Views of the U.S. Steel South Works plant, [ca. 1945-1964]

  • Collection ID 1996.0120
  • Creator Names Wild, Robert
  • Title Views of the U.S. Steel South Works plant [graphic].
  • Dates [ca. 1945-1964]
  • Physical description
    • 73 photographic prints : b&w ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. or smaller.
    • 13 photographic prints : col. ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
    • 38 transparencies : slide, col. ; 35 mm.
    • 1 folder of non-graphic material.
  • Access and usage restrictions Advance appointment required to view color material in cold storage.
  • Collection summary Includes slides (ca. 1945) and snapshots (ca. 1964) of U.S. Steel South Works plant activities and some employees. Slides primarily show molten steel products. Snapshots show men at the job site and at their leisure or posing for the camera. Non-graphic material folder contains three withholding tax forms (1945-1947) and an article from the Chicago Tribune recalling the heyday of the South Works (1992). Photographs were taken by Wild against company policy.
  • Finding Aids Note Photocopies of the original order of the photographs (when some were stapled to photo album pages) are in the non-graphic material file.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Robert Wild, 1996 (1996.0120).
  • Names
    • Wild, Robert
    • United States Steel Corporation. South Works (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • Laborers. lctgm
    • Steel industry Illinois Chicago. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. 1940-1969.
    • South Chicago (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Genre
    • Photographic prints Color. gmgpc
    • Gelatin silver prints. gmgpc
    • Slides Color. gmgpc
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.