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New Chamber of Commerce Chicago's first half century, 1833-1883 : the city as it was fifty years ago, and as it is today : the trade, commerce, manufactories, railroads, banks, wholesale and retail houses, theaters, hotels, churches, and school. http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagosfirsthal00chic#page/n77/mode/2up
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From text: "The corner-stone of the new Chamber of Commerce was laid with appropriate ceremonies Dec. 13, 1882, and since then the walls of the magnificent building have gone up with marvelous rapidity, but this new temple of trade is on such a grand scale that it will be another year before it is brought to completion and ready for the machinery of commerce."
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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Chicago's first half century, 1833-1883 : the city as it was fifty years ago, and as it is today : the trade, commerce, manufactories, railroads, banks, wholesale and retail houses, theaters, hotels, churches, and school. http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagosfirsthal00chic#page/n77/mode/2up
From text: "The corner-stone of the new Chamber of Commerce was laid with appropriate ceremonies Dec. 13, 1882, and since then the walls of the magnificent building have gone up with marvelous rapidity, but this new temple of trade is on such a grand scale that it will be another year before it is brought to completion and ready for the machinery of commerce."
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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Chicago's first half century, 1833-1883 : the city as it was fifty years ago, and as it is today : the trade, commerce, manufactories, railroads, banks, wholesale and retail houses, theaters, hotels, churches, and school. http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagosfirsthal00chic#page/n77/mode/2up