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Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933.
No full textThe Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island
The South Wing of the Court of States exhibit.
No full textThe Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island
Construction of the Federal Building on Northerly Island adjacent to the Court of States exhibit. The Federal Building featured an art-deco design that included a rotunda and three tower-pylons representing the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the U.S. government.
No full textConstruction of the Federal Building on Northerly Island adjacent to the Court of States exhibit
No full textThe Federal Building featured an art-deco design that included a rotunda and three tower-pylons representing the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the U.S. government
View of the Italian science exhibit at the Century of Progress Hall of Science
No full textThis part of the exhibit featured Italian navigators and explorers
Interior view of the Italian Pavilion at the Century of Progress International Exposition.
No full textSeen here is the north side of the Pavilion's auditorium room.The Pavilion's giant airplane design celebrated Italo Balbo's transatlantic flight to the Century of Progress in 1933. Balbo was an Italian fascist, a leader of the Blackshirts, and a minister in Benito Mussolini's government. The front of the building also resembled the bundled fasces, an ancient symbol of the Roman Republic that was adopted by Italian and German fascists in the 20th century