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A Century of Progress %u2022 Vintage PostcardsStreets of Paris, WF-47, 3A-H615.Here is transplanted a section of Paris. There are numerous buildings, housing shoppes and cafes, where genuine Parisian food and wares are available. There is a miniature Musee de Horreurs, art studios and other distinctive French exhibits.Interior View, Fort Dearborn, WF-3, 3A-H515.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.Curt Teich 1933 Series