Photograph from Sense of Place Exhibit

Name/Title

Photograph from "Sense of Place" Exhibit

Entry/Object ID

2015.026.0011

Description

Photograph, color, shows a 1980s model car driving on the Wilson Avenue Bridge. It is winter and there is salt residue on the road and sidewalk. The image is mounted on a 11.75 x 7 7/8 inch dense foam core for display purposes. Bridge was built by 1987. Made as part of "Sense of Place", a 2015 exhibit created Diana Velasco's West Chicago art residency, sponsored by the West Chicago City Museum and People Made Visible.

Photograph Details

Subject Place

Road

Wilson Avenue, A. Eugene Rennels Bridge

City

West Chicago

State/Province

Illinois

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Made/Created

Artist

Velasco, Diana

Date made

2015

Time Period

21st Century

Notes

date of print for exhibit, not the original image. Original image c. 1990

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

11.75 x 7 7/8 inch

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

The Wilson Avenue bridge was being built October 1986; uncertain when finished. Also referred to as the Wilson Street Bridge. Renamed the A. Eugene Rennels bridge in 2011.