Friedman Fine Art represents the most extensive collection of
historical and vintage Chicago photography currently available. The David R. Phillips collection contains over 100,000 unique images from the 1870's to the 1940's. The collection consists of the original negatives taken by the period's finest photographers.
SOME EXAMPLES OF THE COLLECTION ARE ILLUSTRATED BELOW.
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View at Wacker & Lake Streets after Chicago fire 1871
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Aerial view of Chicago Tribune Building 1934
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The Guinness sailing ship at anchor by Navy Pier 1937
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Louis Sullivan's Columbian Exposition Transportation
Building Golden Doorway 1893
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The 1893 Columbian Exposition
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Wacker Drive & Wabash Avenue in the mid 1930's
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Chicago River in the 1930's
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Frank L. Wright 1908-1909 Avery Coonley Home
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The 1883 Chicago Board of Trade - LaSalle Street
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Building the Chicago River Locks 1937
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Michigan Avenue late 1920's
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Horse drawn fire truck on Michigan Avenue mid 1920's
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Chicago River 1930's by Torkel Korling
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Night scene of Michigan Avenue in the 1940's
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State Street 1893
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Navy Pier early 1900's
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Chicago Board of Trade 1930's
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Al Capone in courtroom with his lawyers 1930
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Chicago Stock Exchange Washington & LaSalle 1920's
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Madison Street Bridge 1930's by Torkel Korling
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Aerial of Lake Shore Drive 1930's
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Michigan Avenue South from Jackson Street 1888
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Chicago River - 1958
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Columbian Exposition - 1893
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Jacques Restaurant - 1955
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Lincoln Park - 1870's
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Michigan Avenue Relief - 1950
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Prairie Avenue - 1870's
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State Street - 1934
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Tribune Building - 1946
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Tesla Spotlight - Columbian Expo - 1893
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Tribune Building - 1940's
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University of Chicago - 1955
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Wrigley Building - 1944
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Wrigley Field - World Series 1932
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Field Museum - 1948
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Navy Pier - 1922
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Chicago Board of Trade - 1933
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Elevated Tracks - 1936
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Chicago Black Sox - 1919
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Chicago Cubs - 1907
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Edgewater Beach Hotel - 1930's
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Chicago Theater - 1940's
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Chicago River - 1936
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Oak Street Beach - 1931
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Maxwell Street - 1932
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Museum of Science & Industry - 1933
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First Airmail Flight - Grant Park - 1918
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Open Air Bus - 1927
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Merchandise Mart - 1935
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Riverview - 1938
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Palmolive Building - 1930
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Chicago River - 1930's
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Oak Street Beach - 1916
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Grant Park - 1937
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Lincoln Park - 1931
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76th Street Pier - 1913
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Ferris Wheel - 1893 *
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Chicago Stockyards - 1905
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