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A Century of Progress %u2022 Vintage PostcardsInterior View of Fort Dearborn, 22This 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 a century ago, stood the original Fort Dearborn, and still nearer occurred in 1812 the massacre by Indians of the brave inhabitants of the Fort. The photograph shows, left to right, the officers%u2019 barracks, a corner of the blockhouse, the powder magazine, soldiers%u2019 barracks. The corners of two other barracks appear on either side of the picture.J.O. Stoll Co. SeriesNorth Facade, Hall of Science, 55North facade of A Century of Progress%u2014Chicago%u2019s 1933 World%u2019s Fair. At night the twelve pylons, arranged in a semicircle about an electric fountain, are illuminated in red. The carillon tower shown in the distance is lighted in a mysterious blue. The entire building is a symphony of color in the modern manner.