THE SOUTHEAST CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Images in the collection -- Subject SCH Industry, Steel

Acme Steel - Interlake Magazine August 1957

Acme Steel - Interlake Magazine August 1957

Subject: Acme_Steel; SCH_Industry,_Acme/Interlake; SCH_South_Deering; ; Format: Printed Materials -- Periodicals

East Side - Panoramic View

c1912. View of East Side Albert Schwill Plant located at 103rd and Avenue C. Part of a set of five images. Shown in the foreground is a dirt road, currently Indianapolis Boulevard. Also in view is Gallistel School (center right). In center background are Keystone Grain Elevator and mills along the Calumet River.

Subject: SCH_East_Side; SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Industry,_grain_elevators; SCH_Streets; SCH_Waterways,_Calumet_River; SCH_East_Side; SCH_Industry,_Schwill_Company; SCH_Industry,_grain_elevators; SCH_Streets; SCH_Waterways,_Calumet_River; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Industry - Chicago Steel and Wire Factory

Chicago Steel and Wire was a finishing plant which used steel from area mills to make wire and welding rods. It was located on the 102nd block of Torrence Avenue on the east side of the street. This view looks northeast across the intersection of 103rd and Torrence Avenue. Photo is from book titled "Chicago Steel and Wire Company 1914-1943".

Subject: SCH_South_Deering; SCH_Industry,_Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Industry - Chicago Steel and Wire, 16" Wet Wire Drawing Department

Chicago Steel and Wire was a finishing plant which used steel from mills to make wire and welding rods. It was located on the 102nd block of Torrence Avenue on the east side of the street. This view shows the 16" Wet Wire Drawing Department. Photo from book titled "Chicago Steel and Wire Company 1914-1943."

Subject: SCH_South_Deering; SCH_Industry,_Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Industry - Chicago Steel and Wire, 8" Continuous Wire Drawing Department

Chicago Steel and Wire was a finishing plant which used steel from area mills to make wire and welding rods. It was located on the 102nd block of Torrence Avenue on the east side of the street. This view shows the 8" Continuous Wire Drawing Department photo from book titled "Chicago Steel and Wire Company 1914-1943."

Subject: SCH_South_Deering; SCH_Industry,_Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Industry - Chicago Steel and Wire, Bookbinders' Rolling and Spooling Department

Chicago Steel and Wire was a finishing plant which used steel from area mills to make wire and welding rods. It was located on the 102nd block of Torrence Avenue on the east side of the street. This view shows the Bookbinders' Rolling and Spooling Department photo from book titled "Chicago Steel and Wire Company 1914-1943."

Subject: SCH_South_Deering; SCH_Industry,_Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Industry - Chicago Steel and Wire, Wire Rod Drawing Department

Chicago Steel and Wire was a finishing plant which used steel from area mills to make wire and welding rods. It was located on the 102nd block of Torrence Avenue on the east side of the street. This view shows the Wire Rod Drawing Department. Photo from book titled "Chicago Steel and Wire Company 1914-1943."

Subject: SCH_South_Deering; SCH_Industry,_Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Industry - Irondale Elevator

Tug W. L. Mercereau in Rock Island Slip on the west side of the Calumet River just south of 108th Street. Irondale Elevator in background. Slip was later filled in after purchase by Wisconsin Steel for expansion c1915.

Subject: SCH_Waterways,_Calumet_River; SCH_South_Deering; SCH_Industry,_grain_elevators; Wisconsin_Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Industry - Making of Steel c1970

Industry - Making of Steel c1970

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; ; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Industry - Steel Processing Flow Lines

Industry - Steel Processing Flow Lines

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; ; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Industry - Steelworkers 1907

Group of steelworkers sitting on steps. Twenty workers in unidentified mill.

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Industry - The Picture Story of Steel

Industry - The Picture Story of Steel

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; ; Format: Printed Materials - Publications

Labor - Local 1033 on the picket line

Local 1033 picketers on strike after World War II

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - Local 65 Christmas Party

Christmas Party of members and families of Local 65 at Avalon Theater, 79th & Stony Island Avenue

Subject: SCH_Labor,_Local_65_(US_Steel); SCH_Industry,_Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - Local 65 Christmas Party

Christmas Party for members and families of Local 65 at Avalon Theater, 79th and Stony Island

Subject: SCH_Labor,_Local_65_(US_Steel); SCH_Industry,_Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - Local 65 Meeting

Union meeting at Marquette Gardens, 83rd and Marquette Avenue. Members gather outside.

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; SCH_South_Chicago; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - Local 65 Meeting

Union meeting at Marquette Gardens, 83rd and Marquette Avenue. Members arrive for meeting, exterior view.

