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Grey Edison Building, red Marquette Building, & mirrored Chase Center. Chicago, IL. | South facade of Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. | Marquette Building (1895) (17 floors) (140 South Dearborn Ave.). Chicago, IL. Architect: Holabird & Roche. On National Register. | Bronze reliefs over doors of Marquette Building showing scenes of western explorations of Jacques Marquette & Louis Jolliet with quotes from their writings. Chicago, IL. |
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Bronze reliefs over doors of Marquette Building showing scenes of earliest known white exploration of the rivers of Illinois & New France. Chicago, IL. | Bronze relief of Marquette & Jolliet exploring the Illinois wilderness with native Americans "To follow those waters which will henceforth lead us into strange lands" on Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. | Bronze relief of Marquette holding up peace pipe to hostile native Americans "In vain I showed the calumet to explain that we had not come as enemies" on Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. | Bronze relief of Marquette being portaged by native Americans "Passing two leagues up the river we resolved to winter there being detained by my illness" on Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. |
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Bronze relief of a Catholic funeral with native Americans "The de Profundis was intoned The body was then carried to the church" on Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. | Detail of bronze doors on Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. | Detail of outside tiles of Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. | Marquette cycle of mosaics by Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company in lobby of Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. |
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Mosaic portrait of Pere Jacques Marquette (1637-75) Jesuit Catholic priest & explorer of rivers of New France in Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. | Mosaic portrait of Louis Jolliet (1646-1700) explorer of western New France in Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. | Mosaic portrait of native American Tonti who explored New France with Marquette & Jolliet in Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. | Mosaic of Marquette "Firmly resolved to do all & to suffer all for so glorious an enterprise" in Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. |
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Mosaic of Marquette & Jolliet meeting Indians "They answered they were Illinois & in token of peace presented the pipe to smoke" in Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. | Mosaic of death of Marquette "28th of May 1675, To die as he had always asked in a wretched cabin amid the forest, destitute of all human aid" in Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. | Mosaic mural of Jacques Marquette (1637-75) Catholic priest & explorer of rivers of New France in Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. | Mosaic mural of Louis Jolliet (1646-1700) explorer of western New France in Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. |
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Mosaic mural of native American Tonti who explored New France with Marquette & Jolliet in Marquette Building. Chicago, IL. |
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