HALL OF SCIENCE A CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1933

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Stock #:601582
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Chicago
State: Illinois (IL)
County: Cook
Publisher: The Sturgis Lithograph Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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THE VAST U-SHAPED HALL OF SCIENCE VIEWED FROM THE TERRACE OF THE ELECTRICAL BUILDING. THIS UNIQUE BUILDING, THE CENTERPIECE OF THE 1933 WORLD'S FAIR EXHIBIT SCHEME, ENCLOSES NINE ACRES OF GROUND. A SPACIOUS COURTYARD CAPABLE OF ACCOMODATING 80,000 PERSONS, AND A 186 FOOT TOWER EQUIPPED WITH A CARILLON. THE BUILDING FACES A BEAUTIFUL LAGOON, AN ISLAND AND LAKE MICHIGAN BEYOND.

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