• Title Sears, Roebuck and Company complex
  • Creator Nimmons & Fellows
  • Description View of the Sears, Roebuck and Company complex, looking south along South Homan Avenue from just north of the intersection with West Arthington Street. The Sears Merchandise Building Tower still stands, but the buildings flanking each side of the tower have been demolished. This complex was the site of Sears headquarters until the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) opened in 1973.
  • Notes Photograph credit: Brubaker, C. William, c. 1979
  • Iso Date 1906; 1979
  • Date 1906 (Sears Administration Building); 1906 (Sears Merchandise Building Tower)
  • Geographic Coverage North Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Community Area 29
  • Subject streetscapes; industrial districts; industrial buildings; office buildings; commercial buildings
  • Subject Vocabulary Scheme AAT
  • Language English
  • Language Code eng
  • Type Image
  • Form architecture
  • View Description general view
  • Physical Description 35 mm. slide
  • Slide Binder Book13
  • Slide Accession Number 13-4-M
  • Collection C. William Brubaker Collection (University of Illinois at Chicago)
  • Repository University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. [Visual Resources].
  • Citation Cite as [creator]. [title]. [file name]. [collection].
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  • Local Identifier bru013_04_mF
  • Item Url http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/u?/uic_bru,1815
  • Digital Collection C. William Brubaker Collection
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