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Safe deposit vaults
Chicago, historical, pictorial

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Title
Safe deposit vaults
Description
From text: "Between these sets of apartments is the great treasure room of the safe deposit vaults--the immense room which is lined with 6,000 private safe deposit boxes of various sizes. The floor of this apartment is made of chrome-steel plates, three one-inch plates being riveted together, making a drill-proof and bomb-proof floor. The ceiling and side walls are constructed in the same manner, but the steel has been treated to such delicate tinting on the ceiling, and so thoroughly covered on the floor that it is difficult to believe it is there. Upon the floor is a rug 25 x 35 feet, one of the largest rugs in the world ..."
Date
1902  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
chicagohistorica00chic_raw_0068.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagohistorica00chic#page/62/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagohistorica00chic
Subject
  • Safe-deposit boxes  
  • Banks  
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, historical, pictorial  
Author of the Book
Chicago National Bank  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleSafe deposit vaults
DescriptionFrom text: "Between these sets of apartments is the great treasure room of the safe deposit vaults--the immense room which is lined with 6,000 private safe deposit boxes of various sizes. The floor of this apartment is made of chrome-steel plates, three one-inch plates being riveted together, making a drill-proof and bomb-proof floor. The ceiling and side walls are constructed in the same manner, but the steel has been treated to such delicate tinting on the ceiling, and so thoroughly covered on the floor that it is difficult to believe it is there. Upon the floor is a rug 25 x 35 feet, one of the largest rugs in the world ..."
Date1902  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicagohistorica00chic_raw_0068.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagohistorica00chic#page/62/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagohistorica00chic
Subject
  • Safe-deposit boxes  
  • Banks  
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, historical, pictorial  
Author of the BookChicago National Bank  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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