The Field

1. Field Museum of Natural History [M-1]

“Field Museum of Natural History (founded by Marshall field in 1893) is located at Roosevelt Rd. and Field Drive, Chicago, Illinois. The exterior is of Georgia white marble and is treated in a monumental manner based on Greek architecture of the Ionic Order. The building is 700 feet long, 440 feet wide, and 104 feet high and has more than eleven acres of exhibition area. Photograph by Henry Fuermann and Sons, Chicago.”

2. Chicago Natural History Museum (Formerly Field Museum of Natural History) [M-1a]

“The Museum (founded by Marshall Field in 1893) is located at Roosevelt Road. and Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois. The exterior is of Georgia white marble; the style is based on Greek architecture of the Ionic Order. The building is 700 feet long, 440 feet wide, and 104 feet high. It has 18 acres of floor space, of which 11 acres are exhibition area.”

3. Field Museum [102]

“One of the finest museum buildings on Earth, situated on the Lakefront, unsurpassed for the variety and staging of this world-famous collectibles from all parts of the globe.”

4. Field Museum of Natural History [32]

“Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Graham, Burnham and Co., Architects. The New Field Museum of Natural history under construction in Grant Park, will be 706 feet long, constructed entirely of white marble at a cost of $5,000,000 and is a benefaction of Marshall Field.”

5. South End of Stanley Field Hall [M-6]

“The central hall of Field Museum of Natural history is 299 feet long, 68 feet wide, and 75 feet high. It was named by the Board of Trustees in honor of Stanley Field, President of the Museum since 1909. The hall contains exhibits selected from the Departments of Anthropology, Botany, Geology, Zoology, and the N. W. Harris Extension.”

6. Stanley Field Hall, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago [297]

“This view shows Stanley Field Hall as seen from entrance to the museum. The New Field Museum is located in Grant Park at the foot of Roosevelt Road. The building is strictly fire-proof and said to be the largest marble building in the world. Estimated cost $4,000,000.”

7. Stanley Field Hall [M-3]

“The great central hall of the museum is 299 feet long, 68 feet wide, and 75 feet high. It was named by the Board of Trustees in honor of Stanley Field, President of the Museum since 1909.”

8. The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago [251]

“A most unique view of the FIELD MUSEUM and NOT an aerial. This view has never been published before and surely is a wonderful view of this worthy institution.”

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