Edward Timothy Hurley, born Cincinnati, - Electrical Building at Night, Chicago Fair, 1933 - 1933 - T-Shirt

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Edward Timothy Hurley, born Cincinnati, - Electrical Building at Night, Chicago Fair, 1933 - 1933 - T-Shirt

This design shows the Electrical Building at the 1933 Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago, lit up against the night.

Visual Elements & Composition

The architecture is the subject, and the night is what gives it presence. Light from the building holds the eye, while the surrounding dark frames the structure as a centerpiece rather than one landmark among many. Hurley's graphic approach favours clear, controlled forms, so the building reads as a single confident silhouette lit from within.

Meaning & Symbolism

The Electrical Building was a showpiece of the fair, and electricity itself was its message. Staged in Chicago during the depths of the Great Depression, the exposition used illuminated architecture to promise technological progress and recovery. Hurley, a Cincinnati artist also known for his work at Rookwood Pottery, turned that promise into a record of a city's landmarks and the optimism of the interwar years.

On This Heavy Cotton Tee

A tee is seen up close and in motion, so the image changes as the wearer moves, catching the eye across a room and rewarding a closer look. The lit building sits on the chest like a window onto the 1933 fair, bringing a piece of Chicago's world's fair history into everyday wear.

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