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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 Service (USIS)
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
    Object number2005/3132
    LocationNot currently on display

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