Online image list for job-file HB-31216 of the Hedrich-Blessing photograph collection, part 1, at Chicago History Museum, Research Center

 

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Title: John Hancock Center in Chicago (Ill.), 1972 July 31.

 

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View B: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216b.jpg

View B: Tower under construction (from negative)

 

View H: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216h.jpg

View H: View of tower from the top, possibly from a helicopter (from negative)

 

View I: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216i.jpg

View I: Perspective view of top of the tower (from negative)

 

View J: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216j.jpg

View J: View of the tower from above, possibly from a helicopter (from negative)

 

View K: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216k.jpg

View K: Top few floors of the tower (from negative)

 

View L: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216L.jpg

View L: Top few floors of the tower (from negative)

 

View N: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216n.jpg

View N: Workers pulling in a piece for construction, high above the ground (from negative)

 

View O: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216o.jpg

View O: Workers with a piece for construction, high above the ground (from negative)

 

View P: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216p.jpg

View P: Workers pulling in a piece for construction high above the ground (from negative)

 

View Q: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216q.jpg

View Q: Workers pulling in a piece for construction high above the ground (from negative)

 

View R: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216r.jpg

View R: View of Lake Point Tower from one of the top floors of the tower (from negative)

 

View S: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216s.jpg

View S: Top section of the tower (from negative)

 

View T: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216t.jpg

View T: Top section of the tower (from negative)

 

View U: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216u.jpg

View U: Top section of the tower (from negative)

 

View V: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216v.jpg

View V: Top section of the tower (from negative)

 

View W: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216w.jpg

View W: Top section of the tower, Lake Michigan in the distance (from negative)

 

View Z: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216z.jpg

View Z: Westward view of the tower and skyline (from negative)

 

View A2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216a2.jpg

View A2: Westward view of the tower (from negative)

 

View D2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216d2.jpg

View D2: Westward view (from negative)

 

View J2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216j2.jpg

View J2: Westward view of the tower and skyline (from negative)

 

View L2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216L2.jpg

View L2: Interior, glass curtain walls show point of X frame construction (from negative)

 

View O2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216o2.jpg

View O2: Tower with some windows lit from within in the evening (from negative)

 

View P2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216p2.jpg

View P2: Southward view (from negative)

 

View Q2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216q2.jpg

View Q2: Perspective view of the building (from negative)

 

View R2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216r2.jpg

View R2: Low angle view of the water tower in the foreground, Playboy building in the background (from negative)

 

View S2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216s2.jpg

View S2: Low angle view of the building with the water tower in the foreground (from negative)

 

View T2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216t2.jpg

View T2: Northward view down Michigan Avenue (from negative)

 

View U2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216u2.jpg

View U2: Spiral-shaped parking garage (from negative)

 

View V2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216v2.jpg

View V2: Spiral shaped parking garage (from negative)

 

View W2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216w2.jpg

View W2: Sunken plaza along Michigan Avenue in front of the building (from negative)

 

View X2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216x2.jpg

View X2: Reflecting pool in the sunken plaza (from negative)

 

View Y2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216y2.jpg

View Y2: Street level view of the building (from negative)

 

View Z2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216z2.jpg

View Z2: Street level perspective view of the building (from negative)

 

View N2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216n2.jpg

View N2: Aerial view (from negative)

 

View C3: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216c3.jpg

View C3: Southward elevation view, includes spiral parking garage (from negative)

 

View E3: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216e3.jpg

View E3: Perspective view, southwest corner of the building (from negative)

 

View F3: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216f3.jpg

View F3: Perspective view (from negative)

 

View G3: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216g3.jpg

View G3: Low angle perspective view (from negative)

 

View H3: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216h3.jpg

View H3: Low angle front façade of building (from negative)

 

View I3: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216i3.jpg

View I3: Side elevation (from negative)

 

View J3: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216j3.jpg

View J3: Perspective view (from negative)

 

View K3: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216k3.jpg

View K3: Low angle perspective view (from negative)

 

View A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216a.jpg

View A: Snowy evening, Northward perspective view (from transparency)

 

View B2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216b2.jpg

View B2: Snowy day, perspective view of building under construction (from transparency)

 

View C: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216c.jpg

View C: Building under construction, skyline view from Lake Michigan (from transparency)

 

View M: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216m.jpg

View M: Aerial view, top of the tower (from transparency)

 

View X: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216x.jpg

View X: Westward perspective view from Lake Michigan (from transparency)

 

View Z3: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216z3.jpg

View Z3: Skyline view from Lake Michigan (from transparency)

 

View F2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216f2.jpg

View F2: Aerial view (from transparency)

 

View A2A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216a2a.jpg

View A2A: Perspective view, Northwest view from Lake Michigan at sunset (from transparency)

 

View B2A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216b2a.jpg

View B2A: Perspective view (from transparency)

 

View G2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216g2.jpg

View G2: Aerial view (from transparency)

 

View L2A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216L2a.jpg

View L2A: Interior, glass curtain walls show point of X frame construction (from transparency)

 

View N2A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216n2a.jpg

View N2A: Aerial view (from transparency)

 

View O2A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216o2a.jpg

View O2A: Tower with some windows lit from within in the evening (from transparency)

 

View P2A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216p2a.jpg

View P2A: Northward perspective view (from transparency)

 

View Q2A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216q2a.jpg

View Q2A: Perspective view (from transparency)

 

