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A Century of Progress records
A Century of Progress International Exposition was held in Chicago during the summers of 1933 and 1934 to commemorate the incorporation of the city in 1833. This collection consists of the extant operating records of A Century Progress World's Fair.
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1898 model automobile built by the Duryea Motor Wagon Company
Duryea began manufacturing automobiles in 1895 and was the first American company to build gasoline-powered vehicle in the United States.
1933
Bus parked behind a prototype to Henry Ford's popular Model T automobile
1933
Cars driving around track at the Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933-1934
1933
Chauffeurs standing next to their automobiles in front of the Century of Progress Hall of Science
1932
Chrysler Motors Building at night
1933
Chrysler Motors building at night
1933
Chrysler Motors building exterior
1933
Concept drawing for the Ford Building
1933
Conception by Hugh Ferriss of how the Ford Exhibition building will look at night
The building is nine hundred feet long and ten stories in height at its center. It faces upon a five acre park fronting Lake Michigan. Albert Kahn of Detroit is the architect, and Walter Dorwin Teague of New York, the industrial designer, is in charge of the interior display.
1933
Drawing of electrically driven globe in 'Ford World' exhibit in New World's Fair
1933
First Plymouth car turned in for one millionth Plymouth car
1933
Henry Sheldon christens 'A Century of Progress Ranger'
1933
Purdue University students receiving instruction on combustion engines in the Chevrolet division of the General Motors exhibit
1933
Studebaker's 'year ahead model' dedicatory ceremonies of the company's exhibit in the Travel and Transport building
1933
The Chrysler Motors compound
1933
The General Motors exhibit at A Century of Progress.
The main exhibit featured a display of automotive parts and an assembly room where 1,000 people at a time can watch an automobile being manufactured.
1933
World's largest automobile at the Studebaker exhibit
1934
Young woman sitting on hood of a 1934 Chevrolet
1933
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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
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Richard J. Daley Library
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Fairs & Exhibitions
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Subject--Name
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General Motors Corporation
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Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962
2
Ford Motor Company
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Dawes, Rufus C. (Rufus Cutler), 1867-1940
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Duryea automobile
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Ford Model T automobile
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Lohr, Lenox R. (Lenox Riley), 1891-1968
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Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Co.
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Exhibition buildings
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Exhibitions
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Automobile racing
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Buildings
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Rites and ceremonies
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Automobiles--Models
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Beauty contestants
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Buses
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Chauffeurs
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Chevrolet automobile
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Chrysler automobile
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Contests
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Dwarfs (Persons)
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Engines
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Fairs
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Globes
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Plymouth automobile
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Racetracks (Automobile racing)
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Studebaker automobile
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