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; SCH_South_Chicago; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - Local 65 Parade Float

United Steel Workers of American USA Local 65 CIO parade float

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - Local 65 Strikers

U. S. Steelworkers picket at gates of Carnegie South Works at start of strike, October 1.

Subject: SCH_South_Chicago; SCH_Labor,_Local_65_(US_Steel); SCH_Industry,_Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - Local 65 Strikers

"This Plant on Strike" Local 65 strikers pass time by playing checkers

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - On Strike

Group of men standing outside shed with painted "On Strike CIO"

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - Protesters

Protesting workers seated on steps with anti-Abel sign. Sign reads "Abel - Bosses waiter, labor's traitor"

Subject: SCH_Labor_General; SCH_Industry,_Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - Steelworkers March

Group of steel workers marching down unidentified street. Two American flags carried in front of the marchers.

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor, Steel Strike Headlines

Newspaper headlines and articles about steel strike in 1959. Image from Local 1033 exhibit.

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Memorial Day Massacre "Who Said Police Brutality"

Policemen load man into car. Quote is taken from a Local 1033 labor exhibit in the 1970s.

Subject: SCH_East_Side; Republic_Steel; LTV; SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor,_Memorial_Day_Massacre; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Memorial Day Massacre "Who Said Policy Brutality"

Marchers carry inured man, May 30, 1937. Quote is taken from a Local 1033 labor exhibit in the 1970s.

Subject: SCH_East_Side; Republic_Steel; LTV; SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor,_Memorial_Day_Massacre; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Memorial Day Massacre - "Who Said Policy Brutality"

Four police load injured man into police wagon, May 30, 1937. Quote is taken from a Local 1033 labor exhibit in the 1970s.

Subject: SCH_Labor,_Memorial_Day_Massacre; SCH_Industry,_Steel; Republic_Steel; LTV; SCH_East_Side; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Pressed Steel - Western Steel Car Company c1918

Pressed Steel - Western Steel Car Company c1918

Subject: SCH_Hegewisch; SCH_Industry,_Pressed_Steel/Western_Steel; World_War_I; ; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Republic Steel History

History of Republic Steel (formerly Grand Crossing Tack) up to 1951. Published in the East Side Commemoration booklet, "History and Progress of East Side 1851-1951 July 5, 6, 7 and 9 Chicago 17, Illinois".

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Sadlowski Campaign

Ed Sadlowski with several campaign supporters.

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor,_Ed_Sadlowski; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Sadlowski Campaign

Outdoor view of Ed Sadlowski, with steel mill in the background.

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor,_Ed_Sadlowski; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Sadlowski Supporters

Group of steelworkers with signs in support of Ed Sadlowski. One reads "The Right Man Sadlowski Right Now"

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; Format: Photograph (all forms)

U. S. Steel - 54-inch Blooming Mill

White hot steel ingot enters the rolls of the 54-inch blooming mill.

Subject: SCH_South_Chicago; SCH_Industry,_Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

U. S. Steel - Filling Along Calumet River 1916

U. S. Steel - Filling Along Calumet River 1916

Subject: SCH_Industry,_U._S._Steel; SCH_South_Chicago; SCH_Waterways,_Calumet_River; ; Format: Photograph (all forms)

U. S. Steel - South Slip Widening Project 1916-1917

U. S. Steel - South Slip Widening Project 1916-1917

Subject: SCH_Industry,_U._S._Steel; SCH_South_Chicago; SCH_Waterways,_Calumet_River; ; Format: Photograph (all forms)

U. S. Steel - Steel Columns Magazine, April 1937

U. S. Steel - Steel Columns Magazine, April 1937

Subject: SCH_Industry,_U._S._Steel; ; Format: Photograph (all forms)

U. S. Steel - Steel Columns Magazine, August 1937

U. S. Steel - Steel Columns Magazine, August 1937

Subject: SCH_Industry,_U._S._Steel; ; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Wisconsin Steel - Photos

Wisconsin Steel - Photos

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Wisconsin_Steel; SCH_South_Deering; SCH_Waterways,_Calumet_River; ; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Wisconsin Steel - Plat map Oct 1, 1967

Plat showing standard and narrow gauge tracks on Wisconsin Steel Works property from 99th Street to 114th Street October 1, 1967. Also includes chart of acreage of land owned by Wisconsin Steel Works.

Subject: SCH_South_Deering; Wisconsin_Steel; SCH_Industry,_Railroads; Format: Map

Wisconsin Steel - Slips Along Calumet River c1966

Wisconsin Steel - Slips Along Calumet River c1966

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Wisconsin_Steel; SCH_Waterways,_Calumet_River; ; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Wisconsin Steel - Steel-Making Process

Wisconsin Steel - Steel-Making Process

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Wisconsin_Steel; SCH_South_Deering; ; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Wisconsin Steel - World War II Dead

Wisconsin Steel - World War II Dead

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Wisconsin_Steel; World_War_II; ; Format: Photograph (all forms)

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