[Old Field Museum building and a tree on right in foreground]

Open URL [Old Field Museum building and a tree on right in foreground]
  • Collection ID DN-0080302
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Old Field Museum building and a tree on right in foreground] [graphic].
  • Dates 1926.
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Restriction: Original negatives are fragile and not available to researchers. Please consult the on-line image instead.
  • Collection summary Exterior view of the old Field Museum building in Jackson Park. The view is from the east looking southwest. A tree is visible in the foreground on the right. Snow is covering the ground and is visible on the roof of the museum. Text on the image reads: Field Museum Jackson Park.The building was constructed as the Fine Arts building for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893; occupied by the Field Museum (until 1921); and remodeled and opened to the public as the home of the Museum of Science and Industry in 1933 at 5700 South Lake Shore Drive in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois.
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  • Names Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Ill.) Buildings.
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) 1920-1929.
  • Genre
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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