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Commercial Insurance Company's Building
Chicago. A hand book for strangers & tourists to the city of Chicago

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Title
Commercial Insurance Company's Building
Creator
Maas & Manz Chicago  
Description
Lettering in illustration reads: "Commercial Insurance Company's Building 160 & 162 Washington St. Chicago." Text reads: "We have become so accustomed to look eastward for successful and reliable insurance companies, that we often overlook those at our own doors, which, in all the essentials of solvency, are the peers of any in the land. Among these the Commercial Insurance Company, of this city, occupies an eminent position, alike for the care with which it is managed, and the security which it affords to its insured. This company was organized in 1865 by some of our most responsible business men, and entered upon its work at a time when there was little in the immediate past or future of fire insurance to attract capital to the venture, or promise even ordinary return for the money invested."
Date
1869  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
chicagohandbookf00chic_raw_0116.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagohandbookf00chic#page/112/mode/1up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagohandbookf00chic
Language
eng
Subject
  • Insurance companies  
  • Office buildings  
Coverage-Spatial
The Loop (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1860-1869  
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. A hand book for strangers & tourists to the city of Chicago  
  • containing historical retrospect ... descriptions of the public buildings, churches  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleCommercial Insurance Company's Building
CreatorMaas & Manz Chicago  
DescriptionLettering in illustration reads: "Commercial Insurance Company's Building 160 & 162 Washington St. Chicago." Text reads: "We have become so accustomed to look eastward for successful and reliable insurance companies, that we often overlook those at our own doors, which, in all the essentials of solvency, are the peers of any in the land. Among these the Commercial Insurance Company, of this city, occupies an eminent position, alike for the care with which it is managed, and the security which it affords to its insured. This company was organized in 1865 by some of our most responsible business men, and entered upon its work at a time when there was little in the immediate past or future of fire insurance to attract capital to the venture, or promise even ordinary return for the money invested."
Date1869  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicagohandbookf00chic_raw_0116.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagohandbookf00chic#page/112/mode/1up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagohandbookf00chic
Languageeng
Subject
  • Insurance companies  
  • Office buildings  
Coverage-SpatialThe Loop (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1860-1869  
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 Title
  • Chicago. A hand book for strangers & tourists to the city of Chicago  
  • containing historical retrospect ... descriptions of the public buildings, churches  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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