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Date 1906 (25) 1893 (12) 1869 (11) 1888 (7) 1891 (5) Show more... Subject Office Buildings (17) Universities & Col... (8) Clubs (7) Buildings (5) Public Libraries (5) Show more... Creator Vandercook co. (7) Maas & Manz Chicag... (3) Baker, Chicago (3) Johnson, Donna Lee (2) C. P. Zacher & co. (1) Show more...

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1.	Michigan Avenue streetwall	Buildings; Waterfronts	Caption: "Chicago's Sky Line and Water Front of the Down-Town Business District" Caption also identifies buildings in view. They are, from left to right: "Blackstone Hotel", "Harvester Building", "Congress...

2.	Old College hall	Universities & colleges	Caption: "This building, which still stands on the campus of Northwestern University, was the original Northwestern University Building. For many years it was used as a preparatory academy to the university,...

3.	Monadnock Building	Office buildings	Caption: "This building presents the appearance of being the most substantial structure in Chicago. It occupies the entire block bounded by Jackson Boulevard, Clark, Dearborn and Van Buren streets. Several...

4.	Michigan Avenue, showing Auditorium	Hotels; Theaters; Offices buildings	Caption: "Michigan Avenue, showing the Auditorium[.] Michigan Avenue lies along the lake front and is a favorite driveway. No obstructing buildings lie between it and the lake and the cool breezes make...

5.	Chicago Tribune building	Office buildings; Newspapers	From text: "The new Tribune building [i]s, in every respect, a model of beauty, convenience and comfort, and an ornament to the city. It is located on the corner of Madison and Dearborn streets. It fronts...

6.	Chicago National Bank	Banks	From text: "When the new building of the Chicago National Bank was projected it was aimed to produce a structure which would immediately suggest to the observer that it was a bank. How well that idea has...

7.	Farwell's Building	Selling; Dry goods stores	From text: "Within the past year they have moved into their new building, the largest, most extensive, and best arranged for their business in the East or West. … Regarding the architectural beauty of...

8.	City Hall and County Courthouse	Courthouses; City & town halls	Caption: "City Hall and Cook County Court House The administrative offices of the city of Chicago and the court-rooms and offices of Cook County, Illinois, are in this massive building which occupies the...

9.	Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Building	Department stores	Caption: "One of the largest department stores on State Street is that of Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company. For years it was located in the building here shown, diagonally across the city from the Marshall...

10.	The Rookery	Office buildings	Caption: "When the great fire of 1871 destroyed the City Hall at the corner of La Salle and Adams streets a temporary building erected on the site was jokingly called " The Rookery." The twelve story building...

11.	Railway Exchange Building	Office buildings	Caption: "This edifice is numbered among the handsomest office buildings in the city. It is located on Michigan Avenue, near the Art Institute, overlooking Lake Michigan. The structure is devoted to office...

12.	Oaks Club	Clubs	Caption: "Austin Library Building and Club House." From text: "The Oaks was organized in January, 1882, and incorporated September 3d, 1884, its object being to promote social intercourse between its members...

13.	German Building at Jackson Park	Exhibition buildings; Parks; Beaches	Caption: "ackson Park--The German Building (Refectory) and the Beach." The German Building was erected for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and was one of the few structures to remain behind and became...

14.	Peoples Gas Building	Buildings	Caption: "Beauty and Business." View is looking northwest, from the Art Institute of Chicago, towards the Peoples Gas Building located at 122 S. Michigan Avenue. The Pullman Building appears at left.

15.	Federal Building at Chicago	Post offices	Caption: "Federal Building at Chicago: Begun in 1896, completed in 1905"

16.	Dome and Grand Stairway	Galleries & museums	Caption: "Dome and grand stairway of Art Institute, completed in 1912. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago". From text: "There are now in 1911, fifty public exhibition galleries, of which twenty-seven...

17.	Skandinaven Building	Newspapers	Caption: "[Engraved for The Standard Guide Company.] The Skandinaven Building, 183-187 N. Peoria St. [See "Newspapers."]". From text: "Location of publication office, the Skandinaven Building, 183, 185...

18.	Owings Building	Office buildings	Caption: "Corner of Adams and Dearborn Sts". From text: "Tower of the quaint Owings Building, fourteen stories, corner Adams and Dearborn Streets, unique in design, and a cloud disturber of the first order--225...

19.	Exposition building	Exhibition buildings	Caption: "Exposition Building, Chicago." This appears to be an image of the Interstate Exposition Building, which was located along South Michigan Avenue, in present day Grant Park. See http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/3516.html...

20.	Federal Building	Post offices; Government facilities	From text: "The Federal Building, at Clark, Adams, Dearborn, and Jackson, is a massive eight-story structure, in Roman Corinthian style, of granite, surmounted by a majestic dome 297 feet high; it contains...

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