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Jenney & Mundie

Elevator Grille from the Manhattan Building, Chicago, Illinois

1889–91 ( removed about 1981)
Copper-plated cast iron
229 × 4 cm (90.2 × 1.6 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 200

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · verified July 2026

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