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Fort Dearborn reconstruction, Chicago World's Fair, 1933

Subjects
Military Branches & Training CampsWorld's Fairs & Expositions
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1933 (Linen)
Front of Fort Dearborn reconstruction, Chicago World's Fair, 1933, c. 1933 linen postcard
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Back of Fort Dearborn reconstruction, Chicago World's Fair, 1933, c. 1933 linen postcard
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A reconstructed log stockade and blockhouse with a central tower, palisade fence, and frame barracks stand beside a roadway and lamp post. The caption calls the complex the "third Fort Dearborn," rebuilt on the Lake Michigan shore for the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. The original fort, established at the mouth of the Chicago River in 1803, was destroyed in 1812, and the deaths of its inhabitants that year became known as the Dearborn Massacre. The fair placed the replica among exhibits that linked Chicago's pioneer past to its modern lakefront.

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PublisherMax Rigot Selling Co.
FORT DEARBORN, CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR Blockhouse and soldiers' barracks of the "third Fort Dearborn", reappear on the shore of Lake Michigan as part of the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. Near here stood the original block- house and barracks of the old fort whose inhabi- tants were victims in 1812 of the Dearborn Mas- sacre -- eventful day in Chicago's pioneer history.
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PublisherMax Rigot Selling Co.
SeriesWF-2 1A857
ConditionVery good
Place depictedChicago World's Fair, Chicago, IL
Place mentionedFort Dearborn, Chicago, IL
PublisherMax Rigot Selling Co., Chicago, IL
NotesWhite border; visible linen/crosshatch texture; Curt Teich production number 1A857 at lower right and series code WF-2 at upper left. No postmark. Divided back; white border; linen texture. Printed Fort Dearborn, Chicago World's Fair caption with 1933 Century of Progress description; fair title in script lettering; light age toning.

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Fort Dearborn reconstruction, Chicago World's Fair, 1933, postcard, c. 1933. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/fort-dearborn-reconstruction-chicago-worlds-fair-1933. Accessed November 2, 2026.