| Dates: | 1924-1929, 1944, undated |
| Size: | 1 linear foot in 2 boxes, includes 2 photo albums with 303 photographs |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe-c00119 |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition: | Purchased from Zephyr Used & Rare Books, 2019, 2021 |
| 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: People’s Gas Light & Coke Co. Photo Album, [Photograph #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library. |
| Finding Aid Author: | Michelle McCoy, November 2019. Addition added and guide formatted into ArchivesSpace by Michelle McCoy, 2023. |
Abstract
The People’s Gas Light & Coke Company photo albums were created to document three natural gas pipeline projects in Chicago neighborhoods. The 1925 Northwest Side Project runs through the Old Irving Park and Mayfair communities and goes on to span the bridge at North Branch Chicago River near Forest Glen Avenue. The 95th Street Project runs through the Beverly, Longwood Manor and Rosalind communities. The 1944 project includes pipelines that extend to and from the Crawford Distribution Station, the Division Street Station and the 22nd Street Station. The albums contain views of equipment, natural gas pipes, iron fittings, work crews and street views of the surrounding neighborhoods.
Biographical/Historical
Established in 1849, People’s Gas was the first utility in Chicago to light city streets with natural gas lamps in 1850. With the introduction of electricity at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, People’s Gas switched its focus from gas lighting to cooking and heating. Between 1895 and 1910, twelve gas companies merged under the direction of president C.K.G. Billings, Jr. to become the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company. By 1932, the company had constructed a long-distance, high-pressure natural gas pipeline from Texas that enabled industrial power and heating in the city. Construction of pipelines would continue to expand after World War II and by 1962 the company was able to meet demands for residential heating across the city, thus eliminating the use of coal and oil to heat homes.
Scope and Contents
The People’s Gas Light & Coke Company photo albums were created to document three natural gas pipeline projects in Chicago neighborhoods. The 1925 Northwest Side Project runs through the Old Irving Park and Mayfair communities and goes on to span the bridge at North Branch Chicago River near Forest Glen Avenue. The 95th Street Project runs through the Beverly, Longwood Manor and Rosalind communities. The 1944 project includes pipelines that extend to and from the Crawford Distribution Station, the Division Street Station and the 22nd Street Station. The albums contain views of equipment, natural gas pipes, iron fittings, work crews and street views of the surrounding neighborhoods.
Arrangement
The People’s Gas Light & Coke Company Photo Albums are arranged into 2 series by album:
- Series 1: Photo Album 1, 1925-1927
- Series 2: Photo Album 2, 1924-1929, 1944, undated
Subject Headings
- Beverly (Chicago, Ill.)
- Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.)
- Environmental pollution
- Gas Pipelines
- Little Village (Chicago, Ill.)
- Lower West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
- Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
- North Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)
- People's Gas Light & Coke Co.
- Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.)
- South Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)
- Superfund Innovative Technologies Evaluation Program (U.S.)
- West Town (Chicago, Ill.)
Related Collections
- Chicago Department of Urban Renewal Records
- Chicago Sewers Collection
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Photo Album 1, 1925-1927
Scope and Contents
Photo Album 1 contains 67 photographs that chronicle two natural gas pipeline constructions in Chicago. The 1925 project (Photographs 2.1-2.35) runs through the Northwest Side community areas of North Mayfair, Albany Park, Portage Park and Irving Park. The 1927 project (Photographs 2.36-2.67) follows construction along W. 95th Street through the Beverly, Brainerd, Longwood Manor and Rosalind communities. W. H. Issacs is identified in several images. These projects were overseen by the Nash-Dowdle Construction Company (later called Dowdle Bros. Construction Co.). The photographs depict work crews with trench digging machines, valves, pipes and other equipment. In many cases, street views with residences and businesses can be seen in the background.
