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Post Office
Chicago

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https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/e7031cd0-1a05-0134-1d6d-0050569601ca-f
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Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.

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Title
Post Office
Description
Caption: "The Post Office The new Post Office Building, one of the most magnificent postal structures in the United States, is located in a square formed by Adams, Clark and Dearborn streets and Jackson Boulevard. The delay in its completion caused many spirited controversies. From this great central station radiate forty-seven carrier stations, four stations without carriers, and two hundred sub-stations, in all employing 1,633 clerks, 1,400 carriers and collectors. The annual receipts aggregate about $10,000,000 and more than 50,000 tons of mail are handled each year." View is looking northwest. Building was designed by Henry Ives Cobb.
Date
1906  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
chicago00lhne_raw_0009.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/chicago00lhne#page/6/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicago00lhne
Subject
Post offices  
Coverage-Spatial
The Loop (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1900-1909  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
Chicago  
Author of the Book
L. H. Nelson Company  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitlePost Office
DescriptionCaption: "The Post Office The new Post Office Building, one of the most magnificent postal structures in the United States, is located in a square formed by Adams, Clark and Dearborn streets and Jackson Boulevard. The delay in its completion caused many spirited controversies. From this great central station radiate forty-seven carrier stations, four stations without carriers, and two hundred sub-stations, in all employing 1,633 clerks, 1,400 carriers and collectors. The annual receipts aggregate about $10,000,000 and more than 50,000 tons of mail are handled each year." View is looking northwest. Building was designed by Henry Ives Cobb.
Date1906  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicago00lhne_raw_0009.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicago00lhne#page/6/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicago00lhne
SubjectPost offices  
Coverage-SpatialThe Loop (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1900-1909  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionImages in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book TitleChicago  
Author of the BookL. H. Nelson Company  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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