1928 Print Aerial View Chicago River Skyscraper UNUSUAL ORIGINAL HISTORIC SKY AR4 with great examples of advertising

with great examples of advertising slogans and postmarks used by companies such as Texaco

Please note that the white spots in the bottom left corner are just reflections on the digital image -- they are NOT on the item

" This is a 1976 black and white reproduction of a poster that was created in 1898 to advertise Buffalo Bill's Wild West show which featured a squad of "Genuine Cuban Insurgents--battle scarred heros from the field of action" of the Spanish-American War

National Cemetery

The ad has a very bold

1928 Print Aerial View Chicago River Skyscraper UNUSUAL ORIGINAL HISTORIC SKY AR4 with great examples of advertisingThis is an unusual, original 1928 halftone print with two aerial views of Chicago. The top view is of Chicago with "current" buildings, while the bottom view is the same with the addition of an architect's drawing inserted into the picture to show how a new skyscraper would fit into the surrounding area. From a photograph by Chicago Aerial Survey Co. and Starrett Building Co. "A skyscraper is a boast in glass and steel," (Mason Cooley). Period Paper