Print shows the 10-story building that is considered the world's first skyscraper. Designed by architect William LeBaron Jenney, it stood in Chicago 1885 - 1931. The print is in an original custom frame.
Includes inset continuation map of Richmond and lists of manufacturing lines in New York City and the 5 boroughs.
1 map : col., mounted on linen 88 x 90 cm.
Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated several experimental telephones at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876. This unit features a single electro-magnet and could be used both as transmitter and receiver. Bell approached the problem of…