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Image Not Available for Monadnock Building Chicago built 1891 by Burnham and Root. The first skyscraper.
Monadnock Building Chicago built 1891 by Burnham and Root. The first skyscraper.
Image Not Available for Monadnock Building Chicago built 1891 by Burnham and Root. The first skyscraper.

Monadnock Building Chicago built 1891 by Burnham and Root. The first skyscraper.

Creator United States Information Services
DimensionsSheet: 25.4 × 16.2 cm (10 × 6 3/8 in.)
Image: 24.4 × 20.9 cm (9 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2005
Category
  • Photographs
Object number2005/3132
LocationNot currently on display

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