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Century of Progress Souvenir Ashtray
Specifications
Century of Progress Souvenir Ashtray
Category
World's Fairs
Classification
CHENHALL - Furnishings - Household Accessories - Containers for Smoking & Tobacco - Ashtray
Object Origin
Manufacturer:
Century Art Works
Date Manufactured:
c. 1933
Place of Production:
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Physical Characteristics
Object Description: Round flat brass ashtray with smaller round insets of images of fair buildings around the outside, with a raised image of Buckingham Fountain in the center. Twelve (12) outer circles showing different landmarks of Chicago. Each circle is labeled at the top.
Materials:
brass
Marks: Front center: "A CENTURY OF PROGRESS CHICAGO 1933-4/ BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN"" Front outer edge, clockwise: "SEARS ROEBUCK BLDG / ILLINOIS HOST BLDG / OLD HEILDELBERG / TRAVEL & TRANSPORT BLDG / SHEDD AQUARIUM / ADLER PLANETARIUM / SKY RIDE / ELECTRICAL GROUP / HALL OF SCIENCE / VIENNA GARDEN / BLUE-RIBBON RESTAURANT / FEDERAL AND STATES BLDG" Back: "MADE BY CENTURY ART WORKS CHICAGO.U.S.A."
Measurements: Object:
Height: 0.5 in, Diameter: 4.75 in
Weight: 0.236 lbs
Credit
Gift of Howard Rossen, 1993.44.418
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Not On View
Century of Progress Souvenir Ashtray
About: Century of Progress Souvenir Ashtray
About: Century of Progress Souvenir Ashtray
A brass ashtray with a center image of the Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain surrounded by twelve buildings from the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. Inspired by the Latona Fountain in the gardens of Versailles in France, the fountain was designed by Edward H. Bennett (1874–1954) and opened in 1927.
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