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Capp Towers Motor Hotel Rooftop Dome featuring Plexiglas panels

  • Circa 1963

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Two photographs depicting the Capp Towers Motor Hotel Rooftop Dome located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, part of a series documenting the use of Plexiglas in the building industry. Per notations accompanying the photographs, the building was designed by architectural firm Ackerburg & Associates and features a transparent Plexiglas dome, 50 feet in diameter and 22 feet high, held in an extruded aluminum structure by neoprene "zipper" gaskets.

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  • 3 in. H x 4.5 in. W (top photograph)
  • 4 in. H x 4.5 in. W (bottom photograph)
  • 11 in. H x 8.5 in. W (photographs and mount)
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box Photos 18, Folder 16

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Rohm and Haas Company. “Capp Towers Motor Hotel Rooftop Dome Featuring Plexiglas Panels,” circa 1963. Rohm & Haas Company Archives, Box Photos 18, Folder 16. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/1l1mma1.

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