Delano, Jack,, photographer.
Freight Depot of the U.S. Army consolidating station, Chicago, Ill.
1943 April
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
World War, 1939-1945
Railroad stations
Automobiles
Shipping
United States--Illinois--Chicago
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-13 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34797
Call Number: LC-USW36-632
bi711247, THE PIXELEYE // Dirk Behlau, and 70 other people added this photo to their favorites.
kosheahan 66 months ago | reply
wow, what a shot
perfgeek 66 months ago | reply
From matches to Army logistics - building B of the Diamond Match Co.
Seth Tisue 65 months ago | reply
The buildings with the letters on them are still there today. See www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/785.html for info on the Central Manufacturing District industrial park of which they are part.
Cheryl2372 61 months ago | reply
I worked there when the Chicago Board of Education was headquartered in those buildings in the early 90s.
National Book Festival 58 months ago | reply
This is at about 1735 to about 1800 West Pershing Road from Hermitage to Wolcott Ave. This is the South side of the building. (6 stories tall, two subbasements, built in 1916). Used in WWII as a food depot. Later used as grave storage. During the 1950s and 1960s it was the 5th Army headquarters used to teach meat inspectors (this is just west and north of the Chicago stockyards area), also military police and two National Guard units. (Comment offered by National Book Festival attendee who used to live across the street from this facility.)
chicagojoe83 54 months ago | reply
In this picture I am pretty sure we are looking at the building from the North side, if you look at aerial photos you can see that the buildings are arranged F-E-D-C-B-A. Here are a couple of links so you can see what it looks like today:
Google Street View
Live Bird's Eye View
Joe Hoover 51 months ago | reply
Please consider adding this photo to the Group:
Historic Parking Lot Preservation Society
ReneChancesMartinez 2 months ago | reply
So strange, I grew up a few blocks away. Its always been empty with little to no residency since I've known the place.