"The Chinese Lama Temple" Chicago Century of Progress Fair 1932 Lakeside Press

Description: "The Chinese Lama Temple" Chicago Century of Progress Fair 1932 Lakeside Press 64 pages, 9.25 x 6.25 inches “Made by Dr. Gosta Montell, Member of Dr. Sven Hedin's Expeditions and Donated by Vincent Bendix”. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnellely & Sons Co., 1932. Catalogue: A Century of Progress Exposition. 64pp. 25 black and white photos + frontispiece of Bendix. Stapled and printed wrapper. From Chicago's Chinatown History Museum: "The Chinese Exhibits at Chicago’s Century of Progress Exposition, 1933-34 The most publicized Chinese exhibit was a replica of an 18th century Buddhist building in the Potala temple at Chengde or Jehol (now Rehe), north of Beijing. Billed as the Lama Temple of Jehol, it was brought to Chicago by the famed Swedish explorer Sven Hedin, with the financial support of the Swedish-American industrialist Vincent Bendix. The remains of the replica, now called the Golden Pavilion, are now in Stockholm, Sweden, but the furnishings — altar objects, statues, paintings, hangings, rugs, etc. — have disappeared. The Chinese nationalist government, in the person of its young Vice-Consul, G. H. Wang (later a leading developer of Chicago’s Chinatown), took a strong interest in the temple. China declined to participate officially in the Exposition, however. All Chinese attractions there – the Lama Temple, the China Pavilion exhibits, and the entertainments and shops of the Asian Village (in 1933) and the Streets of Shanghai (in 1934) — were privately funded." See my other auctions of Chicago history, art deco, photography books, art and more!

Price: 34 USD

Location: Chicago, Illinois

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