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Photo of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

 

The Field Museum opened in 1893 as part of the World Columbian Exposition in Hyde Park. The museum moved to its current location on park district space along the lakefront near downtown in 1921, and by 1930, it was joined by the addition of the Shedd Aquarium and the Adler Planetarium nearby. Although technically not part of the Century of Progress, the three lakefront museums were located immediately north of the Fairgrounds and thus attracted many visitors from the Chicago World's Fair.

About this item


Title:
Photo of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
Date of Original:
1933-1934
Identifier:
COP_17_0023_00000_031.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3c53f21t
Type:
Image

Rights:
In copyright
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Museums
Parks

Form:
Photographs
Color:
Color
Extent:
2.75 x 2 in.

Building Name:
Field Museum of Natural History

Collection Information


Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Series:
Series 17: Iconographics
Box:
23
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.)