Box 41 | Folder 14 | Undated - State Street, people, summer (21 slides), circa 1980-2000 |
| Box 41 | Folder 15 | Undated - State Street, people, winter (11 slides), circa 1980-2000 |
| Box 44 | Folder 9 | Undated - State Street, street furniture (62 slides), circa 1970s-2000 |
| Box 43 | Folder 4 | Undated - State Street, street scenes, contemporary (115 slides), undated |
| Box 43 | Folder 5 | Undated - State Street, street scenes, contemporary [found in file marked "Skidmore Owings & Merrill, 1997"] (18 slides), undated |
| Box 40 | Folder 1 | Undated - State Street, street scenes, historic (64 slides), undated |
| Box 42 | Folder 4 | Undated - Transportation - Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra, buses, trains, stations (25 slides), 1943, circa 1980-2000 |
| Box 42 | Folder 5 | Undated - Transportation - O’Hare International Airport, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) station (8 slides), circa 1980-2000 |
| Box 42 | Folder 7 | Undated - Transportation - State Street, freight tunnel/subway[?] (1 slide), undated |
Series 13: Audiovisual Materials, 1958-2005, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 13 contains videotapes and audiocassettes on State Street news segments along with events or promotional content. The bulk of the videotapes are VHS format, although Chicago’s Sesquicentennial Celebrations in 1987 was captured on the BETA formatted tape. The 2-inch tapes date from the years when State Street was a pedestrian mall, and the 5 reels of 16mm films date from 1958 and contain footage of events on State Street. In addition, there are 6 audiocassettes, most of which contain radio advertisements for Celebrate on State.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Access to some audiovisual material may not be possible due to available replay equipment or to state of physical media. Please contact the archives before your visit.
Arrangement
Series 13 is arranged chronologically.
| Can 1 | Films 1-5 | State Street films and segments: Summer 1958, Downtown Jubilee Days; November 13, 1958, State Street Lighting, 5 reels, 16 millimeter films, 1958 |
| Box 52 | Tape 1 | State Street Mall, “Oh That State Street,” mall opening, 30 minutes, 2” video tape, 1979 January |
| Box 52 | Tape 2 | State Street Mall, “A State Street Christmas,” 30 minutes, 2” video tape, 1980 November 19 |
| Box 52 | Tape 3 | State Street Mall, 3rd Anniversary, 30 minutes, 2” video tape, 1982 September 22 |
| Box 51 | Beta 1 | “Chicago’s 150th Birthday,” public service announcement with Sara Bode, Channel 5 WMAQ-TV, Beta videotape, 1987 February |
| Box 47 | Tape 1 | WBBM TV, 1st edition, 4:30 News, VHS videotape, 1987 June 24 |
| Box 47 | Tape 2 | “State Street at the Crossroads,” VHS videotape, 1987 November 12 |
| Box 47 | Tape 3 | “A New Beginning,” North Loop Communications, 29:45 minutes, VHS videotape, 1989 April |
| Box 47 | Tape 4 | State Street Council, 12 minutes, VHS videotape, 1989 June 1 |
| Box 47 | Tape 5 | “A New Beginning,” North Loop Communications, 29:45 minutes [duplicate of #3?], VHS videotape, 1989 July 17 |
| Box 47 | Tape 6 | “Chicagoing with Gary Witkin,” WLS TV, VHS videotape, 1990 January |
| Box 47 | Tape 7 | “Chicagoing with Gary Witkin,” WLS TV, edited version, VHS videotape, 1990 January |
| Box 47 | Tape 8 | “Schubert Theatre Reopening,” with Sara Bode, Eyewitness News, WLS TV (ABC) Chicago, 2:18 minutes, VHS videotape, 1991 August 21 |
| Box 47 | Tape 9 | Museum of Broadcast Communications, “Chicago Cultural Center,” 7:02 minutes, VHS videotape, 1992 |
| Box 47 | Tape 10 | “Holiday Lights,” news segments, VHS videotape, 1993 November 8 |
| Box 47 | Tape 11 | “Christmas Lights on State Street,” TV news segments, VHS videotape, 1994 November 22-23 |
| Box 47 | Tape 12 | “State Street Traffic,” Radio TV Reports, VHS videotape, 1994 November 25 |
| Box 47 | Tape 13 | “Celebrate on State,” Radio TV Reports, VHS videotape, 1995 June 14-18 |
| Box 48 | Tape 14 | “Celebrate on State,” News Retrieval Services [duplicate of #13?], VHS videotape, 1995 June 14-18 |
| Box 48 | Tape 15 | “State Street Mall,” WGN TV, Channel 9 News, 3 minutes, VHS videotape, 1995 November 24 |
| Box 48 | Tape 16 | Greater State Street Council, 67th Annual Meeting, VHS videotape, 1996 January 16 |
| Box 48 | Tape 17 | Berghoff Restaurant, Select Takes for Old-Time Footage, VHS videotape, 1996 July 31 |
| Box 48 | Tape 18 | “State Street, Afternoon Edition, Chicagoland TV, 1:59 minutes, VHS videotape, 1996 August 16 |
