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Lovejoy & Foster — Office Tremont House, Cor. Lake and Dearborn Sts.

Lovejoy & Foster

Office Tremont House, Cor. Lake and Dearborn Sts.

1850

Early commercial photography meets civic pride in this stereo view of one of Chicago's premier hotels, demonstrating the medium's growing role in urban documentation.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo

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Lovejoy & Foster, Office Tremont House, Cor. Lake and Dearborn Sts., 1850

Early commercial photography meets civic pride in this stereo view of one of Chicago's premier hotels, demonstrating the medium's growing role in urban documentation.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Year
1850
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Photography, Albumen Print, Building, Documentary, 19th Century, American, Historical, Urban, Architecture, Stereoscopic

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