Tower of Jewellers' Building, Chicago, Illinois – Antique Photo 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.)
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Tower of Jewellers' Building, Chicago, Illinois 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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Tower of Jewellers' Building, Chicago, Illinois
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The tower of the Jewellers' Building is the subject here, rather than the street or skyline around it. The print is dated late December, around 1927, and was copyrighted as a photoprint by E.L. Fowler, so it was made as a commercial view of the building. Chicago's downtown was densely built up in the 1920s, and the Loop's office towers, many of them housing specialized trades, were a common subject for photographers and postcard makers of that era. The catalog date comes from an unverified caption card, so the exact day should be treated with some caution.
| Created / published | c1927 Dec. 29. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | J287620 U.S. Copyright Office Photoprint copyrighted by E.L. Fowler. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,135 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159947 |
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