| Box 48 | Tape 19 | State Street, Eyewitness News, WLS TV, 2:26 minutes, VHS videotape, 1996 October 7 |
| Box 48 | Tape 20 | State Street, Eyewitness News, WLS TV, 2:26 minutes [duplicate of #19], VHS videotape, 1996 October 7 |
| Box 48 | Tape 21 | State Street Ceremony, news segments, VHS videotape, 1996 November 15-17 |
| Box 48 | Tape 22 | Re-Opening of State Street, Window Dub Tapes 1, 2 and 3, 70 minutes, VHS videotape, 1996 December 5 |
| Box 48 | Tapes 23-24 | “State Street: Greater Than Ever,” WLS TV, VHS videotape (2 copies), 1996 December 14 |
| Box 48 | Tape 25 | Mary Wilson, promotional announcement, VHS videotape, 1996 |
| Box 48 | Tape 26 | 10th Annual Celebrate on State, VHS videotape, 1997 June |
| Box 49 | Tape 27 | State Street Council, “An Affair to Remember” (Tape 1 of 2), VHS videotape, 1997 August 22 |
| Box 49 | Tape 28 | State Street Council, “An Affair to Remember” (Tape 2 of 2), VHS videotape, VHS videotape, 1997 August 22 |
| Box 49 | Tape 29 | State Street Lights, news segments, VHS videotape, 1997 November 20-21 |
| Box 49 | Tape 30 | Chicagovision, Program, VHS videotape, 1998 Fall |
| Box 49 | Tape 31 | “Destination Chicago,” Chicago Office of Tourism, 8.01 minutes, VHS videotape, 1998 |
| Box 53 | Cassette 2 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), 12th Annual Celebrate on State, radio advertisement, WGCI 1390 AM and 107.5 FM, audio cassette, 1999 June 4 |
| Box 53 | Cassette 3 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Celebrate on State, radio advertisement, WGCI 1390 AM and 107.5 FM, audio cassette, 2000 June 7 |
| Box 53 | Cassette 1 | State Street Fest, callbacks [announcers?], WGCI 1390 AM and 107.5 FM, audio cassette, 1999 June 13 |
| Box 49 | Tape 32 | “Celebrate on State,” VHS videotape, 1999 June 13 |
| Box 49 | Tape 33 | “Celebrate on State,” Channel 5 WMAQ-TV, Channel 7 News WLS-TV, 4:11 minutes, VHS videotape, 1999 June 13 |
| Box 53 | Cassette 4 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Celebrate on State, radio advertisement, The Eighties Channel, WXXY 103.1, audio cassette, 2000 |
| Box 49 | Tape 34 | Field’s Jingle Elf Parade, Target and ABC 7 TV, VHS videotape, 2000 |
| Box 53 | Cassette 5 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), Celebrate on State, radio advertisement, 93.9 WLIT, audio cassette, 2001 |
| Box 53 | Cassette 6 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), 14th Annual Celebrate on State, radio advertisement, KISS FM 103.5, 2001 |
| Box 49 | Tape 35 | Live Switch, Fusion 2002 Fashion Show, 60 minutes, VHS videotape, 2002 |
| Box 49 | Tape 36 | State Street, Live, parade and food drive, children’s choir, VHS videotape, 2002 |
| Box 49 | Tape 37 | Target parade, VHS videotape, 2003 February 1 |
| Box 49 | Tapes 38-39 | State Street Thanksgiving Parade, Chicago Festival Association, VHS videotape (2 copies), 2003 November |
| Box 50 | Tape 40 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), luncheon, video by Wes Tabayoyong, VHS videotape, 2003 |
| Box 50 | Tape 41 | Memorial Day Parade, ABC-7, VHS videotape, 2004 May 29 |
| Box 50 | Tape 42 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC), 75th Anniversary Luncheon and activities, news segments, ABC-7, VHS videotape, 2004 |
| Box 50 | Tape 43 | Greater State Street Council (GSSC) and Central Michigan Avenue Association, merger announcement, WLS-TV News, VHS videotape, 2005 February 25 |
| Box 50 | Tape 44 | “Celebrate on State,” ABC-7 WLS- TV, VHS videotape, undated |
| Box 50 | Tape 45 | State Street Presentation, 2:45 minutes, VHS videotape, undated |
| Box 50 | Tape 46 | West Bank Metro Center: Woodbine Centre, Toronto; Monorail; Edmonton Mall; 49th Street Galleria; Sports Museum, development concepts, VHS videotape, undated |
| Box 50 | Tape 47 | Cityfair: Citizen Self-Help Exposition, VHS videotape, undated |
| Box 50 | Tape 48 | The History of Marshall Field & Company, VHS videotape, undated |
| Box 50 | Tape 49 | Jimmy Damon Sings, VHS videotape, undated |
| Box 50 | Tape 50 | Classic Fireworks by Events Inc., VHS videotape, undated |
| Box 50 | Tape 51 | Armorcoat Security Film, VHS videotape, undated |
| Box 50 | Tape 52 | AT&T Cable Services, “Count,” VHS videotape, undated |
| Box 51 | Tape 53 | Unidentified, VHS videotape, undated |
| Box 51 | Tape 54 | Unidentified, VHS videotape, undated |
| Box 51 | Tape 55 | Unidentified, VHS videotape, undated |
