Laurie M. Leigh Photographs

Dates: 1977-1991
Size: 1 linear foot in 1 box, including 87 photographs
Repository Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605
Collection Number: spe.n00100
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Donated by Laurie Leigh in 2001 and 2002.
Conditions Governing Access: Materials are open without restrictions.
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: Laurie M. Leigh Photographs, [Photograph#], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library
Finding aid author: Special Collections staff and Emma Lipkin; supervised by Johanna Russ, July 2018. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Johanna Russ, 2021.

Abstract

This collection contains 87 photographs taken in neighborhoods around Chicago by photographer Laurie M. Leigh. While the majority of the photographs are of buildings and areas in the city, the collection also includes two portraits.

Biographical/Historical

Laurie Leigh (1929-2019) was a freelance photographer in Chicago. She contributed regularly to the Chicago Reader and worked on several projects that featured construction equipment, industrial machinery, and mechanical apparatus. Leigh was also involved in environmental activism, especially surrounding Lake Michigan, and she documented the Lake Front through her photography.

Scope and Contents

The 87 images in this collection depict scenes from around Chicago. Especially well represented is Chicago’s Lake Front. The Belmont Harbor and the Oak Street Beach areas are well documented. Of note is a portrait of comedian Dick Gregory.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by subjects that largely correspond to series in other collections in the Neighborhood History Research Collection. These subjects are arranged alphabetically.

Related Materials

Subject Headings

  • Chicago River (Ill.)
  • Graceland Cemetery (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Gregory, Dick, 1947-
  • Lake Shore Drive (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)

