Hall of States and Federal Buildings, Chicago World's Fair

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Pub. by Gerson Bros., Chicago, Ill. HALL OF STATES AND FEDERAL BUILD- INGS, CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR Architect's rendering of the Hall of States and the Federal Building of Chicago's 1933 World's Fair. A Century of Progress International Ex- position. The buildings are erected in juxtaposi- tion, to symbolize the essential unity of the fed- eral and state governments. The Hall of States which houses exhibits of the various states and territories, is a great horseshoe shaped structure, two stories high, 500 feet across at the base and with its two arms 500 feet long and 140 feet wide at the widest point. encloses a court, landscaped and sunken garden with a triangular pool. The open part of the horseshoe faces west and containing a Across the base of the horseshoe extends the Federal Building, housing exhibits of the United A States government. This building is 620 feet long by 300 feet wide, with a rotunda seventy feet E in diameter and surmounted by a 75-foot dome, IA rising from its center. Arranged around this dome U are three 150-foot towers, triangular in section, rep- resenting the three branches of government, ad- A ministrative, legislative and executive. 1933 CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1933 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR TWO CENTS