Engravings 14

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State & Washington Streets in 1865

Artist: Raoul Varin (Louis Kurz, original artist)
Publisher: A. Ackerman
Published: 1928
Location: State & Washington Streets

On the right, where the Marshall Field and Co building stands today, is the marble yard of Volk, Moore and Co with the studio of Leonard Volk, the sculptor, and Tobey’s Furniture Store. At the left, corresponding to the west side of State Street, is shown the Merchants Hotel and the Crosby Block (containing a music hall connected at the rear with the Opera House which faced Washington Street), Pardridge’s Dry Goods Store and the establishment of Rice & Allen Print Publishers, etc. The State Street Bridge is seen in the distance.