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Business office in Tacoma Building
Chicago, the marvelous city of the West : a history, an encyclopedia, and a guide: 1893: illustrated

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Title
Business office in Tacoma Building
Creator
L. W. Taylor  
Description
Caption: "[Engraved for The Standard Guide Company.] Business Office, New York Mutual Life Insurance Co., Tacoma Bldg [Charles H. Ferguson, Agent.]". From text: ""Elsewhere is presented in this volume an engraving of the interior of the counting room of Charles H. Ferguson, general agent of the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company for the State of Illinois. The offices are located in the famous Tacoma building, Madison and La Salle sts., and are among the finest in the city. Mr. Ferguson has made life insurance a study during the greater part of his life.""
Date
1893  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
chicagomarvelous00flin_raw_0530.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagomarvelous00flin#page/n527/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagomarvelous00flin
Subject
  • Insurance companies  
  • Office workers  
  • 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, the marvelous city of the West : a history, an encyclopedia, and a guide: 1893: illustrated  
Author of the Book
Flinn, John J. (John Joseph), 1851-1929.  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleBusiness office in Tacoma Building
CreatorL. W. Taylor  
DescriptionCaption: "[Engraved for The Standard Guide Company.] Business Office, New York Mutual Life Insurance Co., Tacoma Bldg [Charles H. Ferguson, Agent.]". From text: ""Elsewhere is presented in this volume an engraving of the interior of the counting room of Charles H. Ferguson, general agent of the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company for the State of Illinois. The offices are located in the famous Tacoma building, Madison and La Salle sts., and are among the finest in the city. Mr. Ferguson has made life insurance a study during the greater part of his life.""
Date1893  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicagomarvelous00flin_raw_0530.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagomarvelous00flin#page/n527/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagomarvelous00flin
Subject
  • Insurance companies  
  • Office workers  
  • Office 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, the marvelous city of the West : a history, an encyclopedia, and a guide: 1893: illustrated  
Author of the BookFlinn, John J. (John Joseph), 1851-1929.  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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