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Model city in the General Electric exhibit

 

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Title:
Model city in the General Electric exhibit
Date of Original:
1933-1934
Identifier:
COP_17_0001_00014_001.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3j960943
Type:
Image
Caption:
"Built to demonstrate the use of light as an architectural element in the appearance of buildings, this model city in the General Electric exhibit at A Century of Progress is complete to the stalled automobile being towed to a nearby garage."

Rights:
In copyright
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Electricity
Light
Exhibition buildings
City planning

Photographer:
Hallenbeck

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

Exhibit:
General Electric
Building Name:
Electrical Building

Collection Information


Collection:
Century of Progress records
Show more details:
Series:
Series 17: Iconographics
Box:
1
Folder:
14
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.)