Online image list for job-file HB-21852 of the Hedrich-Blessing photograph collection, part 1, at Chicago History Museum, Research Center

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Title: Drexel National Bank in Chicago (Ill.), 1958 Sep. 30.

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View A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb21852a.jpg

View A: Exterior, building (from negative)

View B: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb21852b.jpg

View B: Lobby (from negative)

View C: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb21852c.jpg

View C: Exterior, perspective view (from negative)

View D: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb21852d.jpg

View D: Lobby (from negative)

View E: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb21852e.jpg

View E: Perspective view (from negative)

View F: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb21852f.jpg

View F: Drive-up teller windows (from print)

View G: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb21852g.jpg

View G: Perspective view (from negative)

View H: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb21852h.jpg

View H: Bank vault with the door open (from negative)

View I: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb21852i.jpg

View I: Bank vault with the door closed (from negative)

View J: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb21852j.jpg

View J: Exterior, walk-up teller window (from negative)

View K: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb21852k.jpg

View K: Perspective view of the building and parking lot (from negative)

View L: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb21852l.jpg

View L: Lobby, line of teller windows (from print)

ID#: HB-21852

Creator: Hedrich-Blessing (Firm), photographer.

Title: Drexel National Bank in Chicago (Ill.), 1958 Sep. 30.

Originals:

9 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

1 template.

1 transparency : b&w ; 1 ¾ x 2 ¼ in.

12 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Summary: Includes exterior and interior views of Drexel National Bank at 3944 South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago (Ill.), designed by architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Exterior views include a steel-framed entrance colonnade, with exposed metal roof deck, leading to the glass-walled lobby; drive-up teller stations that project from one of the bank's glass curtain walls; and adjacent parking areas. In some exteriors the Lake Meadows housing complex is visible behind the bank. Interiors show the main banking hall, with terrazzo floor, wood-paneled service counters, officers' desks along one wall, and a luminous ceiling with prominent air diffusers.

Details: Views: A: Exterior, building (from negative); B: Lobby (from negative); C: Exterior, perspective view (from negative); D: Lobby (from negative); E: Perspective view (from negative); F: Drive-up teller windows (from print); G: Perspective view (from negative); H: Bank vault with the door open (from negative); I: Bank vault with the door closed (from negative); J: Exterior, walk-up teller window (from negative); K: Perspective view of the building and parking lot (from negative); L: Lobby, line of teller windows (from print).

Subjects:

Drexel National Bank (Chicago, Ill.)

3944 South Cottage Grove Avenue (Chicago, Ill.)

Lake Meadows Apartments (Chicago, Ill.)

Apartment houses—Illinois—Chicago—1950-1959.

Banks—Illinois—Chicago—1950-1959.

Air diffusers.

Banks.

Colonnades.

Curtain walls (nonbearing walls).

Decking.

Drive-in banks.

Entrances.

Luminous ceilings.

Parking lots.

Reflective glass.

Revolving doors.

Steel.

Terrazzo.

Chicago (Ill.)—Buildings, structures, etc.—1950-1959.

Douglas (Chicago, Ill.)

Chicago (Ill.)—Streets—Cottage Grove Avenue—South—3944

Form/genre:

Exterior views.

Interior views.

Film negatives.

Film transparencies.

Gelatin silver prints.

Added entries:

Engdahl, William S., photographer.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company.

Call# for originals:

HB-21852 PPL

HB-21852 PPN