Online image-list for
job-file HB-01718 of the Hedrich-Blessing photograph collection, part 1, at
Chicago History Museum, Research Center
The catalog record describing this job-file is below the image-list for:
Title: Chrysler Motors building at Century of Progress, 1933.
Restriction: The online images are supplied for reference purposes only. All other uses are restricted. To acquire copies, including improved copies, or permission for use, please contact Chicago History Museum, Rights and Reproductions Office, 1601 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614.
View A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718a.jpg
View A: Rounded exterior portion of the building, entrance
to Parisian Salon (from negative)
View B: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718b.jpg
View B: Exterior front elevation of the building at night, reflection in pool in the foreground (from negative)
View C: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718c.jpg
View C: Exterior front elevation of the building during the day with pool in the foreground (from negative)
View D: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718d.jpg
View D: Chrysler courtyard with people passing through (from negative)
View E: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718e.jpg
View E: Exterior, rounded portion of building, De Soto (from negative)
View F: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718f.jpg
View F: Exterior front elevation of building during the day with pool in the foreground, wide view (from negative)
View I: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718i.jpg
View I: Chrysler courtyard with people passing through (from negative)
View K: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718k.jpg
View K: Exterior, rounded portion of building, De Soto (from negative)
View M: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718m.jpg
View M: Interior, Dodge showroom with cars lined along the wall and exhibit with a
car and mannequins (from negative)
View N: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718n.jpg
View N: Interior, Dodge exhibit with car and mannequins (from negative)
View O: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718o.jpg
View O: Interior, Chrysler exhibit with car and mannequins (from negative)
View P: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718p.jpg
View P: Interior of Chrysler building lobby with people passing through, wide view (from negative)
View Q: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718q.jpg
View Q: Plymouth courtyard with people passing through (from negative)
View S: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718s.jpg
View S: Exterior, entrance to De Soto and Chrysler (from negative)
View T: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718t.jpg
View T: Exterior, wide view of building with cars on the driveway and flag (from negative)
View V: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718v.jpg
View V: Exterior front elevation of building during the day (from negative)
View W: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718w.jpg
View W: Exterior front elevation of the building at night, reflection in pool in the foreground (from negative)
View X: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718x.jpg
View X: Exterior front elevation of the building at night, reflection in pool in the foreground (from negative)
View Y: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718y.jpg
View Y: Exterior, angled view of building with car in the foreground, wide view (from negative)
View Z: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/03/HB01718z.jpg
View Z: Exterior, wide view of building with cars on the driveway and flag (from negative)
ID#: HB-01718
Creator: Hedrich-Blessing (Firm), photographer.
Title: Chrysler Motors building at Century of Progress, 1933.
Originals:
20 negatives : cellulose nitrate ; 8 x 10 in.
45 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Summary:
Includes exteriors and
interiors of the Chrysler Motors Building located just north of the Travel and
Transportation Building circa 31st Street, designed by Holabird & Root for
the Century of Progress world's fair in Chicago (Ill.). Exteriors include
primarily frontal views of the building with the reflecting pool/fountain in
daylight and at night. Some views include the nearby rotunda building with
DeSoto, Plymouth and other Chrysler automotive lines. Interior views show the
Chrysler Dodge showroom and also the lobby with curvilinear stairways and a
lily pond in the Chrysler rotunda. Photographed for the architects by
Hedrich-Blessing studio.
Details: Views: A:
Rounded exterior portion of the building, entrance to Parisian Salon (from
negative); B: Exterior front elevation of the building at night, reflection in
pool in the foreground (from negative); C: Exterior front elevation of the
building during the day with pool in the foreground (from negative); D:
Chrysler courtyard with people passing through (from negative); E: Exterior,
rounded portion of building, De Soto (from negative); F: Exterior front
elevation of building during the day with pool in the foreground, wide view (from
negative); I: Chrysler courtyard with people passing through (from negative);
K: Exterior, rounded portion of building, De Soto (from negative); M: Interior,
Dodge showroom with cars lined along the
wall and exhibit with a car and mannequins (from negative); N: Interior, Dodge
exhibit with car and mannequins (from negative).
O: Interior, Chrysler exhibit with
car and mannequins (from negative); P: Interior of Chrysler building lobby with
people passing through, wide view (from negative); Q: Plymouth courtyard with
people passing through (from negative); S: Exterior, entrance to De Soto and
Chrysler (from negative); T: Exterior, wide view of building with cars on the
driveway and flag (from negative); V: Exterior front elevation of building
during the day (from negative); W: Exterior front elevation of the building at
night, reflection in pool in the foreground (from negative); X: Exterior front
elevation of the building at night, reflection in pool in the foreground (from
negative); Y: Exterior, angled view of building with car in the foreground,
wide view (from negative); Z: Exterior, wide view of building with cars on the
driveway and flag (from negative).
Some
photoprints are duplicate or near duplicate views.
Print(s)
by CHS of View X located in Hedrich-Blessing print file. Copy negative and
interpositive available for View X ICHi-24113. Prefer copy negative of View X
for printing reproductions.
Subjects:
Chrysler Motors Building (Century of
Progress International Exposition, 1933-1934, Chicago, Ill.)
Century of Progress International Exposition
(1933-1934 :
Automobiles—Illinois—Chicago—1930-1939.
Exhibitions—Illinois—Chicago—1930-1939.
Fairs—Illinois—Chicago—1930-1939.
Exhibition
buildings—Illinois—Chicago—1930-1939.
People—Illinois—Chicago—1930-1939.
Rotundas
(buildings)—Illinois—Chicago—1930-1939.
Stairs—Illinois—Chicago—1930-1939.
Chicago
(Ill.)—Buildings, structures, etc.—1930-1939.
Form/genre:
Night photographs.
Exterior views.
Interior views.
Cellulose nitrate negatives.
Gelatin silver prints.
Added entries:
Holabird & Root (1928-1945)
Call# for originals:
HB-01718 PPL
HB-01718 PPN
