Scale model of the Chicago Water Tower
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1935-1940
- Description
Model of a white tower made of stone, with glass windows, resting on a wooden base painted green with green shrubs made of natural sponge. Tower has four small turrets at bottom, light and copper colored dome at top and stands 45.5 inches high.
- Creator
Petty, Rex (creator)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Visual works (works)
Models (representations)
Boyington, William W., 1818-1898
Water Tower (Chicago, Ill.)
Water towers
Buildings (structures)
Historic buildings - Location
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Height: (45.5 in)Height: (24 in)Width: (24.5 in)PlasterCasting (process)Wood (plant material)Sponge (material)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Copyright undetermined.
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- Chicago citation style
- Petty, Rex (creator). Scale model of the Chicago Water Tower. 1935-1940. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1675. (Accessed April 16, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Petty, Rex (creator), (1935-1940) Scale model of the Chicago Water Tower. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1675
- MLA citation style
- Petty, Rex (creator). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1675>.