225 South Canal Street; Architect: Graham, Anderson, Probst and White; Date built: 1925; On back: "The Union Station, located on Canal Street between Adams and Jackson in downtown Chicago, is used by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Chicago and...
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad; Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad; Erie Railroad; Chicago Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad; Grand Trunk Railroad; Wabash Railroad; Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad; Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Correspondence; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry; Government contracts;
Mason provides list of destinations for Du Pont powder procured by the U.S. Office of Indian trade. Mason mentions Mathew Irwin, agent for the Office of Indian Trade in Chicago.
On back: "This is the $20,000,000.00 Terminal of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway. It is situated on Madison Street on the West Side of the river. At present it is Chicago's largest and finest railroad depot."
On back: "Central Station at 12th Street and Michigan Boulevard -- a Chicago landmark since 1893. Ground was first broken on June 4, 1892, and the building opened to the public April 17, 1893. It now serves three major roads: the Illinois Central,...
On back: "La Salle Street Station is located on Van Buren Street between La Salle and Sherman Streets. It is the Chicago terminal for the following roads: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, New York Central and New York, Chicago and St. Louis."
225 South Canal Street; Architect: Graham, Anderson, Probst and White; Date built: 1925; On back: "This majestic new railroad terminal occupies the entire block bounded by JAckson Boulevard, Adams Streets, Canal and Clinton Streets. It furnishes...
Honest to goodness, this is really the largest commercial building in America. Merchandise Mart has four million square feet of floor space. Tower section alone is as large as most office buildings. If built up like most of the recent setback...
Who said the days of miracle cities in the US are over? Gary, steel town, started on wasteland in 1900, has grown to be a city of 110000 in 1929. This is the spot on which the heart of the city of Gary, Indiana now stands. In a contrast photo you...
Sulfuric acid unit at the East Chicago, Indiana Works of the DuPont Company's Industrial and Biochemicals Department is the world's largest, capable of turning out more than a trainload of acid a week. This unit was brought into commercial...
Text from back of image: 'The 'Untin' Bowler, giant Sikorsky biplane, which will attempt to fly from Chicago to Berlin via Iceland and Greenland, hopped off from North Beach, Queens, NY on June 29th for Chicago. Robert Gast and Parker Cramer were...
