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Slightly elevated view of a crowd of pedestrians passing the Marshall Field's department store (Marshall Field & Co.), built in 1892 by Daniel H. Burnham and located on the corner of State and Washington Streets in the downtown Loop. In the distance is the sign for the Chicago Theater, which opened on October 26, 1921.
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