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Chicago, IL city
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Connected to First National Bank Building in Chicago

629 × 881 px·0.21 MB·JPEG·103-563-225

Keywords 1910 kaufmann and farbybuildingsfirst national banki24403Chicago (Ill.)architecturebuilt environmenti24403.tifi024403i24403ICHi-24403

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JPEG
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629 × 881 px
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222,070 bytes
Author line
Chicago History Museum, ICHi-024403
Medium
photograph
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