Photograph
Crystal House — Century of Progress
The Crystal House was Keck and Keck Project #183 in 1934. This project was done for the second year of the Chicago World's Fair, named The Century of Progress. The Crystal House was built with glass walls suspended within an external structural steel cage. Fred Keck considered this building a candidate for prefabricated construction and estimated that the house could be built for $3,500 each if production runs would exceed 10,000 units. This exterior photography of the Crystal house shows the silhouette of Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion three wheeled automobile parked in the garage. |
Image ID: | 126364 |
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Creation Date: | |
Creator Name: | Hedrich Blessing Photographers |
City: | Chicago |
County: | |
State: | Illinois |
Collection Name: | George Fred and William Keck papers, 1903-1995 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | M99-085, Box 1 |
Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
Hedrich Blessing Original negative number 11078 A George Fred and William Keck were born in Watertown, Wisconsin, and operated an architectural office on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. |
Architecture |
Windows |
Architecture, Domestic |
Garages |
Outdoor photography |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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