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Night Scene of Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain, Grant Park

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Stock #:15427
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Chicago
State: Illinois (IL)
County: Cook
Publisher: Chas. Levy Circulating Company
Postmark: 1938
Postmark City: CHICAGO
Postmark State: IL
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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As a memorial to her brother Clarence, who was a trustee and benefactor of the Art Institute, Miss Kate Buckingham has erected in Grant Park, the world's largest fountain of its type, built of Georgia Marble. The sparkling jets of water, leaping 70 to 90 feet into the air, are illuminated by night with myriad colored lights

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