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House of Tomorrow Exterior

Date: 1934
Description: View of House of Tomorrow showing the copper-covered exterior. This was displayed at the 1934 Century of Progress Fair (the second year of the fair).
Photograph

House of Tomorrow Detail

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Description: A construction detail in the House of Tomorrow showing the red top floor joists in place. Two men wearing hats are on the structure with their backs to the...
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House of Tomorrow Detail

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Description: Construction detail of the House of Tomorrow showing the floor slab poured.
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House of Tomorrow Structural System

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Description: View of the basic skeletal structure system of the House of Tomorrow.
Photograph

Couple Outside Hugh Duncan House

Date: 1941
Description: A man, holding a cat, is sitting next to a woman outside of a house which has a long row of tall windows. This Keck and Keck design was built for Hugh Dunc...
Drawing

Diagram of Sun Angles

Date: 1941
Description: A diagram of sun angles for the Chicago latitude shows angles on the 21st days of December, March, September and June. Study done for design of the Hugh D...
Photograph

Diagram of Sunlight Orientation

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Description: A diagram of a living room section in an architectural drawing showing sunlight angles during different times of the year.
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Architectural Rendering of the Cahn House

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Description: An architectural drawing of a house and swimming pool commissioned by B.J. Cahn of Lake Forest, Illinois.
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House Under Construction

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Description: Exterior view of Keck and Keck's "Crystal House" on display at the 1934 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois.
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Prairie Court Housing Development

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Description: Exterior view of the Prairie Court Housing Development, located at 26th and South Parkway in Chicago. This 14 story apartment building was designed by Kec...
Drawing

Solar Park Design

Date: 02 09 1944
Description: An architectural rendering of a solar park.
Photograph

The Davies House

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Description: An exterior view of the Davies House.
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Architectural Model

Date: 12 22
Description: An architectural model.
Photograph

Building a Floor

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Description: An employee of Clay Products Association builds a floor in a building under construction. Two men stand on the left near a brick wall.
Print

The Sun Is His Furnace

Date: 10 1943
Description: A page from "The American Magazine" featuring the architect, George Fred Keck. He is shown with an architectural model of a "solar" home.
Print

The Solar Home

Date: 1944
Description: The cover of a 12 page advertising booklet called "The Solar Home," featuring the illustration of a window superimposed over a burst design. The text reads...
Print

Solar Home Centerspread

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Description: Center spread of a 12 page booklet named "Homes for tomorrow's happy living." The illustration is of a father, seated on the ground, and a mother, seated i...
Photograph

Interior of George Fred Keck Designed Home

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Description: Interior view of the living room of a George Fred Keck designed home. A woman is relaxing in a chair with a cat in her lap, and her dog lies on the floor n...
Photograph

Fricker House

Date: 1936
Description: Three views of the Fricker House on Case Street, Whitewater's first modern house, the first of its kind in Whitewater. It was finished in the winter of 193...
Poster

New Bauhaus

Date: 1987
Description: Poster representing cover of 50 Jahre Bauhausnachfolge in Chicago New Bauhaus, by Peter, Lloyd C. Engelbrecht, et al Hahn. Photograph by William Keck made ...

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