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original promotional brochure for paul fredrick olsen's hotel stratford (1923), located at 4131 north sheridan road, chicago, il. -
group of original burnham and root rookery building (1888) lithographic prints -
original real photo post card of south side chicago hotel warner - where architect louis sullivan died -
large lot of original 19th century rookery building luxfer prism glass tiles with intact sodered-joint copper caming -
original 1871 great chicago fire "burnt district" china plate relic souvenir -
rare inter-ocean 1893 "scenes from the vanishing city" hand-colored lithograph -
rare hardbound "sketches and drawings by stanford white" -
early 20th century original snapshot of solon s. beman's non-extant 14-story pabst neo-gothic style terra cotta-clad commercial building (1891-1981), located at 108 east wisconsin avenue. -
rare and unusual original hand-colored harper's lithograph of adler and sullivan's auditorium building (1889), located at 430 south michigan avenue, chicago, il. -
above the clouds and old new york: an historical sketch of the site and a description of the many wonders of the woolworth building -
a selection of scans from the original illustrated book "a business tour of chicago depicting fifty years' progress" (e.e. barton, publishers, 1887), featuring sights, industries, history, notable people, and local reminiscences of the city. -
multiple original early 20th century exterior photographic images of egerton swartwout's beaux-arts style elks national memorial and headquarters building (1924-26) -
original graphite on paper signed 1922 cyril colnik sketch of staircase newel post -
november 1927 western architect lithographic plates of purcell and elmslie’s first national bank (1920), located at 322 west main street, adams, mn. -
original period postcards of purcell, feick, and elmslie's merchants national bank (1912) located at 102 east third street, winona, mn. the polychromed ornament was modeled by kristian schneider for the american terra cotta company of chicago. -
simeon b. eisendrath and louis h. sullivan-designed copper-plated cast iron guaranty or plymouth building staircase baluster fabricated by the winslow brothers -
martin roche and edward a. renwick. original early 20th century 8 x 10 silver gelatin print of holabird and roche's tacoma building (1889-1929) located at the northeast corner lasalle and madison street, chicago, il. -
unearthed 1930s washington porter ii kiosk sphink riveted joint steel tower fragment -
original 1930 chicago architectural photographic print of burnham brothers's 37-story carbon and carbide building (1929), located at 230 north michigan avenue, chicago, il. -
a rare, original, signed and dated hardbound souvenir program or dedication book on the iroquois theater, published by rand, mcnally & co. in 1903. -
rare frank lloyd wright larkin building sterling silver souvenir spoon with richard bock sculptures -
original folio-size, black-and-white lithographic centerfold print of "the heart of chicago, from the masonic building" drawn by charles graham and published in the october 29, 1892 issue of harper's weekly. -
original foldout brochure for william f. tempel and company's three-story florentine apartments, located at 5739-5745 north ridge avenue, chicago, il. -
first edition (1887) of tally ho!: coaching through chicago's parks and boulevards, featuring forty photogravure illustrations and comprehensive descriptive text.