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Diorama studio at the Century of Progress International Exposition.
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Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama of a Sumatran modern rubber plantation
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama
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Humorous diorama depicting an old rickety village with dilapidated buildings and villagers and barnyard animals standing around an unpaved town square. The sign at the top of the diorama reads, "We don't ask you to live like this!! Look over our listing."
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Two unidentified men looking over the diorama of the Century of Progress Belgian Village.
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Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama of the Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama depicting a village in Sumatra, Indonesia.
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The inscription at top reads "Nature's abundance on Every Hand."
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama of John Kinzie house.
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A diorama depicting the John Kinzie's home near Fort Dearborn, Chicago. Kinzie bought his home from Jean Baptise Point DuSable, the first non-native settler in Chicago, in the 1780s and began a trading business with nearby Potawatomi Indians. Kinzie's wife, Eleanor, grew up among the Seneca as a captive.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama depicting a British army encampment in the frontier territory of North America entreating with Native Americans.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama of Fort Dearborn
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Paul Revere diorama
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A Model Dress Shop is one of a series of model shops displayed in miniature at the Electric Light and Power Industry's exhibit on the second floor of the Electrical Building
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The model dress shop includes mannequins posing upon revolving stages and curtains which open and close automatically.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Miniature panoramic diorama of A Century of Progress
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama of the entire Century of Progress fairground
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama of Blackfoot Indians
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama depicting a lumber mill next to a river.
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The caption on the right reads, "Random Logs floating down the river makes the lumber of the world."
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama depicting a Persian village.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Large-scale U.S. Steel diorama of a shipyard
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama of a North African, Middle Eastern or Near Eastern village with a large water cistern in the center of the town square.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama depicting a circular horse-drawn mill
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The setting of this diorama is presumably ancient Sumerian or Egyptian, given the hieroglyphic or cuneiform writing that adorns its edges.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama of Lübeck around 1450
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama of the first store of the Stix, Baer & Fuller in 1881 founded by the Baer Brothers
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama of a Mesopotamian ziggurat.
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A diorama depicting an early Mesopotamian ziggurat where grain was collected and stored. The heading to the diorama is entitled, Wise Men Save for the Tomorrow.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama of buildings sponsored by the National Cash Register Company.
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Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Three unidentified men looking over the diorama of the Century of Progress Belgian Village.
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Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama representing a New England fishing village.
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The sign on top reads, "On wind and weather the catch depends. Savings always sure."
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama of 9122 Longwood Drive, in Beverly, a southeast side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Large-scale U.S. Steel diorama of the Bessemer manufacturing process used to make steel
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama of the Alaskan outdoors
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama showing a typical adobe house that Pueblo Indians built more than 1,000 years ago in the Taos, New Mexico area.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama of a 1890 department store
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama featuring Marco Polo at the court of the Chan of China
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Diorama of the Chicago Historical Society.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Residents of South Dakota visit their state exhibit in the Court of States
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access