all original and intact commemorative ephemera comprised of an antique image and text representing the foshay tower or building in minneapolis, mn. the detailed black and white halftone print on yellowed cardstock renders the thirty-two story foshay tower, with its two story ground level structure and the set back tower rising into a blank space of sky, with low surrounding buildings. on the right of the image, text expounds on the height of the structure, "the tallest building in the northwest. 32 stories, 447 feet, 3 inches high. the only building ever granted letters patent. 81 feet by 87 feet at the base--tapering to 59 feet by 65 feet at the top.". at the top in ornate font the building is identified "foshay tower / a / washington memorial", and at bottom, "minneapolis, minnesota". the foshay tower marked a significant landmark locally as an early skyscraper (1929) and the first building to surpass the height of the minneapolis city hall, completed in 1906. the foshay tower, an art deco building at 821 marquette avenue, was designed by leon eugene arnal for magney & tusler, and was completed months before the stock market crash. it was designed to echo the washington monument, with the sides of the building sloping slightly inward and each floor being slightly smaller than the one below it. the tower was the lifelong dream of wilbur foshay, an art student turned businessman who amassed his fortune by building up three utility company empires.