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Construction of Old Fort Dearborn
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Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of Old Fort Dearborn
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Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933
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Image
The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933.
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Image
The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
View of the Century of Progress Court of States exhibition under construction
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Image
Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Barges loaded with lumber arrive at the Century of Progress
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Image
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of the Enchanted Island painting theater
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Shown one month before the grand opening of the fair.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
One of the entrances to the Electrical Group exhibition under construction in preparation for A Century of Progress. The sculpture of the man above was dedicated to "The conquest of time and space."
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Image
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Agricultural building under construction
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Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Workman on one of the steel girders of the Sky Ride
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Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of the Federal Building
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Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction
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Here workers can be seen constructing the exhibit's central arch.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Century of Progress Sky Ride towers
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At its completion, the two Skyride towers stood over 620 feet tall and spanned over 1,800 feet apart.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
View of the Skyride with the Hall of Science in the foreground.
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Also visible on the upper right are two rocket cars transporting Fair patrons across the Skyride at an elevation of 210 feet. The ride across the Skyride took about four minutes.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Century of Progress Sky Ride towers
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At its completion, the two Skyride towers stood over 620 feet tall and spanned over 1,800 feet apart.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Century of Progress Sky Ride tower
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Image
At its completion, the two Skyride towers stood over 620 feet tall and spanned over 1,800 feet apart.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Agricultural building under construction
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Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of the Federal Building on Northerly Island adjacent to the Court of States exhibit
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Image
The Federal Building featured an art-deco design that included a rotunda and three tower-pylons representing the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the U.S. government.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of the Federal Building on Northerly Island adjacent to the Court of States exhibit.
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Image
The Federal Building featured an art-deco design that included a rotunda and three tower-pylons representing the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the U.S. government.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of the Federal Building on Northerly Island adjacent to the Court of States exhibit. The Federal Building featured an art-deco design that included a rotunda and three tower-pylons representing the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the U.S. government.
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Image
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Exterior view of the Georgia facade to the Court of States exhibition
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Image
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933.
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Image
The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Barges
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Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of the Federal Building on Northerly Island adjacent to the Court of States exhibit
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Image
Federal Building featured an art-deco design that included a rotunda and three tower-pylons representing the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the U.S. government. One of the two towers of the Century of Progress Skyride can be seen to the right of the Federal Building.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of the Federal Building on Northerly Island adjacent to the Court of States exhibit
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Image
The Federal Building featured an art-deco design that included a rotunda and three tower-pylons representing the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the U.S. government.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction
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Image
The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Century of Progress Sky Ride towers
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Image
At its completion, the two Skyride towers stood over 620 feet tall and spanned over 1,800 feet apart.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Century of Progress Sky Ride towers
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Image
At its completion, the two Sky ride towers stood over 620 feet tall and spanned over 1,800 feet apart.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of the General Exhibits building
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Image
Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of the Enchanted Island painting theater
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Image
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of the Communication Hall and Water Gate
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Image
The view is from the west across the south lagoon.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of Old Fort Dearborn
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Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of the Federal Building on Northerly Island adjacent to the Court of States exhibit
Image

Image
The Federal Building featured an art-deco design that included a rotunda and three tower-pylons representing the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the U.S. government.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of the Federal Building on Northerly Island adjacent to the Court of States exhibit
Image

Image
The Federal Building featured an art-deco design that included a rotunda and three tower-pylons representing the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the U.S. government.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Exterior view of the Wisconsin facade to the Court of States exhibition
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Image
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction
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Image
The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Century of Progress Sky Ride tower
Image

Image
At its completion, the two Skyride towers stood over 620 feet tall and spanned over 1,800 feet apart.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Century of Progress Skyride towers in 1933
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Image
At its completion, the two Skyride towers stood over 620 feet tall and spanned over 1,800 feet apart.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Machine operator working on the Century of Progress Skyride
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Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of the General Exhibits building
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Image
Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of the gazebo for the Enchanted Island exhibit
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Image
Date:
March 1, 1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
One of the entrances to the Electrical Group exhibition under construction in preparation for A Century of Progress. The sculpture of the man above was dedicated to "The conquest of time and space."
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Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction Workers at Navy Pier
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Image
Construction workers at the University of Illinois Chicago Undergraduate Division site at Navy Pier.
Date:
Pre October, 1946
Collection:
Navy Pier Negatives and Prints, 1946-1948
Access:
Public access
Construction of Old Fort Dearborn
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Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Construction of Old Fort Dearborn
Image

Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Exterior view of the Missouri facade to the Court of States exhibition
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Image
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Exterior view of the Missouri facade to the Court of States exhibition
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Image
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Exterior view of the facade to the Court of States exhibition
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Image
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Exterior view of the Texas facade to the Court of States exhibition
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Image
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Century of Progress Skyride tower
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Image
The southern facade of the Hall of Science is to the right, while the Chinese Lama Temple can be seen below on the left.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access

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