richard nickel images of chicago stock exchange terra cotta cornice dismantlement during building's demolition in 1972

the following collection of images - coupled with brief descriptions, were taken from a larger photographic essay (a work in progress) on the demolition of adler and sullivan's chicago stock exchange building (1894). the images are being digitized from nickel's contact sheets for the time-being. 

richard nickel images documenting dismantlement of buff-colored terra cotta from the cornice of adler and sullivan's chicago stock exchange building (1894) during the building's demolition in 1972. the terra cotta ornament was loaded on three oaks wrecking flatbed trucks and hauled to their yard on the south side of chicago.
carefully cleaned and rebuilt sections of the stock exchange terra cotta cornice are on display at st. ignatius and city museum in st. louis.

images courtesy of ryerson and burnham, art institute of chicago and eric j. nordstrom. 

richard nickel contact sheet images of three oaks wrecking deconstructing the buff-colored terra cotta cornice from adler and sullivan's chicago stock exchange (1894) during its demolition in 1972.
the building's terra cotta was executed by the northwestern terra cotta company, chicago, ills.

courtesy of ryerson and burnham, art institute of chicago.

saving sections of adler and sullivan's buff-colored chicago stock exchange terra cotta cornice during its demolition for future reconstruction and public display in locations across midwest (in this case, city museum, st. louis.
three oaks wrecking, richard nickel, and john vinci, were instrumental in salvaging ornament from the 13-story building completed in 1894 during its demolition in 1972. the stock exchange's terra cotta was executed by the northwestern.

images courtesy of richard nickel and eric j. norstrom, and ryerson and burnham library, art institute of chicago.