Portland Cement Association Photograph, 1987
Black and white photograph of the lawn at the back of the Portland Cement Association building located at 5420 Old Orchard Road in Skokie, Illinois in 1987. On June 8, 1950, the Portland Cement Association’s three million dollar research and development laboratory was dedicated in Skokie, Illinois....
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ftillinoisda:oai:www.idaillinois.org:skokiepo02/1785 2024-09-09T19:26:18+00:00 Portland Cement Association Photograph, 1987 Skokie Illinois United States 1950-1959; 1980-1989 1987-06-13 paper http://www.idaillinois.org/u?/skokiepo02,1785 unknown Skokie History Project Skokie Heritage Museum 1999.001.099 http://www.idaillinois.org/u?/skokiepo02,1785 In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Skokie History -- Businesses, with materials owned by the Skokie Heritage Museum. This is a collection of photographs and documents that help to tell the history of businesses in Niles Center and Skokie. Included here are images of buildings, greenhouses, and invoices from Niles Center businesses in 1860s up through Skokie businesses in the 1980s. Business enterprises Architecture Cement industries Concrete products industry Concrete Research facilities businesses Old Orchard Road Portland Cement Association photograph 1987 ftillinoisda 2024-08-20T23:42:22Z Black and white photograph of the lawn at the back of the Portland Cement Association building located at 5420 Old Orchard Road in Skokie, Illinois in 1987. On June 8, 1950, the Portland Cement Association’s three million dollar research and development laboratory was dedicated in Skokie, Illinois. The original 57,674 square-foot facility, located on the 5400 block of Old Orchard Road (5420 Old Orchard Road), consisted of two concrete buildings connected by a covered walkway on a 15 acre tract of land. It had more than thirty laboratories as well as rooms in which different weather conditions were simulated-from arctic cold, desert dryness, and tropic heat. The Carr & Wright architecture firm of Chicago, Illinois, was responsible for the design of the building, with R. Rea Esgar as the architect (Pitt and Quarry, May 1948). The first concrete for the construction of the building was poured June 30, 1948. Additions and modifications had been made to the facility by the time this photograph was taken in 1987. The Portland Cement Association was established in 1902 by a group of American cement manufacturers to centralize research and testing of concrete and cement manufacturing and application. This photograph is part of the collection of the Skokie Heritage Museum. Still Image Arctic Illinois State Library: Illinois Digital Archives Arctic Carr ENVELOPE(130.717,130.717,-66.117,-66.117) |
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Black and white photograph of the lawn at the back of the Portland Cement Association building located at 5420 Old Orchard Road in Skokie, Illinois in 1987. On June 8, 1950, the Portland Cement Association’s three million dollar research and development laboratory was dedicated in Skokie, Illinois. The original 57,674 square-foot facility, located on the 5400 block of Old Orchard Road (5420 Old Orchard Road), consisted of two concrete buildings connected by a covered walkway on a 15 acre tract of land. It had more than thirty laboratories as well as rooms in which different weather conditions were simulated-from arctic cold, desert dryness, and tropic heat. The Carr & Wright architecture firm of Chicago, Illinois, was responsible for the design of the building, with R. Rea Esgar as the architect (Pitt and Quarry, May 1948). The first concrete for the construction of the building was poured June 30, 1948. Additions and modifications had been made to the facility by the time this photograph was taken in 1987. The Portland Cement Association was established in 1902 by a group of American cement manufacturers to centralize research and testing of concrete and cement manufacturing and application. This photograph is part of the collection of the Skokie Heritage Museum. |
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Portland Cement Association Photograph, 1987 |
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Portland Cement Association Photograph, 1987 |
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1987 |
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Skokie Illinois United States 1950-1959; 1980-1989 |
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Skokie History -- Businesses, with materials owned by the Skokie Heritage Museum. This is a collection of photographs and documents that help to tell the history of businesses in Niles Center and Skokie. Included here are images of buildings, greenhouses, and invoices from Niles Center businesses in 1860s up through Skokie businesses in the 1980s. |
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Skokie History Project Skokie Heritage Museum 1999.001.099 http://www.idaillinois.org/u?/skokiepo02,1785 |
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In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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