Caption

Randolph Street, Chicago, View of Randolph Street in Chicago, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Sherman House. Ashland Block. Schiller Theatre. Masonic Temple.', 1893, North America, Illinois, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 191 mm x width 140 mm, street, A vertically oriented sepia-toned photograph shows a busy city street flanked by tall multi-story buildings with ornate facades and rows of windows, the left side featuring a building with decorative roofline elements and the center dominated by a taller, rectangular structure with many evenly spaced windows, while the right foreground displays a classical building with large columns and ornate capitals; the street below is filled with horse-drawn carriages, early motor vehicles, streetcars, and numerous pedestrians moving along sidewalks and crossing the roadway, with awnings over some storefronts and smaller buildings receding into the distance beneath a pale sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B02_398

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Keywords

Randolph Street Chicago View page photomechanical print inscription Sherman House Ashland Block Schiller Theatre Masonic Temple 1893 North America Illinois paper collotype photoprint height 191 mm x width 140 mm street vertically oriented sepia-toned photograph busy city street flanked tall multi-story buildings ornate facades rows windows left side featuring building decorative roofline elements center dominated taller rectangular structure evenly spaced right foreground displays classical building large columns ornate capitals filled horse-drawn carriages early motor vehicles streetcars numerous pedestrians moving sidewalks crossing roadway awnings storefronts smaller buildings receding distance beneath pale sky