The Masonic Temple, Chicago's Great Sky Scraper (265 ft.), Randolph and State Sts. – Historic Print
(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.)
Description
The Masonic Temple, Chicago's Great Sky Scraper (265 ft.), Randolph and State Sts. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
The Masonic Temple, Chicago's Great Sky Scraper (265 ft.), Randolph and State Sts.
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Randolph and State streets in the Loop are named on this card, where the Masonic Temple rose to what the caption calls a "Great Sky Scraper" of 265 feet. Designed by the firm of Burnham and Root and completed in 1892, the building was among the tallest in downtown Chicago, a showpiece of the city's skyscraper boom after the Great Fire of 1871. This stereograph, copyrighted in 1909 by E.W. Kelley, belonged to the stereo-viewer trade, which brought views like this into parlors across the country. The temple was demolished in 1939, so the card preserves a streetscape that no longer exists.
| Created / published | c1909. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | H124233 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted 1909 by E.W. Kelley. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Freemason temples; Ill.--C.--Buildings; Ill--C--Sts.; Markets; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,498 × 1,686 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128054 |
More from the Freemasons collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
