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A Century of Progress %u2022 Vintage PostcardsCurt Teich 1931 SeriesInterior View, Fort Dearborn, WF-3, 1A855.This replica of Fort Dearborn, one of Chicago%u2019s most thrilling monuments, was constructed on the shore of lake Michigan at Twenty-Sixth Street, for the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. Near here stood the original Fort Dearborn, and still nearer in 1812 occurred the massacre by Indians of the brave inhabitants of the fort. The picture shows, left to right, the officers%u2019 barracks, a corner of the blockhouse, the powder magazine, soldiers%u2019 barracks. The corner of the two other barracks appear on either side of the picture.Travel and Transportation Building, WF-7, 1A2691.Travel and Transportation Building, now virtually completed on the grounds of Chicago%u2019s 1933 World%u2019s Fair. This building is nearly 1,000 feet long, and offers some new concepts in architecture never before attempted. The dome of the Travel and Transport Building will house the railroad exhibit at %u201cA Century of Progress.%u201d