Pavilions and other oddments done up in the best of Art Deco style at the “A Century of Progress” exposition in 1930’s Chicago. Designed by Joseph Urban who also glammed up Broadway. Almost as good as being there.

Art, Oddment of history 1 Minute
Federal building.
Federal building. © American Asphalt Paint Company. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://chicagology.com/centuryprogress/1933fair05/
Circular Court of the electrical building, Communications' garden of the electrical group and The children's theatre - Enchanted island.
Circular Court of the electrical building, Communications’ garden of the electrical group and The children’s theatre – Enchanted island. © American Asphalt Paint Company. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://chicagology.com/centuryprogress/1933fair05/
Travel and transport building.
Travel and transport building. © American Asphalt Paint Company. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://chicagology.com/centuryprogress/1933fair05/
Sky ride.
Sky ride. © American Asphalt Paint Company. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://chicagology.com/centuryprogress/1933fair05/
General exhibits group.
General exhibits group. © American Asphalt Paint Company. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://chicagology.com/centuryprogress/1933fair05/

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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