One For The Road: The Day Chicago's One Percent Opened Its First Home

Exterior view of the Old Board of Trade Building, located at 141 West Jackson Street in the Loop, viewed at an angle in 1928. Pedestrians are visible on the sidewalks in front of the building. Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum.

A 1929 image of crowds of men wearing suits standing in the pit of the Old Board of Trade building in Chicago. Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum.

A 1917 image of former President Theodore Roosevelt standing in the center of a large crowd in front of the Board of Trade, located at Jackson and LaSalle Streets in the Loop community area of Chicago. Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum.

A 1909 image of a crowd gathered in a room in the Board of Trade decorated with flags and banners commemorating President Lincoln. The Board of Trade was located at 141 West Jackson Street in the Loop community area of Chicago. Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum.

Architectural ornament, stained glass, and a sailboat in a window seen in a detail of an exterior wall of the old Chicago Board of Trade Building, taken around 1904. Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum.

A 1908 three-quarter length portrait of Harry Avery, a broker at the Board of Trade, sitting next to a ticker tape machine, looking at a long strip of paper passing the machine in a room in Chicago. Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum.

An elevated view of a wrecking crew working in a room at the Old Board of Trade building in 1929. The room is roofless, and buildings are visible in the background. Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum.