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[Photograph 2012.201.B0223.0182]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Chicago's latest skyscraper, the Tribune Tower, was formally opened to the public, today July 6th. This wonderful building, which is the last word in Gothic architecture, has been under construction for over two years, and crowns a competition in which architects in twenty two countries engaged, the leading participants receiving prizes aggregating $100,000. Tribune Tower and site cost eight and one half million dollars and the building proper rises to a height of 473 feet. The flag was ceremoniously raised at sunrise to the top of the staff, which is 600 feet above ground."
Date: July 6, 1925
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0373.0370]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Ann Livingston being congratulated by her lawyers, jury, and bailiffs immediately after verdict in breach of promise suit was announced. Jury in Chicago returned $25,000 in her favor in suit against Franklin S. Hardinge, millionaire oil burner manufacturer of Chicago."
Date: July 6, 1929
Creator: Pacific and Atlantic Photos, Incorporated
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History