Name/Title
Century of Progress Chrysler Motors BuildingEntry/Object ID
M79.11.70Description
Chrysler Motors Building at night at the Century of Progress 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair. Only the slits in the facade of the building and the interiors of the two-story rotunda and one-story wing on the right are lit. Facade and rotunda and part of the wing are mirrored in the reflecting pool in front. A row of evergreens is on each side of the pool. Cars in the rotunda and trucks in the wing are show. This photo has been taken from a greater distance than M79.11.69, M79.11.68 and M79.11.67. "CHRYSLER MOTORS" "PLYMOUTH" "DODGE" "DESOTO" and "CHRYSLER" are in lights. Photo is mounted on ecru paperboard mat.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Black and White PrintMade/Created
Studio
Hedrich-BlessingDate made
1933Time Period
1930sInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
In handwritten script on back: 64. Langdon Longwell Collection - Century of Progress. Chrysler Motors building at night.