10 photos of the downtown State Farm building
The State farm Insurance building in downtown Bloomington became a symbol of enterprise as it towered over the prairie in 1929.
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Workers completed first-floor brickwork and windows in the State Farm Insurance Building in downtown in 1929. State Farm announced that the building will be demolished after a sale fell through.
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The State Farm Insurance Company's downtown office building towers over downtown Bloomington in 1935.
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The lobby of the State Farm Insurance Building in downtown Bloomington included elevator operators in 1930.
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Office workers typed and filed paperwork in an upper floor of the State Farm Insurance Building in downtown Bloomington in 1930.
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Construction of the State Farm Insurance Building in downtown Bloomington was close to completion in 1929.
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Workers climbed on the roof of the State Farm Insurance Building in downtown Bloomington about 1929.
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Construction of the top floor of the State Farm Insurance Building in downtown Bloomington neared completion in 1929.
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Insurance agents marched through downtown Bloomington during a parade that swept to the State Farm Insurance Building in 1935.
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A book keeping machine at State Farm Insurance in downtown Bloomington was all the rage in the 1930s.
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Traffic passes the former State Farm headquarters building Thursday, July 18, 2019, on North East Street in downtown Bloomington.
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