Interior view of the Italian Pavilion at the Century of Progress International Exposition.
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- Created Date
- 1933-1934
- Description
The Pavilion was designed to resemble a giant airplane to celebrate Italo Balbo's 1933 transatlantic flight that ended at the Century of Progress. Balbo was an Italian fascist, a leader of the Blackshirts, and one of Benito Mussolini's government officials. The front of the building sported a design that resembled the bundled fasces, an ancient symbol of the Roman Republic that was adopted by Italian and German fascists in the 20th century. The p...
- Contributing Institution
- University of Illinois Chicago
- Location
- Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
- Type
- image
- Format
- Photographs
- Language
- English
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- Chicago citation style
- Interior view of the Italian Pavilion at the Century of Progress International Exposition.. 1933-1934. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uic_cop/id/1431. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1933-1934) Interior view of the Italian Pavilion at the Century of Progress International Exposition.. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uic_cop/id/1431
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uic_cop/id/1431>.