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Mather Building, Chicago, Ill. – Vintage Wall Art

Mather Building, Chicago, Ill., c1928 April 4. — historic photograph
Mather Building, Chicago, Ill., c1928 April 4.. 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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Mather Building, Chicago, Ill. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Mather Building, Chicago, Ill.

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The Mather Building, often called Mather Tower, rises from the Chicago River bank on East Wacker Drive, where the new riverside boulevard had reshaped the Loop by the late 1920s. Completed around 1928, the Gothic-inspired office tower stood out among the city's stone and terra-cotta skyscrapers, and its vertical lines helped define the stretch of Wacker that was becoming a showcase for modern commercial architecture. The caption card dates the picture to April 4, around 1928, though that detail is unverified and should be read with some caution.

Created / publishedc1928 April 4.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsJ296965 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ill.--Chicago--Buildings--Mather; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan995 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-140150

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