Arrangement
Series 1 is arranged into two subseries by project:
- Subseries A: Northwest Side Project, 1925
- Subseries B: 95th Street Project, 1927
Subseries A: Northwest Side Project, 1925
Arrangement
The photographs in Subseries A are numbered in the order they appear in the photo album. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.1 | Northwest Side Project - unidentified residential street, worker with main, 1925 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.2 | Northwest Side Project - W. Sunnyside Avenue, trench with workers and equipment, 1925 June 6 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.3 | Northwest Side Project - alley at N. Cicero and W. Belle Plaine Avenues, workers with valve, 1925 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.4 | Northwest Side Project - Chicago & North Western Railway crossing, workers at trench, 1925 June 6 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.5 | Northwest Side Project - [W. Montrose] and N. Lamon Avenues, worker at trench with main crossing under water line, 1925 June 2 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.6-2.7 | Northwest Side Project - opposite Mayfair Pumping Station (4850 W. Wilson Avenue), trench (2), 1925 June 13 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.8 | Northwest Side Project - near Mayfair Pumping Station (4850 W. Wilson Avenue), trench with main, 1925 June 20 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.9 | Northwest Side Project - near Mayfair Pumping Station (4850 W. Wilson Avenue), trench with main, 1925 June 19 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.10 | Northwest Side Project - N. Lamon Avenue north of W. Lawrence Avenue, workers with trench and equipment, 1925 June 26 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.11 | Northwest Side Project - N. La Crosse Avenue north of N. Elston Avenue, workers with trench, 1925 July 2 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.12 | Northwest Side Project - W. Lawrence and N. Lamon Avenues, workers with special sewer offset, 1925 July 2 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.13-2.14 | Northwest Side Project - W. Foster and N. La Crosse Avenues, valve basins and connection (2), 1925 July 3 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.15-2.16 | Northwest Side Project - bridge at North Branch Chicago River near N. Forest Glen [Avenue], workers with equipment (2), 1925 September 22 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.17 | Northwest Side Project - N. Cicero Avenue and North Branch Chicago River, workers in trench, 1925 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.18 | Northwest Side Project - unidentified site, trench with main, 1925 July 27 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.19-2.20 | Northwest Side Project - W. Peterson and N. Cicero Avenues, trench with main and digging machine (2), 1925 August 7 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.21 | Northwest Side Project - unidentified railway site, workers with equipment, 1925 August 8 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.22 | Northwest Side Project - unidentified site, trench with workers and digging machine, 1925 August 8 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.23 | Northwest Side Project - unidentified site, trench with workers and digging machine, 1925 August 17 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.24 | Northwest Side Project - W. Peterson Avenue, workers with equipment, 1925 August 17 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.25-2.26 | Northwest Side Project - unidentified site, trench with workers and digging machine and crane (2), 1925 September 3 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.27-2.29 | Northwest Side Project - W. Peterson [Avenue] tunnel west shaft, workers and equipment (3), 1925 September 23 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.30, 2.32-2.35 | Northwest Side Project - W. Foster and N. La Crosse Avenues, press event (5), 1925 October 2 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.31 | Northwest Side Project - N. Elston and N. California Avenues, blowing out the main, 1925 October 2 |
Series 1: Photo Album 1, 1925-1927
Subseries B: 95th Street Project, 1927
Arrangement
The photographs in Subseries B are numbered in the order they appear in the photo album. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.36 | 95th Street Project - groundbreaking, 1927 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.37-2.38 | 95th Street Project - unidentified site, trench with workers, main, digging machine and crane (2), 1927 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.39-2.40 | 95th Street Project - W. 95th and S. Throop Streets, trench with workers, main, digging machine and crane (2), 1927 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.41 | 95th Street Project - W. 95th and S. Bishop Streets, trench with workers, main and equipment, 1927 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.42-2.45 | 95th Street Project - unidentified sites, trench with workers, main and equipment (4), 1927 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.42-2.45 | 95th Street Project - unidentified sites, trench with workers, main and equipment (4), 1927 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photograph 2.46 | 95th Street Project - W. 95th and S. State Streets, trench with workers and equipment, 1927 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.47-2.50 | 95th Street Project - unidentified sites, trench with workers, main and equipment (4), 1927 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.51-2.53 | 95th Street Project - [W. 95th Street] and S. Beverly [Boulevard], workers with digging machine and crane (3), 1927 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.54-2.60 | 95th Street Project - unidentified sites, trench with workers, digging machine and crane (7), 1927 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.54-2.62 | 95th Street Project - unidentified sites, trench with workers, digging machine and crane (9), 1927 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.63-2.64 | 95th Street Project - workers, group portraits (2), 1927 |
| Photo Album 1 | Photographs 2.65-2.67 | 95th Street Project - unidentified sites, trench with main, workers and equipment (3), 1927 |
Series 2: Photo Album 2, 1924-1929, 1944, undated
Scope and Contents
Photo Album 2 contains 236 photographs that reference three former manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites in Chicago, all of which are now Superfund cleanup sites monitored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The Crawford Station site is bounded on the south by the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, on the north by the Chicago and Illinois Western Railroad, on the west by the Chicago and Western Indiana Belt Line Railroad, and to the east by Pulaski Road (formerly Crawford Avenue). It was acquired by People’s Gas in 1928 and was their largest facility in the early years of the 20th century. The station was retired in 1965.
