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 photograph of the Crystal house shows the patio on the second level's east facing side of the house. |
| Image ID: | 126371 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Trowbridge Photographs |
| 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 |
| George Fred and William Keck were born in Watertown, Wisconsin, and operated an architectural office on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. |
| Windows |
| Trees |
| Architecture, Domestic |
| Mezzanines |
| Outdoor photography |
| Architecture |
| Yards |
| Outdoor furniture |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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