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Navy Pier
Chicago, the vacation city

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Title
Navy Pier
Description
  • two stately towers, with observation galleries, rise from the Pier and afford comprehensive views of Chicago's water traffic. Band concerts are given during the summer, and dancing is enjoyed."
  • From text: "The Navy Pier, an immense and impressive structure of concrete, steel and glass, nearly 300 feet wide, extends from the foot of Grand Avenue, 3,000 feet into Lake Michigan, at Chicago's harbor entrance, and affords a cool, delightful summer recreation place for the public. The pier has three tiers, the lowest for freight traffic, the middle for passenger traffic including automobiles and street cars, the upper for promenades. At the lakeward end is a gigantic auditorium and dance pavilion, with facilities for picnics, children's playgrounds, refectories, and art rooms
Date
1930  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
chicagovacationc00illi_0029.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagovacationc00illi#page/24/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagovacationc00illi
Subject
  • Amusement piers  
  • Piers & wharves  
Coverage-Spatial
Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1930-1939  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
Chicago, the vacation city  
Author of the Book
Illinois Central. Passenger Department.  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleNavy Pier
Description
  • two stately towers, with observation galleries, rise from the Pier and afford comprehensive views of Chicago's water traffic. Band concerts are given during the summer, and dancing is enjoyed."
  • From text: "The Navy Pier, an immense and impressive structure of concrete, steel and glass, nearly 300 feet wide, extends from the foot of Grand Avenue, 3,000 feet into Lake Michigan, at Chicago's harbor entrance, and affords a cool, delightful summer recreation place for the public. The pier has three tiers, the lowest for freight traffic, the middle for passenger traffic including automobiles and street cars, the upper for promenades. At the lakeward end is a gigantic auditorium and dance pavilion, with facilities for picnics, children's playgrounds, refectories, and art rooms
Date1930  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicagovacationc00illi_0029.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagovacationc00illi#page/24/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagovacationc00illi
Subject
  • Amusement piers  
  • Piers & wharves  
Coverage-SpatialNear North Side (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1930-1939  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionImages in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book TitleChicago, the vacation city  
Author of the BookIllinois Central. Passenger Department.  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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