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A Century of Progress %u2022 Vintage PostcardsBlatz Miniature ViewsThe Lincoln GroupReplicas of numerous buildings associated with the life of Abraham Lincoln, including his boyhood home at Henderson, Kentucky: The Wigwam, where he was nominated for president, the site of which was Lake Street and Wacker Drive, Chicago%u2014a bronze tablet marks the site: also the Rutledge Tavern sear Salem, Illinois: as well as the general store conducted at Salem by Lincoln and Wallace F. Berry.Fort DearbornThis replica of Fort Dearborn, one of Chicago%u2019s most thrilling historical 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 occurred in 1812 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. Thee corners of the two other barracks appear on either side of the picture.Admiral Byrd%u2019s Polar Ship%u201cThe City of New York%u201dThe famous ship which braved the ice peaks and the Antarctic winter to carry Byrd and his crew to Little America, whence he flew to the South Pole. Fully equipped and manned by a competent crew among which are several members of the original Byrd crew.