View R2A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216r2a.jpg

View R2A: Low angle view of the water tower in the foreground (from transparency)

 

View S2A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216s2a.jpg

View S2A: Low angle view of the water tower in the foreground (from transparency)

 

View F3A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216f3a.jpg

View F3A: Perspective view, including spiral parking garage (from transparency)

 

View G3A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216g3a.jpg

View G3A: Low angle perspective view, including spiral parking garage (from transparency)

 

View H3A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216h3a.jpg

View H3A: Low angle front façade of building (from transparency)

 

View I3A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216i3a.jpg

View I3A: South elevation (from transparency)

 

View J3A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216j3a.jpg

View J3A: Perspective view, southeast corner (from transparency)

 

View E3A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb31216e3a.jpg

View E3A: Low angle perspective view (from print)

 

ID#: HB-31216

Creator: Hedrich-Blessing (Firm), photographer.

Title: John Hancock Center in Chicago (Ill.), 1972 July 31.

            Originals:

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

9 negatives : col. ; 8 x 10 in.

16 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

2 negatives : col. ; 4 x 5 in.

3 negatives : b&w ; 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ in.

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

8 photographic prints : col. ; 8 x 10 in.

3 photographic prints : col. ; 5 x 7 in.

5 photographic prints : b&w ; 3 ½ x 4 ½ in.

33 transparencies : col. ; 8 x 10 in.

14 transparencies : col. ; 4 x 5 in.

1 transparency : col. ; 2 ½ x 3 in.

35 transparencies : col., slides ; 35 mm.

1 template

            Details: Views: B: Tower under construction (from negative);  H: View of tower from the top, possibly from a helicopter (from negative); I: Perspective view of top of the tower (from negative); J: View of the tower from above, possibly from a helicopter (from negative); K: Top few floors of the tower (from negative); L: Top few floors of the tower (from negative); N: Workers pulling in a piece for construction, high above the ground (from negative); O: Workers with a piece for construction, high above the ground (from negative); P: Workers pulling in a piece for construction high above the ground (from negative); Q: Workers pulling in a piece for construction high above the ground (from negative); R: View of Lake Point Tower from one of the top floors of the tower (from negative); S: Top section of the tower (from negative); T: Top section of the tower (from negative); U: Top section of the tower (from negative); V: Top section of the tower (from negative).

            W: Top section of the tower, Lake Michigan in the distance (from negative); Z: Westward view of the tower and skyline (from negative); A2: Westward view of the tower (from negative); D2: Westward view (from negative); J2: Westward view of the tower and skyline (from negative); L2: Interior, glass curtain walls show point of X frame construction (from negative); O2: Tower with some windows lit from within in the evening (from negative); P2: Southward view (from negative); Q2: Perspective view of the building (from negative); R2: Low angle view of the water tower in the foreground, Playboy building in the background (from negative); S2: Low angle view of the building with the water tower in the foreground (from negative); T2: Northward view down Michigan Avenue (from negative); U2: Spiral-shaped parking garage (from negative); V2: Spiral shaped parking garage (from negative).

            W2: Sunken plaza along Michigan Avenue in front of the building (from negative); X2: Reflecting pool in the sunken plaza (from negative); Y2: Street level view of the building (from negative); Z2: Street level perspective view of the building (from negative); N2: Aerial view (from negative); C3: Southward elevation view, includes spiral parking garage (from negative); E3: Perspective view, southwest corner of the building (from negative); F3: Perspective view (from negative); G3: Low angle perspective view (from negative); H3: Low angle front façade of building (from negative); I3: Side elevation (from negative); J3: Perspective view (from negative); K3: Low angle perspective view (from negative); A: Snowy evening, Northward perspective view (from transparency).

            B2: Snowy day, perspective view of building under construction (from transparency); C: Building under construction, skyline view from Lake Michigan (from transparency); M: Aerial view, top of the tower (from transparency); X: Westward perspective view from Lake Michigan (from transparency); Z3: Skyline view from Lake Michigan (from transparency); F2: Aerial view (from transparency); A2A: Perspective view, Northwest view from Lake Michigan at sunset (from transparency); B2A: Perspective view (from transparency); F2A: Not scanned; G2: Aerial view (from transparency); L2A: Interior, glass curtain walls show point of X frame construction (from transparency); M2: Not scanned; N2A: Aerial view (from transparency); O2A: Tower with some windows lit from within in the evening (from transparency).

            P2A: Northward perspective view (from transparency); Q2A: Perspective view (from transparency); R2A: Low angle view of the water tower in the foreground (from transparency); S2A: Low angle view of the water tower in the foreground (from transparency); F3A: Perspective view, including spiral parking garage (from transparency); G3A: Low angle perspective view, including spiral parking garage (from transparency); H3A: Low angle front façade of building (from transparency); I3A: South elevation (from transparency); J3A: Perspective view, southeast corner (from transparency); E3A: Low angle perspective view (from print).

Subjects:

High-rise buildings.

Skyscrapers.

Chicago (Ill.)—Buildings, structures, etc.—1960-1969.

Chicago (Ill.)—Streets—Michigan Avenue—North—0875

Form/genre:

Exterior views.

Interior views.

Film negatives.

Film transparencies—Color.

Negatives—Color.

Gelatin silver prints.

Slides—Color.

Added entries:

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Call# for originals:

HB-31216 PPL

HB-31216 PPN

HB-31216 PCO