Slide

Photograph

West Chicago City Museum

Name/Title

Slide

Entry/Object ID

2021.008.0008

Description

Slide, color, showing deconstruction of Wilson Street bridge. Landscape orientation. Shows a close up of a person climbing up on the upper right edge of a truss bridge. He's wearing overalls. The slide holder is white, and marked "9" in the upper left corner, and embossed "Jul 87"

Photograph Details

Subject Place

Road

A. Eugene Rennels Bridge, Wilson Avenue

City

West Chicago

State/Province

Illinois

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Made/Created

Date made

1986

Time Period

20th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Transparency, Slide

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Transparency

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

In 2021 the street is called Wilson Avenue (according to Google), right off Main Street. The new bridge was built late 1986, and redirected the street. October 1986 a photo in the collection shows both bridges standing at the same time. July '87 is when the Slides were made.