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1920s skyscrapers in the Loop

 

View looking south along Michigan Avenue from the northern end of the North Michigan Avenue bridge. On the left is 333 North Michigan. Near the center of the image is the Carbide & Carbon Building (230 North Michigan Avenue, now a hotel). On the right is the London Guarantee & Accident Building (360 North Michigan Avenue), and behind it to the right, the upper part of the Mather Tower (now 75 East Wacker Drive) is visible.

About this item


Title:
1920s skyscrapers in the Loop
Date of Original:
1972; 1923 (London Guarantee, 360 North Michigan); 1928 (Mather Tower, 75 East Wacker); 1928 (333 North Michigan); 1929 (Carbide & Carbon Building)
Identifier:
bru008_02_pF.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3qt1z
Type:
Image


Rights:
In copyright - non-commercial use permitted
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Cities and towns
Architecture
Streets
Skyscrapers
Office buildings

Photographer:
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002
Contributor
Holabird & Root (1928-1945)
Burnham Bros.
Alschuler, Alfred S. (Alfred Samuel), 1876-1940
Riddle, Herbert Hugh

Form:
Photographs
Medium:
color slides
Extent:
35 mm

Collection Information


Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Folder:
8
Repository:
University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library

Geographic Information

Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)