Work Record ID:
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54
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Reproduction Record ID:
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54
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Work Class:
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Architecture
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Work Type:
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administration building
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Work Type:
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airport
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Work Type:
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passenger terminal
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Title:
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Lunken Airport
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Title Type:
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preferred
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Material:
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brick
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Material Type:
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other
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Material:
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limestone
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Material Type:
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other
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Creator:
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Kruckemeyer & Strong, active early to mid 20th century
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Creator Nationality:
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American
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Creator Type:
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corporate
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Creator Role:
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architect
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Date:
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1937
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Date Type:
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completion date
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Location:
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Cincinnati (Ohio)
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Location Type:
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site
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Location:
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262 Wilmer Avenue (Cincinnati, Ohio, 45226)
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Style Period:
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Art Deco
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Culture:
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American
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Subject:
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Cincinnati (Ohio)
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Subject:
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airports
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Subject:
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passenger terminals
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Subject:
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United States. Works Progress Administration.
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Description:
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Lunken Airport was constructed from 1936 to 1937. The Administration Building features a two story lobby with two murals produced as part of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project by artist William Henry Gothard (1908-1968) during the Great Depression. The building was finished in 1937, the same year a major flood destroyed many of the art deco details of the interior. The building was rebuilt before World War II, but many of the original details were not replaced. Lunken Field was Cincinnati's major airport until 1947 when commercial passenger flights began to operate from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport in nearby Boone County, Kentucky.
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Information Source:
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Painter, Sue Ann. Architecture in Cincinnati. Athens. Ohio: Ohio University Press with the Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati, 2006. 205.
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Reproduction Creator:
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Flischel, Robert A.
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Reproduction Creator Type:
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donor
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Reproduction View:
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Front facade
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Reproduction View Type:
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exterior view
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Reproduction Rights Statement:
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These images are for non-profit use educational use. Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of material in physical or digital form requires prior written permission from the copyright holder.
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