1905-1936 Building Statistics
1908 Chicago’s Hotel Pace
1910 Chicago
333 N. Michigan
American Furniture Mart
Blackstone Hotel and Theater
Board of Trade II
Borland Building
Boston Store
Bradner Smith
Brink’s Fortress
Buckingham Fountain
Carbon and Carbide Building
Central Police Station
Charles A. Stevens Building
Chicago and Northwestern Passenger Terminal
Chicago as a Piano Center
Chicago Daily News Building II
Chicago Evening Post Building
Chicago Historical Society IV
Chicago Motor Club Building
Chicago Savings Bank Building
Chicago Temple
Chicago Tribune Building III
Chicago Tribune Building IV – Tribune Tower
Chicago Woman’ s Club
City Hall Square
City Hall VII
Civic Opera House
Conway Building
Cort Theater
Cunard Building
Cuneo-Henneberry Press
Farwell Building
Federal Building
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Field Building
Field Museum of Natural History
Grant Park Band Shell
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Building
Hearst Building
Hearst Building
Hibbard, Spencer Bartlett & Co. State Street Warehouse
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. N. Water Street Warehouse
Hotel Planters
Illinois Automobile Club
Illinois Women’s Athletic Club (Lewis Towers)
International Amphitheater
Inter Ocean Building II
Iroquois Theater
Jeweler’s Building
John G. Shedd Aquarium
Kesner Building
La Salle Hotel
La Salle Street Station
Locomobile Company
London Guarantee
Lumberman’s Exchange Building II
Lyon & Healy Building
Lytton Building
Main Post Office
Majestic Theater
Mandel Bros. State & Madison
Mandel Bros. Wabash & Madison
Marshall Field & Company State Street Stores
Marshall Field Garden Apartment Homes
Mather Tower
McJunkin Building
Medinah Temple
Merchandise Mart
Monroe Building
Montgomery Ward Complex
Morrison Hotel II
Oliver Building
Orchestra Hall
Otis Building
Palmer House IV
Palmolive Building
People’s Gas Company II
Popular Mechanics Building
Princess Theater
Republic Building
R. R. Donnelley Plant
Rembrandt Building
Riverview Sharpshooters’ Park
Roanoke Building II
Sans Souci Amusement Park
Sears, Roebuck & Co. Headquarters
Sears, Roebuck Englewood Retail Store
Sherman House IV
Soldier Field
Soldier Field Competition
Sprague Warner & Co. Warehouse
Stevens Hotel
Straus Building
Transportation Building
Union Station
White City Amusement Park
Willoughby Tower
Winton Motor Carriage Building
Woman’s Chicago Athletic Club
Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Woods Theater
Wrigley Building
1906 Chicago Attacked by Dinosaurs
1909 Selfridge’s of London
Selfridge’s of London—Part One
Selfridge’s of London—Part Two
1909 Skyscrapers
1911 Chicago Leads in Big Buildings
1913—Night in Chicago
1916 Chicago
1917 Flag of Chicago – A short history and the meaning of the official flag of Chicago
1920 Republican Convention
1921 Pageant of Progress
1922 Pageant of Progress
Chicago Sports in 1929
1930 Chicago Artists
Margaret Brundage
Walt Disney
1931—Night in Chicago
1932 Chicago Architecture-Is It Beautiful?
Aerial View of Central Downtown Chicago
1924
Aerial View of Oak Street Beach
1924
Aerial View of Central Downtown Chicago
1926
The Stevens Hotel
Michigan Avenue
1928
Michigan Avenue in 1929
Chicago Daily News
Michigan Avenue, north from Straus Tower in 1929:
(1) Pittsfield Building (2) Pure Oil Building (3) Matture Tower (4) Willoughby Bldg. (5) Wrigley Bldg. (6) “333” Bldg. (7) Bell Bldg. (8) Tribune Tower (9) Northwestern University (10) Railway Exchange Bldg.
A view looking East from Clark St. showing left to right the Carbon and Carbide Building, the Pure Oil Building, the Mather Tower, the Tribune Tower, the famous Wrigley Building, and the newly-completed Wabash Avenue Bridge and Drive. The Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett warehouse is also visible.
January 24, 1931
Chicago
1929
Chicago
1931
Chicago Towers
Leon R Pescheret
1929This iconic view of the North Side towers including the gothic drama of the Tribune Tower in the foreground with the pencil-thin Mather Tower and Bell Tower behind, and the Wrigley Building just visible to the right, is one of Leon R Pescheret’s (1892-1971) best-known images.
1907 Chicago as a Piano Center
1908 Burlington Grain Elevator Fire
1908 A Trip Through Sears, Roebuck and Co
1909 Skyscrapers
1909 Chicago Facts – A contemporary listing of Chicago’s accomplishments.
1909 Plan of Chicago – The Burnham Plan is an essay, principally authored by Daniel Burnham in 1909, entitled The Plan of Chicago. The essay was written in response to a request by the city’s social and business upper crust for a detailed city plan.
1909 Selfridge’s of LondonSelfridge’s of London—Part One
Selfridge’s of London—Part Two
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