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Title:

Interior view of the Italian Pavilion, photographic view of the Mussolini Forum in Rome.

Date of Original:

1933-1934

Identifier:

COP_17_020a_00000_002.tif

Permalink:

https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3rb6w31x

Type:

Image

Notes:

The Pavilion was designed to resemble a giant airplane to celebrate Italo Balbo's 1933 transatlantic flight that ended at the Century of Progress. Balbo was an Italian fascist, a leader of the Blackshirts, and one of Benito Mussolini's government officials. The front of the building sported a design that resembled the bundled fasces, an ancient symbol of the Roman Republic that was adopted by Italian and German fascists in the 20th century. The photo here shows the transparent photographs of Mussolini's forum in Rome on display in the Pavilion's auditorium room.

Rights:

In copyright

Access:

Public access

Subject--Topic

Pavilions

Architecture

Auditoriums

Exhibition buildings

Fascist aesthetics

Exhibitions

Form:

Photographs

Color:

Black and white

Extent:

9.25 x 12 in.

Building Name:

Italian Pavilion

Collection Information

Collection:

Century of Progress records

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Series:

Series 17: Iconographics

Box:

020a

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.