The Coming of the Modern Era - Prints by American Artists
As industrialization and the modern age swept across America it brought significant change in how we lived our lives. Numerous American print makers depicted the changes they encountered in their everyday lives. This museum ready exhibition is available at no charge. The topics range from old versus new, social commentary, industrial and urban progress.
Urban Demolition
Forgotten Things
The Builders
Changing Times
An American Cathedral
The Last Tree
Underground
Labor in a Diesel Plant
Soaring Steel [Building of the Civic Opera House, Chicago]
Manhattan Old and New
The Magic Box
A Note in Pattern - [DeSoto Building] Century of Progress World's Fair. "When the Century of Progress Exposition opened, numerous buildings and exhibits drove home the message that cooperation between science, business, and government could pave the way to a better future. With the Hall of Science serving as the cornerstone, nearly two dozen corporations erected pavilions that emphasized modernizing everything from houses to cars."
23rd Street Entrance - Century of Progress World's Fair. "When the Century of Progress Exposition opened, numerous buildings and exhibits drove home the message that cooperation between science, business, and government could pave the way to a better future. With the Hall of Science serving as the cornerstone, nearly two dozen corporations erected pavilions that emphasized modernizing everything from houses to cars."
The Doomed Tree
Mechano Marvel of the Age
Clubhouse, Colonial Dames
Premonitions
Americana
Peace and Progress
Lunch at the Century of Progress World's Fair. "When the Century of Progress Exposition opened, numerous buildings and exhibits drove home the message that cooperation between science, business, and government could pave the way to a better future. With the Hall of Science serving as the cornerstone, nearly two dozen corporations erected pavilions that emphasized modernizing everything from houses to cars."
Chicago World's Fair. "When the Century of Progress Exposition opened, numerous buildings and exhibits drove home the message that cooperation between science, business, and government could pave the way to a better future. With the Hall of Science serving as the cornerstone, nearly two dozen corporations erected pavilions that emphasized modernizing everything from houses to cars."
Dairy Exhibition - Century of Progress World's Fair. "When the Century of Progress Exposition opened, numerous buildings and exhibits drove home the message that cooperation between science, business, and government could pave the way to a better future. With the Hall of Science serving as the cornerstone, nearly two dozen corporations erected pavilions that emphasized modernizing everything from houses to cars."
Hall of Science Tower - Century of Progress World's Fair. "When the Century of Progress Exposition opened, numerous buildings and exhibits drove home the message that cooperation between science, business, and government could pave the way to a better future. With the Hall of Science serving as the cornerstone, nearly two dozen corporations erected pavilions that emphasized modernizing everything from houses to cars."
Federal Building - Century of Progress World's Fair. "When the Century of Progress Exposition opened, numerous buildings and exhibits drove home the message that cooperation between science, business, and government could pave the way to a better future. With the Hall of Science serving as the cornerstone, nearly two dozen corporations erected pavilions that emphasized modernizing everything from houses to cars."
General Exhibition Hall - Century of Progress World's Fair. "When the Century of Progress Exposition opened, numerous buildings and exhibits drove home the message that cooperation between science, business, and government could pave the way to a better future. With the Hall of Science serving as the cornerstone, nearly two dozen corporations erected pavilions that emphasized modernizing everything from houses to cars."
Hall of Science, North Entrance - Century of Progress World's Fair. "When the Century of Progress Exposition opened, numerous buildings and exhibits drove home the message that cooperation between science, business, and government could pave the way to a better future. With the Hall of Science serving as the cornerstone, nearly two dozen corporations erected pavilions that emphasized modernizing everything from houses to cars."
Administration Building - Century of Progress World's Fair. "When the Century of Progress Exposition opened, numerous buildings and exhibits drove home the message that cooperation between science, business, and government could pave the way to a better future. With the Hall of Science serving as the cornerstone, nearly two dozen corporations erected pavilions that emphasized modernizing everything from houses to cars."
Progress
Santa Cinema (1501 Broadway under construction)
Perugia [West 32nd Street, New York]
Grand Canal, America (Electrical Building at Night, Chicago) - Century of Progress World's Fair. "When the Century of Progress Exposition opened, numerous buildings and exhibits drove home the message that cooperation between science, business, and government could pave the way to a better future. With the Hall of Science serving as the cornerstone, nearly two dozen corporations erected pavilions that emphasized modernizing everything from houses to cars."
Olympus
Today and Tomorrow [Chicago], Second Impression
The Rising Generation
Derelicts
Pyramids of New York
Extremes Meet, NYC
Trackside, Chicago
Avenue of the Allies
Corrigan's Crate