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Owings Building
Chicago of to-day. The metropolis of the West. The nation's choice for the World's Columbian exposition ... 1891

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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
Owings Building
Description
Caption: "Corner of Adams and Dearborn Sts". From text: "Tower of the quaint Owings Building, fourteen stories, corner Adams and Dearborn Streets, unique in design, and a cloud disturber of the first order--225 feet."
Date
1891  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
chicagooftodayme00acme_raw_0028.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagooftodayme00acme#page/38/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagooftodayme00acme
Subject
Office buildings  
Coverage-Spatial
The Loop (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1890-1899  
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 of to-day. The metropolis of the West. The nation's choice for the World's Columbian exposition ... 1891  
Author of the Book
Acme Publishing and Engraving Co., Chicago.  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleOwings Building
DescriptionCaption: "Corner of Adams and Dearborn Sts". From text: "Tower of the quaint Owings Building, fourteen stories, corner Adams and Dearborn Streets, unique in design, and a cloud disturber of the first order--225 feet."
Date1891  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicagooftodayme00acme_raw_0028.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagooftodayme00acme#page/38/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagooftodayme00acme
SubjectOffice buildings  
Coverage-SpatialThe Loop (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1890-1899  
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 of to-day. The metropolis of the West. The nation's choice for the World's Columbian exposition ... 1891  
Author of the BookAcme Publishing and Engraving Co., Chicago.  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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