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Panoramic View of Chicago Loop

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic bird's-eye view of the heart of the Loop. Labeled sites include: Insurance Exchange, Continental and Commercial National Bank, Post Office, Dear...
Postcard

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Building

Date: 1910
Description: Home office building on street corner, built in classic temple style. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk, and there are two motorcars in front of the entranc...
Photograph

Rupert F. Fry

Date: 10 17 1914
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Rupert R. Fry, Milwaukee insurance company president.
Photograph

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated, angled view of the facade and right side of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company building. The structure has a set of stone steps that ...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1918
Description: View of storefronts lining a town street. A brick building housing City Drug Store and Tom W. Crutcher & Co. General Insurance bears a date of 1918.
Map or Atlas

Marinette Wisconsin

Date: 1912
Description: Shows wards, sections, plat additions, selected buildings, churches, schools, and manufacturing companies. "We have revised this map from H. McCallum’s 189...
Photograph

Bank and Post Office

Date: 1911
Description: View from street towards a building housing the post office and bank, which are on the main floor at the top of a flight of steps. A datestone above one of...
Print

Safety First

Date: 1914
Description: Stamp promoting Northwestern National Insurance Company of Milwaukee. Stamp includes a drawing of a fireman with hose, and the text reads: "Safety First. I...
Postcard

Gay Bldg — Madison, Wis.

Date: 1914
Description: View across N. Carroll Street towards the Gay Building (now the Churchill Building), Madison's first skyscraper. A nine-story building located at 16 North ...
Photograph

Group Outside Building

Date: 1918
Description: A group of people pose outside a building. Signs in a doorway advertise the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, and the Hartford Fire Insurance...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Washburn

Date: 09 1918
Description: An insurance map of Washburn, with an index and a key. Includes a small inset map of the State of Wisconsin that shows "Location of this town as above unde...

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