The 22nd Street Station site is located at 2200 S. Racine Avenue and is bounded to the west by commercial property, to the north by Cermak Road, to the east by an electrical substation, and to the south by the South Branch of the Chicago River. Developed in 1862 to produce gas from coal, by 1922, the plant was used only for high demand periods. The last facilities at the plant were dismantled in 1960.
The 15-acre Division Street Station located at 1241 W. Division Street was built exclusively for the production of water gas in 1883. The gas production structures were dismantled in 1962.
Arrangement
Series 2 is arranged into 5 subseries based on the People’s Gas Light & Coke Company’s divisions in the photo album.
- Subseries A: Groundbreaking and Station Yards, 1944
- Subseries B: 30″ Cast Iron Natural Gas Main from Crawford Distribution Station via Pulaski Road, 33rd Street, Hamlin Avenue, 24th Street, Oakley Avenue, and 21st Place to Wolcott Avenue, 1944
- Subseries C: 24″ Cast Iron Natural Gas Main from 21st Place via Wolcott Avenue, Iowa Street, Wood Street, Walton Street, Ashland Avenue, Cortez Street, Noble Street, Thomas Street, and Throop Street to Division Street Station, 1944
- Subseries D: Cast Iron Natural Gas Main from Wolcott Avenue via 21st Place, Blue Island Avenue, 21st Street, Allport Avenue, and Cermak Road to 22nd Street Station, 1944
- Subseries E: Loose Photographs, 1924-1929, undated
Series 2: Photo Album 2, 1924-1929, 1944, undated
Subseries A: Groundbreaking and Station Yards, 1944
Arrangement
The photographs in Subseries A are numbered in the order they appear in the photo album. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.1 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, groundbreaking for 30″ natural gas main construction with E.L. Gibbs, 2 laborers, K.B. Nagler, P.O. Bruck, J.J. Novy, E.F. Schuldt, R.J. Nash, H.S. Lipp, W.T. Deveney, T. Higgins and P.V. Henehan, 1944 April 17 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.2 | South Lawndale - Crawford Station yard [4161 W. 36th Street], 30″ cast iron pipe, 1944 April 17 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.3-1.4 | West Town - Division Street Station yard [1241 W Division Street], 24″ cast iron pipe, 1944 April 17 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.5 | West Town - Division Street Station yard, aerial view with 24″ cast iron pipe [photo printed in reverse], 1944 April 17 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.6 | Lower West Side - 22nd Street Station yard [2200 S. Racine Avenue], street view with 24″ cast iron pipe, 1944 April 17 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.7 | Lower West Side - 22nd Street Station yard [2200 S. Racine Avenue], aerial view with 20″ cast iron pipe, 1944 April 17 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.8 | Lower West Side - 22nd Street Station yard [2200 S. Racine Avenue], aerial view with cast iron fittings, 1944 April 17 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.9 | Lower West Side - 22nd Street Station yard [2200 S. Racine Avenue], street view with 24″ cast iron pipe, 1944 April 17 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.10-1.11 | North Lawndale - Pulaski Road Bridge and Ogden Ditch, 30″ cast iron pipe (2), 1944 May 7 |
Subseries 2: Photo Album 2, 1924-1929, 1944, undated
Subseries B: 30″ Cast Iron Natural Gas Main from Crawford Distribution Station via Pulaski Road, 33rd Street, Hamlin Avenue, 24th Street, Oakley Avenue, and 21st Place to Wolcott Avenue, 1944
Arrangement
The photographs are numbered in the order they appear. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.12 | South Lawndale - Crawford Station yard, looking northeast, 1944 April 25 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.13-1.15 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, unloading gas main (3), 1944 April 25 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.16-1.19 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road [at Crawford Station], lowering gas main into ditch (4), 1944 April 25 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.20 | South Lawndale - Pulaski Road [at Crawford Station], digging trench, 1944 April 25 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.21 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road [at Crawford Station], digging trench, 1944 May 3 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.22 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road [at Crawford Station], crane, 1944 May 3 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.23-1.24 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road [at Crawford Station], gas main in trench (2), 1944 April 25 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.25-1.26 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road [at Crawford Station], sand in ditch being puddled (2), 1944 May 11 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.27 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road [at Crawford Station], trench backfill, 1944 May 26 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.28-1.29 