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[Post Office building, Chicago] – Antique Photo Print

[Post Office building, Chicago], 1930 Jan. 27. — historic photograph
[Post Office building, Chicago], 1930 Jan. 27.. Historic photograph from the Chicago collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Post Office building, Chicago] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Post Office building, Chicago]

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This photograph shows a post office building in Chicago, dated January 27, 1930 on its caption card, though the record notes that these details are unverified. Chicago was one of the country's busiest mail hubs in this period, with rail lines and sorting facilities handling large volumes of mail, so a federal post office there reflected the city's role in national commerce. Because the record gives no architect or photographer, the building's exact identity and the circumstances of the picture are best checked against the original caption card and related city records.

Created / published1930 Jan. 27.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,164 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159940

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