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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).
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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 Structural System

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

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Description: A rendering in the negative of a house for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hayworth.
Drawing

Panshin House Drawing, North and South Elevation

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Description: A rendering on tissue paper of a house design for Mr. and Mr.s Alexis J. Panshin. This is sheet #2, showing the south elevation.
Drawing

Panshin House Drawing, West and East Elevation

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Description: A rendering on tissue paper of a house design for Mr. and Mrs. Alexis J. Panshin.
Drawing

Panshin House, Floor Plan

Date: 03 28 1947
Description: A rendering on tissue paper of the floor plan of a house for Mr. and Mrs. Alexis J. Panshin.
Drawing

Hayworth House, First Floor Plan

Date: 06 06 1949
Description: A rendering on tissue paper of the floor plan for the first floor of a house design for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hayworth.
Drawing

Hayworth House, Second Floor Plan

Date: 06 06 1949
Description: A rendering on tissue paper of the second story floor plan for a house design for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hayworth.

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