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Chicago, Illinois
Photo by Irina Hynes
Beautiful black and white facade. Label says it’s at the Ashland/Lincoln/Belmont intersection.
Wide view of the building:
Grille, Carbon and Carbide Building, Chicago, Illinois
by Dauvit Alexander
Detail, rectory grille of a church southeast of Paris.
From Flickr:
An art-deco marvel, now a “Hard Rock Hotel”. Incredible building.
Brass grille at the entrance.
Taken with Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12mm f2.0 lens on Panasonic GH2.
“Century of Progress” World’s Fair Murals
by Terence Faircloth
Panels for the Chicago World’s Fair of 1933-34 which later wound up at the same Chicago high school we’ve been featuring.
From Flickr:
“Century of Progress” World’s Fair murals created for the General Motors Exhibition Hall. There were 40 murals which showed each state’s contribution to the raw materials used in the manufacture of a General Motors automobile.
When the Century of Progress World’s Fair ended the murals were donated to what is now Lane Tech College Prep High School at 2501 West Addison Street on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois.
P.S. And with that, my friends, I am at least for now done posting pics of Chicago. I will go back into the amazing collection of Terence Faircloth but for now we have seen enough and I’m ready to move on to something different!
Murals, Lane Tech College Prep High School, Chicago, Illinois
by Terence Faircloth
A set of four murals from that same school school. Amazing amount of art. (Pasted into one file because the tall narrow format doesn’t work in Tumblr.)
From Flickr:
One of the frescoes in the “Teaching of the Arts” series by Mitchell Siporin executed in 1938 in the foyer of the school auditorium of what is now the Lane Tech College Prep High School at 2501 West Addison Street on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois.
The work was sponsored by the Federal Art Project which was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) designed to provide work for unemployed Americans during the Great Depression.
Mural, Lane Tech College Prep High School, Chicago, Illinois
by Terence Faircloth
Huge painting in the school auditorium. Wow.
From Flickr:
Oil on steel painting entitled “Native American Theme” by John Walley executed in 1936; the piece measures 43 ft by 20 ft. and is located in the the school auditorium of what is now the Lane Tech College Prep High School at 2501 West Addison Street on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois.
The work was sponsored by the Federal Art Project which was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) designed to provide work for unemployed Americans during the Great Depression.
Murals, Lane Tech College Prep High School, Chicago, Illinois
by Terence Faircloth
These are student murals depicting 1) Robin Hood and Queen Catherine and 2) Hiawatha.
From Flickr:
Murals by the students and Thomas Jefferson League executed in 1942 for the school library of what is now the Lane Tech College Prep High School at 2501 West Addison Street on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois.
The murals were sponsored by the Federal Art Project which was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) designed to provide work for unemployed Americans during the great depression.
Fresco, Lane Tech College Prep High School, Chicago, Illinois
by Terence Faircloth
Another bit of that mural. Yes, this was done for a school lunchroom!
From Flickr:
A lunette fresco in the “Epochs in the History of Man” series by Edgar Britton executed in 1936-37 in the school lunchroom of what is now the Lane Tech College Prep High School at 2501 West Addison Street on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois.
The fresco project was sponsored by the Federal Art Project which was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) designed to provide work for unemployed Americans during the great depression.
Frescoes, Lane Tech College Prep High School, Chicago, Illinois
by Terence Faircloth
I’m so happy to share WPA murals. A distressing number of them have been lost. My favorite is the most “modern” image.
From Flickr:
Frescoes in the “Epochs in the History of Man” series by Edgar Britton executed in 1936-37 in the school lunchroom of what is now the Lane Tech College Prep High School at 2501 West Addison Street on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois.
The fresco project was sponsored by the Federal Art Project which was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) designed to provide work for unemployed Americans during the great depression.
333 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
by Terence Faircloth
Great history friezes on a Chicago building.
From Flickr:
Ornamental art depicting early settlers in the area which became Chicago on the north facade of a building at 333 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.
Entranceway, Chicago, Illinois
by Terence Faircloth
I don’t feel the door really matches but otherwise a pretty entrance.
From Flickr:
Art Deco ornamentation and door in a building on North LaSalle Street in Chicago, Illinois.
