The Inland architect and news record
The Inland Architect and News Record is a Chicago trade periodical of 1887, published by the Inland Publishing Company for architects and building professionals. Its pictures are plates of architectural facades photographed frontally, such as a New York bank building and a Philadelphia theatre entrance, plus advertising fragments for stokers and pumps. A designer could take their strong symmetry, arched window rhythms, and ornate cornice and portal detailing as reference for classical facade composition.
