Construction of "The Fair" Building, c.1891

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Illustration accompanying William Le Baron Jenney, "Chicago Construction of High Buildings on a Compressible Soil," The Inland Architect and News Record, November 1891, showing construction of "The Fair" department store in downtown Chicago.

Source: Newberry Library (Inland Architect, Nov. 1891)

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