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road [at Crawford Station], road repair area (2), 1944 June 13-14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.30 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road [at Crawford Station], paved road, 1944 June 27 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.31 | North Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, [at Ogden Ditch], sewer bend, 1944 May 11 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.32-1.33 | North Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, [at Ogden Bridge], digger (2), 1944 May 3 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.34 | North Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, [at Ogden Bridge], sewer, 1944 May 11 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.35 | North Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, [at Ogden Bridge], backfill, 1944 May 26 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.36-1.37 | North Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, [at Ogden Bridge], road repair area (2), 1944 June 13-14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.38 | North Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, [at Ogden Bridge], paved road, 1944 June 27 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.39-1.42 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, [at W. 33rd Street I.C.R.R. tracks], gas main bend and bracing (4), 1944 May 9-11 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.43-1.45 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, [at W. 33rd Street Illinois Central Railroad tracks], paving (3), 1944 June 13 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.46 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, [at W. 33rd Street Illinois Central Railroad tracks], tracks, 1944 May 9 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.47-1.54 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, [at W. 33rd Street Illinois Central Railroad tracks], pipe bends (8), 1944 May 9-11 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.55-1.56 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, [at W. 33rd Street Illinois Central Railroad tracks], trench backfill (2), 1944 May 26 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.57 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, [at W. 33rd Street Illinois Central Railroad tracks], paved road, 1944 May 27 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.58 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, [at W. 33rd Street], cracked sidewalk, 1944 May 9 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.59-1.62 | South Lawndale - S. Pulaski Road, [at W. 33rd Street], ditch (4), 1944 May 9-11 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.63-1.64 | South Lawndale - S. Hamlin Avenue, pipe bends (2), 1944 May 26 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.65 | South Lawndale - S. Hamlin Avenue, ditch sheeting and bracing, 1944 May 26 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.66-1.67 | South Lawndale - S. Hamlin Avenue, gas main blown out of ditch (2), 1944 May 27 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.68-1.69 | South Lawndale - S. Hamlin Avenue, ditch cave-in (2), 1944 May 27 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.70-1.71 | South Lawndale - W. 33rd Street [at S. Hamlin Avenue], gasoline water pump (2), 1944 May 27 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.72-1.75 | South Lawndale - W. 33rd Street [at S. Hamlin Avenue], pipe blown out of ditch (42), 1944 May 27 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.76-1.77 | South Lawndale - W. 33rd Street [at S. Hamlin Avenue], ditch sheeting and bracing (2), 1944 June 2 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.78 | South Lawndale - W. 33rd Street [at S. Hamlin Avenue], road repair, 1944 June 10 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.79 | South Lawndale - W. 33rd Street [at S. Hamlin Avenue], gas services above main, 1944 May 26 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.80 | South Lawndale - S. Hamlin Avenue, [at W. 33rd Street], sand in trench, 1944 May 26 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.81 | South Lawndale - S. Hamlin Avenue, [at W. 33rd Street], gas pipe in trench, 1944 May 26 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.82-1.83 | South Lawndale - 3121-3207 S. Hamlin Avenue, cracked road (2), 1944 May 9 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.84 | South Lawndale - S. Hamlin Avenue, [at 3rd Street], backfill trench, 1944 June 2 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.85-1.86 | South Lawndale - S. Hamlin Avenue, [at W. 31st Street], lowering pipe (2), 1944 June 2 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.87-1.89 | South Lawndale - S. Hamlin Avenue, [at W. 30th Street], gas pipe in trench (3), 1944 June 2 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.90 | South Lawndale - S. Hamlin Avenue, [at W. 27th Street], pipe braces, 1944 June 13 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.91 | South