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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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"Why the Century of Progress architecture?" (Folder 16-270)
8 Text
Article from 'The Saturday Evening Post'.
Date:
1933-06-10 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


1898 model automobile built by the Duryea Motor Wagon Company
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Duryea began manufacturing automobiles in 1895 and was the first American company to build gasoline-powered vehicle in the United States.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


1933 Texas High School Typewriting Champion
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Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


1933 World's Fair - Statistics, 1934 (Folder 14-183)
104 Text
A statistical look at the fair, taking into consideration attendance, corporate sales and entertainment records.
Date:
[31 Oct 1934]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


2,000,000th visitor to the World's Fair
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


A 15-ton rubber mill makes the journey to World's Fair
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Ahead of schedule, all exhibits of Ford and twenty-one co-exhibitors are en route for their new home in the Ford Exhibition Building at A Century of Progress, Ford officials announced Saturday.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A Century of Progress Exposition closing ceremony at midnight
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Taps and lowering of flag by Mr. Rufus C. Dawes, President, and Major Lenox R. Lohr, General Manager.
Date:
Oct 31, 1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A Century of Progress Exposition: Chicago's 1933 world's fair (Folder 16-165)
31 Text
Date:
[1933]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Public access


A Century of Progress In The Making, July 1931 (Folder 16-163)
5 Text
Date:
c.1933
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A Century of Progress International Exposition Chicago 1934 (Folder 16-170)
10 Text
Date:
1934-01-03 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A Century of Progress Wonder Library series (Folder 16-220)
77 Text
A series of short printed items discussing specific topics such as light and airplanes. There are ten in this series.
Date:
[1933]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A Century of Progress exposition: official view book (Folder 16-195)
19 Text
Date:
1933
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A Century of Progress in series (Folder 16-217)
26 Text
Date:
[1933-1934]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A Century of Progress pamphlets (Folder 16-167)
37 Text
Three copies of the same pamphlet, with the first in Spanish.
Date:
[1933]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A Century of Progress rubber boat
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Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


A Century of Progress: Chicago International Exposition of 1933 (Folder 14-241)
22 Text
A booklet produced with basic information about the fair, such as what it was supposed to represent, who would be participating, and how certain buildings had been designed.
Date:
c.1933
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A Century of Progress: its plan and purpose (Folder 16-168)
22 Text
Date:
[1933]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A Model Dress Shop is one of a series of model shops displayed in miniature at the Electric Light and Power Industry's exhibit on the second floor of the Electrical Building
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The model dress shop includes mannequins posing upon revolving stages and curtains which open and close automatically.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A batter playing in a softball game between the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra won the game 18-17 when Dan Seidenberg, a cellist with the CSO, hit a tie-breaking home run in the seventh inning. Both orchestras performed at the Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933-1934.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A complete air conditioning system for a home of moderate size is shown in this sectional setting in the General Electric exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access



A display of the Industrial Electric Heat Applications shown as part of the Electric Light and Power Industry's exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


A happy group of visitors after their first day at the new World's Fair from York and York County Pennsylvania
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The party, under the chaperonage of Glenn E. Bailey and J.W. Barwick, numbers 153, and is composed of 75 school children and 60 teachers. They already have visited all exhibit buildings, the Field Museum, Colonial Village, the Lama Temple and Fort Dearborn. They leave Friday for home, and are staying at Judson Court, University of Chicago.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A home workshop which is part of the Electric Light and Power Industry exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A milk irradiator used to put Vitamin D in milk
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A miniature of the first Edison Central Station which was constructed in New York in 1882
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A monkey from the Frank Buck Jungle Camp to be given as a door prize with T.A. Loveland, manager of the Jungle Camp
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A muezzin sounds the call to prayer in the Tunisian Village
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


A neo-classical Vaudeville sign for the last half of an unnamed program that will take place next week
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The Century of Progress' best-known vaudeville act was burlesque dancer Sally Rand, who thrilled audiences with her fan dance at the Streets of Paris exhibition.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A replica of the convention hall where Abraham Lincoln was nominated for president.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


A stunt performer poses on the Mack fire truck extension ladder
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


A view from the Hall of Science toward Lake Michigan
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


A young fair visitor
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Abraham Lincoln impersonator at the Abraham Lincoln complex
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Admiral Byrd aboard the ship City of New York
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Admiral Byrd's flagship City of New York arrives in Chicago for A Century of Progress. Byrd sailed the City of New York during one of his famous expeditions to the Antarctic.
Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Admiral Byrd's ship, 'The City of New York'
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Advertising Leaflets, 1933-1934 (Folder 16-166)
48 Text
Date:
[1933-1934]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Aerial view of the 1933 Century of Progress from the north.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Aerial view of the Century of Progress
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Aerial view of the Century of Progress
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Aerial view of the Century of Progress
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Aerial view of the Century of Progress fairgrounds
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The Streets of Paris, one of the most popular exhibits at the Fair, is in the foreground to the right.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Aerial view of the Century of Progress fairgrounds from the south
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Aerial view of the Electrical Building
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Aerial view of the Electrical Group building, with Lake Michigan in the background
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Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Aerial view of the Federal Building
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Aerial view of the Old Fort Dearborn exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Aerial view of the Old Fort Dearborn exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Aerial view of the Wrigley Building alongside Michigan Avenue and the Chicago River in downtown Chicago
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Agricultural building under construction
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access