Travel and Transport Building, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois

People:

Unknown (photographer)

Title:

Travel and Transport Building, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois

Date:

ca. 1933

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Orotone

Dimensions:

composition (visible image; square): 9,2 x 11,6 cm frame: 11.7 x 14.3 x 1.6 cm (4 5/8 x 5 5/8 x 5/8 in.)

Reference number:

PH1984:0472

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

Glass plate is mounted within a wodden frame with brown paper backing on verso.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, possibly carved into photographic emulsion, gold lettering, from l.l. to l.r.: "A Century of Progress 1833-1933" stamped - red ink, on frame backing, verso, c.: "#1 TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION BLDG" inscribed - by an unknown hand, pencil, verso, c.: "Sample"

Location:

Chicago Illinois United States

Subject Descriptive Terms:

exhibition building
world's fair

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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