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Workmen building the upper stories of the Chicago Public Library, Central Library, ca. 1896
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| Title | Workmen building the upper stories of the Chicago Public Library, Central Library, ca. 1896 |
| Description | Many of the artisans and craftsmen who built the first Central Library were immigrants to Chicago. Germans, Swedes, Norwegians, Hungarians, Italians, and Turks brought the skills of their native homelands, and worked with marble, cast stone, wood, and plaster, to build the library. Less than 100 years later, the skills of a new generation were sought in the construction of the new Central Library. The Harold Washington Library Center would be built using the performance specifications of an earlier era: over 725 talented craftsmen were employed to construct handiwork in plaster, marble and wood at the Harold Washington Library Center. |
| Neighborhood/Streets | Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
Randolph Street (Chicago, Ill.)
Washington Street (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Subject.TGM1 | Public libraries
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| Subject.LCSH | Chicago Public Library -- History
Library buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Design and construction -- History -- Photographs
Artisans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Photographs
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| Subject.AAT | libraries (buildings)
public libraries
building sites
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| Photographer/Artist | Unknown
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| Time Period | 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899 |
| Repository Name | Chicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
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| Repository Number | PHOTOGRAPH SPE-CPL Archives Photographs cc 1.3 |
| Collection | Chicago Public Library Archives
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| Rights | http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php |
| Type | Digital image |
| Original Format | Architectural photographs
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| Size | 18 x 23 cm. |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Subject.LOCAL | construction
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