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A Century of Progress %u2022 Vintage PostcardsCurt Teich 1931 SeriesGeneral Exhibit Group, WF-13, 1A2692.This group will house exhibits of applied sciences and industries. It will be a continuous structure, with a series of seven pavilions and courts, each being similar in mass and form, but varying in details, materials and decorations. Within these individual pavilions will be a flexible arrangement of exhibit space, so that the character of the industry exhibiting will be definitely expressed, whether it be a large or small exhibit.Electrical Building, WF-4, 1A2051.The Electrical Group, designed by Raymond Hood of New York. It houses the exhibits of electricity, telephone, telegraph and radio; is 1,200 by 300 feet, two stories high and of striking modernist design. Steel and special wallboard form the exterior. White, yellow, red, black and blue are the dominant colors. The structure is embellished with hanging gardens and paved terraces. It is located on Northerly (Adler Planetarium) Island, south of Sixteenth Street.