Century of Progress Fort Dearborn

Photograph

Elmhurst History Museum

Name/Title

Century of Progress Fort Dearborn

Entry/Object ID

M79.11.46

Description

Fort scene at the Century of Progress 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair. View is inside a stockade showing a large outdoor stove oven with rounded top and 2 log buildings with shingle roofs. A large pole (flag?) is in a dirt-filled circle of stones in unpaved central courtyard. An ox yoke is hanging on the outside wall of out building. Windows have shutters. One building (blockhouse?) has a one-story tower, making it a 3-story building. Photo is mounted on ecru paperboard mat.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and White Print

Made/Created

Studio

Hedrich-Blessing

Date made

1933

Time Period

1930s

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Handwritten script on back: 32. Langdon Longwell Collection - Century of Progress 1933-1934. Fort Scene.