Thread by @Culture_Crit

America was supposed to be Art Deco.

Marvels of American Art Deco design - a thread 🧵

1. Union Terminal, Cincinnati, OH (1933)

2. The Duesenberg Coupé Simone “Midnight Ghost” (1939)

3. Boston Avenue Methodist Church, Tulsa, OK (1929)

4. The peacock doors at the C.D. Peacock jewelry store, Chicago, IL (1925)

5. The Fisher Building, Detroit, MI (1928)

6. The 20th Century Limited, a passenger train which ran between NYC and Chicago from 1902 to 1967

7. The Statue of Prometheus, Rockefeller Center, NYC, NY (1934)

8. 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, PA (1933)

9. The Spirit of Light sculpture, Niagara Mohawk Building, Syracuse, NY (1932)

10. The Ohio Bell Building, Dayton, OH (1930)

11. The Winged Figures of the Republic, Hoover Dam, NV (1936)

12. "Wisdom", Rockefeller Center, NYC, NY (1933)

13. Ogden High School, Ogden, UT (1937)

14. The Soldiers' Memorial sculptures, St. Louis, MO (1938)

15. The Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA (1926)

16. The Guardians of Traffic, Hope Memorial Bridge, Cleveland, OH (1932)

17. The Phantom Corsair - concept car (1938)

18. The "Neo-Mayan" lobby of 450 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA (1929)

19. "Man Controlling Trade" - sculpture by Michael Lantz, Washington, D.C. (1942)

20. The soaring eagles of the Chrysler Building, NYC, NY (1930)