Lawndale - S. Hamlin Avenue, [at W. 26th Street], sewer and gas main, 1944 June 14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.92-1.95 | South Lawndale - S. Hamlin Avenue, [at W. 24th Street], clamped joints and test bags (4), 1944 June 20 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.96 | South Lawndale - Hamlin Avenue, [at W. 24th Street], bends and braces, 1944 June 20 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.97 | South Lawndale - W. 24th Street, [at S. Christiana Avenue], bends and braces, 1944 June 27 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.98-1.99 | South Lawndale - W. 24th Boulevard, [at S. Marshall Boulevard], trench and pipe (2), 1944 July 7 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.100 | South Lawndale - W. 24th Boulevard, [at S. Marshall Boulevard], location of main, 1944 July 7 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.101 | South Lawndale - W. 24th Boulevard, [at S. Marshall Boulevard], cutting machine, 1944 July 7 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.102 | South Lawndale - W. 24th Boulevard, [at S. California Avenue], backfilled trench, 1944 July 7 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.103 | South Lawndale - W. 24th Boulevard, [at S. California Avenue], road repair, 1944 July 7 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.104 | South Lawndale - W. 24th Boulevard, [at S. California Avenue], pipe in trench, 1944 July 11 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.105 | South Lawndale - W. 24th Street, [at S. Washtenaw Avenue and Rockwell Street], pipe in trench, 1944 July 14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.106 | South Lawndale - W. 24th Street, [at S. Rockwell Street], man cleaning pipe spigot, 1944 July 14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.107 | Lower West Side - W. 24th Street, [at S. Western Avenue], men breaking pavement, 1944 July 11 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.108 | Lower West Side - W. 24th Street, [at S. Western Avenue], excavation dirt, 1944 July 21 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.109 | Lower West Side - S. Oakley Avenue, [at W. Cermak Road], pipe assembly, 1944 August 4 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.110 | Lower West Side - S. Oakley Avenue, [at W. Cermak Road], pipe cleaning, 1944 August 4 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.111-1.112 | Lower West Side - S. Oakley Avenue, [at W. Cermak Road], joint (2), 1944 August 4 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.113-1.116 | Lower West Side - S. Oakley Avenue, [at W. Cermak Road], cutting machine (4), 1944 August 4 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.117 | Jacks for testing a 30″ gas main, 1944 August 22 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.118 | Lower West Side - S. Oakley Avenue [at W. Cermak Road], jacks, timber, pipes and cap, 1944 August 4 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.119 | Lower West Side - W. 21st Place, [at S. Oakley Avenue], bend, 1944 August 4 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.120-1.121 | Lower West Side - W. 21st Place, [at S. Damen Avenue], sand truck (2), 1944 August 10 |
Series 2: Photo Album 2 1944, undated
Subseries C: 24″ Cast Iron Natural Gas Main from 21st Place via Wolcott Avenue, Iowa Street, Wood Street, Walton Street, Ashland Avenue, Cortez Street, Noble Street, Thomas Street, and Throop Street to Division Street Station, 1944
Arrangement
The photographs are numbered in the order they appear in the photo album. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.122 | Lower West Side - S. Wolcott Avenue [at W. 21st Place], bracing, 1944 July 7 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.123 | Bracing for a sectional test, 1944 August 22 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.124-1.125 | Lower West Side - S. Wolcott Avenue [at W. 21st Place], plug valve and nipples (2), 1944 July 7 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.126; 1.128-1.129 | Lower West Side - S. Wolcott Avenue [between W. 18th Street and W. 19th Street], trench, 1944 July 7 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.127 | Lower West Side - S. Wolcott Avenue [at W. 18th Street], main in trench, 1944 July 11 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.130 | Lower West Side - S. Wolcott Avenue [at W. 19th Street], swing and main in trench, 1944 July 7 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.131-1.132 | Lower West Side - S. Wolcott Avenue [at W. 17th Street], men tightening bolts (2), 1944 July 11 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.133-1.134 | Lower West Side - S. Wolcott Avenue [at W. 16th Street], men cleaning (2), 1944 July 11 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.135 | Lower West Side - S. Wolcott Avenue [at W. 16th Street], digging machine, 1944 July 11 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.136 | Near West Side - S. Wolcott Avenue [at W. 14th Street], digging machine, 1944 July 11 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.137-1.138 | Near West Side - S. Wolcott Avenue [at S. Ogden Avenue], joint (2), 1944 August 10 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.139 | Near West Side - S. Wolcott Avenue [at W. Jackson Boulevard], cleaning bell of pipe, 1944 August 10 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.140 | Near West Side - S. Wolcott Avenue [at W. Monroe Street], regrading a telephone cable, 1944 August 22 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.141 | Near West Side - N. Wolcott Avenue [at W. Maypole Avenue], trench, 1944 August 22 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.142 | Near West Side - N. Wolcott Avenue [at W. Maypole Avenue], sectional test, 1944 August 22 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.143-1.144 | Near West Side - N. Wolcott Avenue [at W. Lake Street], connection point (2), 1944 August 22 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.145 | Near West Side - N. Wolcott Avenue [at W. Lake Street], includes J. Brown, D. Fosco, H.S. Lipp, R.J. Nash, Jr., and J.F. Schuldt (2), 1944 August 22 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.146 | Near West Town - N. Wolcott Avenue [at W. Fulton Street], cutting machine (2), 1944 June 27 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.147 | West Town - N. Wolcott Avenue [at W. Kinzie Street], bend, 1944 June 27 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.148 | West Town - N. Wolcott Avenue [at W. Race Street], street flooded, 1944 August 10 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.149 | West Town - N. Wolcott Avenue [at Chicago Avenue], backfill, 1944 August 10 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.150 | West Town - N. Wolcott Avenue [at W. Chicago Avenue], street paving, 1944 August 10 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.151 | West Town - N. Wolcott Avenue [at W. Huron Street], pipe in trench, 1944 June 20 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.152 | West Town - N. Wood Street [at W. Walton Street], backfill, 1944 June 14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.153 | West Town - N. Wood Street [at W. Walton Street], bends and bracing, 1944 June 14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.154 | West Town - W. Walton Street [at N. Paulina Street], road paving, 1944 August 10 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.155-1.156 | West Town - W. Walton Street [at N. Paulina Street], trench backfill (2), 1944 June 14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.157 | West Town - W. Walton Street [at N. Wood Street], trench backfill, 1944 June 14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.158; 1.161 | West Town - W. Walton Street [at N. Ashland Avenue], road paving (2), 1944 August 10 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.159 | West Town - W. Walton Street [at N. Ashland Avenue], digger and trench, 1944 June 2 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.160 | West Town - W. Walton Street [at N. Ashland Avenue], trench backfill, 1944 June 2 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.162 | West Town - N. Ashland Avenue [at W. Cortez Street], pavement breaking, 1944 May 26 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.163 | West Town - N. Ashland Avenue [at W. Cortez Street], trench backfill, 1944 June 2 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.164 | West Town - N. Ashland Avenue [at W. Cortez Street], pipe bracing, 1944 June 2 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.165 | West Town - N. Ashland Avenue [at W. Cortez Street], pipe bend, 1944 June 2 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.166 | West Town - W. Cortez Street [at N. Noble Street], trench backfill, 1944 June 14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.167 | West Town - W. Cortez Street [at N. Noble Street], trench bracing, 1944 May 25 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.168-1.169 | West Town - W. Cortez Street [at N. Ashland Avenue], trench bracing (2), 1944 May 25 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.170-1.171 | West Town - W. Cortez Street [at N. Noble Street], bend and bracing (2), 1944 May 25 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.172 | West Town - W. Cortez Street [at N. Noble Street], trench backfill, 1944 June 14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.173 | West Town - N. Noble Street [at N. Milwaukee Avenue], relocated pipe, 1944 May 25 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.174 | West Town - N. Noble Street [at N. Milwaukee Avenue], pipe bends, 1944 May 25 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.175 | West Town - N. Noble Street [at W. Thomas Street], pipe bracing, 1944 May 25 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.176 | West Town - N. Noble Street [at W. Thomas Street], pipe backfill, 1944 May 25 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.177 | West Town - W. Thomas Street [at Throop Street], crane, 1944 May 9 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.178 | West Town - W. Thomas Street [at N. Throop Street], main in trench, 