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The relief sculpture The Conquest of Time and Space adorns the main entrance to the Electrical Building exhibit.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Electrical industry historical murals at the General Electric House of Magic
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8 of the 14 huge pillars covered with murals depicting the story of the electrical industry. These pillars are located above the General Electric House of Magic (at lower left), and extend along the entire length of the balcony over the exhibit.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Model electric kitchen is one of the features of the General Electric exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Model city in the General Electric exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
View of Electrical Building from Lake Michigan.
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A fountain can be seen in the courtyard.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Murals above the General Electric exhibit
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Extending along the entire length of a balcony over the exhibit space is a series of thirteen huge pillars covered with murals which depict the story of the electrical industry. A lounge is located on the roof of the House of Magic.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Workers assemble the electrical wiring to power the Hall of Science building
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Date:
June 1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Display board on the rostrum of the Hall of Science
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Mercury vapor and sodium vapor lamps on exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Mazda lamp demonstration in the General Electric exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
New electrical laundry devices on display
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
General Electric's Air Conditioning display at A Century of Progress in Chicago
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Electrical Group exhibition building
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
The roof of General Electric's 'House of Magic'
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From the lounge, on the roof of General Electric's 'House of Magic.'
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Spectrum of electromagnetic radiation part of exhibit of the Electric Light and Power Industry
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Electrical apparatus powering the Hall of Science building.
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Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
The General Electric Kitchen Institute's contributions to the General Electric exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
General Electric Vapor Lamp Company exhibit at the Electrical Building
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Electric exhibit displaying different types of lamps used throughout human history
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Exhibit includes a stone lamp from ancient Babylonia; a crude saucer lamp from southern Europe; a bronze lamp from Rome; a Betty lamp used in colonial New England; a whale oil lamp likely used by an early Chicago family; Edison's first practical lamp; the smallest lamp in the world, used for medical examination inside the human body; and the "largest lamp in the world," used for lighting airports, athletic fields, and in the motion picture industry.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Incandescent lamp section of General Electric Company exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Electrical apparatus powering the Hall of Science building.
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Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
General Electric House of Magic Exhibit
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Date:
June 7, 1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Light and water display in the court of the Electrical Building
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Sculpture plaque on the side of the Electrical Building
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access

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