Collection Inventory

Box 1 Photograph 1.1 Businesses - [Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.], Calumet River, circa 1980s
Box 1 Photograph 1.2 Businesses - John Hancock Building, [view] from the top of the Hancock Building [875 N. Michigan Avenue], 1988
Box 1 Photograph 1.3 Businesses - Sears Tower [Willis Tower, 233 S. Wacker Drive], 1982
Box 1 Photograph 1.4 Businesses - [333 Wacker Drive], 1982
Box 1 Photograph 1.5 Businesses - [333 Wacker Drive], 1982
Box 1 Photograph 1.6 Cemeteries - Graceland Cemetery, undated
Box 1 Photograph 1.7 Cemeteries - Graceland Cemetery [Eternal Silence, Lorado Taft], 1985
Box 1 Photograph 1.8 Cemeteries - Graceland Cemetery [T. Allmendunger crypt], 1985
Box 1 Photograph 1.10 Clubs and Organizations - Museum of Science and Industry, [exterior, locomotive], circa 1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.11 Lake Front - Belmont Harbor, there were ducks swimming in the parking lot in 1987, 1986
Box 1 Photograph 1.12 Lake Front - E. Goethe Street and N. Lake Shore Drive, 1987
Box 1 Photograph 1.13 Lake Front - E. Goethe Street and N. Lake Shore Drive, 1987
Box 1 Photograph 1.14 Lake Front - E. Goethe Street and N. Lake Shore Drive, high water, 1987
Box 1 Photograph 1.15 Lake Front - N. Lake Shore Drive at E. North Avenue, high water, 1987
Box 1 Photograph 1.16 Lake Front - Lincoln Park, South Lagoon, high Lake Michigan water, 1986
Box 1 Photograph 1.17 Lake Front - Oak Street Beach, strengthening to prevent more flooding of N. Lake Shore Drive, 1987
Box 1 Photograph 1.18 Lake Front - [54th Street], the lake at E. 54th Street, 1980s
Box 1 Photograph 1.19 Lake Front - Beach Tunnel, 1977
Box 1 Photograph 1.20 Lake Front - Belmont Harbor, 1986
Box 1 Photograph 1.21 Lake Front - Belmont Harbor, 1988
Box 1 Photograph 1.22 Lake Front - Belmont Harbor, dissipating fog, 1987
Box 1 Photograph 1.23 Lake Front - Belmont Harbor, [sinking boat], circa 1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.24 Lake Front - Belmont Harbor, [sinking boat], circa 1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.25 Lake Front - Belmont Harbor, triathlon day, 1988
Box 1 Photograph 1.26 Lake Front - Buckingham Fountain, Grant Park, 1986
Box 1 Photograph 1.27 Lake Front - [Chicago Yacht Club] Red Lion [ship], 1983
Box 1 Photograph 1.28 Lake Front - W. Diversey Parkway and the lake [A Signal of Peace, Cyrus Edwin Dallin], 1986
Box 1 Photograph 1.29 Lake Front - Diversey Harbor, Stuart [possibly Leigh’s son] on Scalare, 1983
Box 1 Photograph 1.30 Lake Front - E. Division Street, beach, 1983
Box 1 Photograph 1.31 Lake Front - E. Division Street, beach, 1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.32 Lake Front - E. Division Street, [pedestrian] underpass to lake, 1983
Box 1 Photograph 1.33 Lake Front - W. Foster [Avenue, beach, winter, man on skis], 1979
Box 1 Photograph 1.34 Lake Front - Grant Park, 1980s
Box 1 Photograph 1.35 Lake Front - [Lake Shore Drive, aerial view looking north], 1990
Box 1 Photograph 1.36 Lake Front - N. Lake Shore Drive at E. Goethe Street, 1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.37 Lake Front - N. Lake Shore Drive and E. Ohio Street, 1987
Box 1 Photograph 1.38 Lake Front - [Lake Shore Drive [traffic] ramp to outer drive, 1987
Box 1 Photograph 1.39 Lake Front - Lincoln Park, circa 1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.40 Lake Front - Lincoln Park Gun Club, 1991
Box 1 Photograph 1.41 Lake Front - Lincoln Park south of W. Fullerton Avenue, 1986
Box 1 Photograph 1.42 Lake Front - Montrose Harbor, circa 1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.43 Lake Front - Navy Pier, 1986
Box 1 Photograph 1.44 Lake Front - North Avenue Beach, 1988
Box 1 Photograph 1.45 Lake Front - North Avenue Beach, chess pavilion, undated
Box 1 Photograph 1.46 Lake Front - North Avenue Beach, frozen lake, undated
Box 1 Photograph 1.47 Lake Front - North Avenue Beach, [winter], 1977
Box 1 Photograph 1.48 Lake Front - Oak Street Beach, 1200 N. Lake Shore Drive, 1985
Box 1 Photograph 1.49 Lake Front - Oak Street Beach, 1985
Box 1 Photograph 1.50 Lake Front - E. Oak Street and N. Lake Shore Drive, 1985
Box 1 Photograph 1.51 Lake Front - E. Oak Street and N. Michigan Avenue, 1985
Box 1 Photograph 1.52 Lake Front - Triathlon, [swimmers], 1992
Box 1 Photograph 1.53 Lake Front - Unidentified location, 1983
Box 1 Photograph 1.54 Lake Front - Unidentified location, Marlyn [boat],1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.55 Lake Front - Unidentified location, [Monroe Harbor], 1989
Box 1 Photograph 1.56 Lake Front - Unidentified location, [view from lake of city skyline], 1983
Box 1 Photograph 1.57 Lake Front - Water filtration plant, 1976
Box 1 Photograph 1.58 Lake Front - [Winter ice formations, unidentified location], 1977
Box 1 Photograph 1.59 Lake Front - [Winter ice formations, unidentified location], 1978
Box 1 Photograph 1.60 Parks - Humboldt Park, 1986
Box 1 Photograph 1.61 Portraits - Dick Gregory, circa 1978
Box 1 Photograph 1.62 Portraits - [Unidentified men], Pow-Wow at Navy Pier, 1983
Box 1 Photograph 1.9 Religious Institutions - St. Michael's Church, circa 1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.63 Residences - [1250] N. Astor Street, 1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.64 Residences - Cardinal's house, Miles' car at [W. North Avenue and N. State Parkway], 1987
Box 1 Photograph 1.65 Residences - Cardinal's house, W. North Avenue and N. State Parkway, 1987
Box 1 Photograph 1.66 Residences - 1246 N. Lake Shore Drive, 1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.67 Residences - [Marina City Towers], 1982
Box 1 Photograph 1.68 Schools - Latin School of Chicago, circa 1980
Box 1 Photograph 1.69 Streets - N. Astor Street, 1979
Box 1 Photograph 1.70 Streets - N. Astor Street, circa 1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.71 Streets - 805 W. Castlewood Terrace [garden], 1987
Box 1 Photograph 1.72 Streets - N. Michigan Avenue and E. Ohio Street, circus headed for Medinah Shriners Temple, circa 1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.73 Streets - W. Montrose Avenue, 1200 block, circa 1991
Box 1 Photograph 1.74 Streets - Unidentified street, 1982
Box 1 Photograph 1.75 Streets - Unidentified street, 1983
Box 1 Photograph 1.76 Streets - Unidentified street [children and open fire hydrant], 1986
Box 1 Photograph 1.77 Streets - Unidentified street [building under construction], 1982
Box 1 Photograph 1.78 Transportation - Calumet River, 1988
Box 1 Photograph 1.79 Transportation - Chicago River, circa 1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.80 Transportation - Chicago River, circa 1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.81 Transportation - Chicago River, circa 1984
Box 1 Photograph 1.82 Transportation - Chicago River, 203 W. 18th Street, circa 1988
Box 1 Photograph 1.83 Transportation - Chicago River, from Kruceks' boat, 1982
Box 1 Photograph 1.84 Transportation - Chicago River from outer drive bridge, boat that transports men from 68th Street crib, 1983
Box 1 Photograph 1.85 Transportation - Chicago River, South Branch, circa 1980
Box 1 Photograph 1.86 Transportation - Chicago River, Traffic Court Building, circa 1983
Box 1 Photograph 1.87 Transportation – W. Fullerton Avenue [Elevated Station], circa 1980s
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