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.
