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Photo of construction crew laying the foundation for the Lama Temple exhibit at A Century of Progress.

 

This building is a replica of the Chinese Lama Temple in Beijing, an eighteenth-century Qing imperial palace that also served as a Buddhist temple for Tibetan monks.

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Title:
Photo of construction crew laying the foundation for the Lama Temple exhibit at A Century of Progress.
Date of Original:
1932
Identifier:
COP_17_0009_00290_011.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d31z41t3w
Type:
Image

Rights:
In copyright
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Exhibitions
Exhibition buildings
Buddhism
Buddhist temples

Form:
Photographs
Color:
Black and white
Extent:
7.5 x 9.5 in.

Building Name:
Chinese Lama Temple

Collection Information


Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Series:
Series 17: Iconographics
Box:
9
Folder:
290
Repository:
University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements


Acknowledgements
Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White
Secretary of State.


Geographic Information

Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)