1944 May 9 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.179 | West Town - W. Thomas Street [at N. Throop Street], digging machine, 1944 May 9 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.180 | West Town - W. Thomas Street [at N. Throop Street], trench backfill, 1944 June 14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.181 | West Town - W. Thomas Street [at N. Throop Street], pipe bend, 1944 May 9 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.182 | West Town - N. Throop Street [at W. Thomas Street], main in trench, 1944 May 9 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.183 | West Town - N. Throop Street [at W. Thomas Street], trench bend, 1944 May 9 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.184 | West Town - N. Throop Street [at W. Thomas Street], trench backfill, 1944 June 14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.185 | West Town - Division Street Station [1241 W. Division Street], shaft head backfill, 1944 June 27 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.186 | West Town - Division Street Station [1241 W. Division Street], surge tank foundations, 1944 June 27 |
Series 2: Photo Album 2, 1924-1929, 1944, undated
Subseries D: 20″ Cast Iron Natural Gas Main from Wolcott Avenue via 21st Place, Blue Island Avenue, 21st Street, Allport Avenue, and Cermak Road to 22nd Street Station, 1944
Arrangement
Subseries D is numbered in the order they appear in the photo album. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.187 | Lower West Side - W. 21st Place [at S. Wolcott Avenue], plug valve, 1944 August 4 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.188 | Lower West Side - W. 21st Place [at S. Wolcott Avenue], road paving, 1944 July 7 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.189-1.190 | Lower West Side - W. 21st Place [at S. Paulina Street], road paving and concrete mixer (2), 1944 July 11 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.191 | Lower West Side - W. 21st Place [at S. Blue Island Avenue], pipe bend, 1944 April 25 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.192-1.193 | Lower West Side - 2128 S. Blue Island Avenue, pipe in trench (2), 1944 April 25 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.194 | Lower West Side - W. 21st Street [at S. Loomis Street], main trench, 1944 May 9 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.195 | Lower West Side - W. 21st Street [at S. Throop Street], main trench, 1944 May 9 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.196 | Lower West Side - W. 21st Street [at S. Throop Street], rubbish from trench, 1944 May 9 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph1.197 | Lower West Side - W. 21st Street [at S. Throop Street], sidewalk paving, 1944 July 21 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.198 | Lower West Side - S. Allport Avenue [at W. Cermak Road], road paving, 1944 July 21 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.199 | Lower West Side - S. Allport Avenue [at W. Cermak Road], pipe bend, 1944 June 2 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.200 | Lower West Side - W. Cermak Road [at S. Allport Avenue], trench sheeting, 1944 June 2 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.201 | Lower West Side - W. Cermak Road [at S. Allport Avenue], railroad track bracing, 1944 June 13 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.202 | Lower West Side - W. Cermak Road [at S. Allport Avenue], road paving, 1944 July 21 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.203-1.204 | Lower West Side - Racine Avenue Tunnel (2), 1944 July 14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.205-1.206 | Bridgeport - South Station [at Eleanor and Loomis Streets], buildings and equipment (5), 1944 July 14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.207-1.209 | Bridgeport - South Station [at Eleanor and Loomis Streets], buildings and equipment (3), 1944 November 21 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.210-1.214 | Bridgeport - Throop Street Station [at W. 25th Street], buildings and equipment (5), 1944 November 21 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.215-1.218 | Lower West Side - 22nd Street Station [2200 S. Racine Avenue], buildings and equipment (4), 1944 November 21 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.219-1.226 | West Town - Division Street Station [1241 W. Division Street], buildings and equipment (8), 1944 November 21 |
Series 2: Photo Album 2, 1924-1929, 1944, undated
Subseries E: Loose Photographs, 1924-1929, undated
Arrangement
Subseries E retains the photo album arrangement. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.227-1.229 | [Beverly] - Beverly Avenue, pipeline construction (3), undated |
| Photo Album 2 | Photograph 1.230 | Unidentified gas main installation, 1929 November 14 |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.231-1.234 | Unidentified station and railroad (4), undated |
| Photo Album 2 | Photographs 1.235-1.236 | Washington Heights - W. 95th Street and S. Halsted Street, gas main installation (2), 1924 September 13, undated |
