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Filter: Subject of skyscrapers
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| Description: | A view of artillery and guns at Fort Jay, built in 1794 to defend Upper New York Bay. The New York cityscape is across the bay. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Two men in suits watch four large cranes working to construct the World Trade Center. The cranes sit atop an extensive metal-beam structure and the men ar... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | View of the Golden Rondelle with the Johnson Wax Research Tower in the background taken from the northeast corner of Franklin and 14th Streets.There is a p... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Boy standing below the Golden Rondelle with the Johnson Wax Research Tower in the background. Workers on scaffolding can be seen on the tower in the distan... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge. City buildings stretch as far as the horizon. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge. Several boats and ships sail down the river and industrial buildings and skyscrapers stand in the foregroun... |
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| Description: | View of the city skyline from a street corner. Automobiles are being driven down the street, and pedestrians are on the sidewalks. |
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| Description: | View down a pedestrian section of a bridge, looking towards buildings, skyscrapers and a billboard. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a commercial street with skyscrapers. Below are pedestrians, automobiles, and cable cars. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view down Upper Michigan Boulevard. Pedestrians, automobiles, and a double-decker bus can be seen among tall buildings. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the business district and skyline. The Wrigley Building and clock tower stands in the foreground; it was built in 1920 by William Wrigley ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Political scientist Samuel L. Popkin and his wife. This photograph was taken about the time Wisconsin-born Popkin was jailed for his refusal to testify abo... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising flyer for International C-35-B and CS-35-B trucks. Includes a color illustration of a bus filled with passengers in a city. Cover i... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Portrait of C.R. Morrison, a Vice President of International Harvester Company, sitting at his desk. Windows behind the desk show a skyline. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | View from side of a road of an International KR-12 truck equipped with 149 inch wheel base and semi-trailer. There is a cityscape in the background. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | International RD-190 (?) truck with an armored body, operated by the Brinks Express Company on Lake Shore Drive. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | International RD-190 (?) truck with an armored body, operated by the Brinks Express Company on Lake Shore Drive. Automobiles are in the background. In the ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | International RD-190 (?) truck with an armored body, operated by the Brinks Express Company on Lake Shore Drive. Parked cars and a pedestrian are in the ba... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Cover of the book "Century of the Reaper" by Cyrus McCormick III ("Cyrusie"). The cover includes a color illustration of the senior Cyrus McCormick testing... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Artistic rendering of the Equitable Building at 401 N. Michigan Avenue. Includes the text "make yours the prestige address in Chicago — the dramatic new Eq... |
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