Night view of the Palmolive Building with the Water Tower in the foreground. The lights are from automobiles creating movement streaks on Michigan Ave., c. 1931. Photograph by Ken Hedrich. Want a copy of this photo? > Visit our Rights and Reproductions Department and give them this number: HB-00939-C. Connect with the Museum

Night view of the Palmolive Building with the Water Tower in the foreground. The lights are from automobiles creating movement streaks on Michigan Ave., c. 1931. Photograph by Ken Hedrich.

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