Jackson Park

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Museum of Science and Industry 2
II: Buildings and Grounds
Field's Columbian Museum, Jackson Park. Collections of the Field Museum were housed in this Art Building, constructed for the World's Columbian Exposition, until 1921, and then mounted in their current facility next to Lake Michigan. The structure was rebuilt and renovated, established as the Museum of Science and Industry (1926-1933) with funding donated by Julius Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck and Company chairman.
Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932 | Museums (Buildings) | Jackson Park (Chicago, Illinois) | World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Illinois) | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Illinois)
Undated
Picture postcards; 8.9 x 14.0 cm
Atwood, Charles B., 1848-1896
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
Chicago, Illinois
Archival Photographic Files
University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
apf2-04528

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