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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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World's Fair News, February - October 1934 (Folder 14-209)
34 Text
Large one-sided sheets with stories of events at the fair and the attendance of notable personalities.
Date:
Feb-Oct 1934
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair News, June - October 1933 (Folder 14-208)
19 Text
Large one-sided sheets with stories of events at the fair and the attendance of notable personalities.
Date:
Jun-Oct 1933
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Publications, 1934 (Folder 14-175)
3 Text
Covers much of the entertainment on offer, including Standard Oil's Live Power spectacle.
Date:
4-26 Jul 1934
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending August 12, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-08-06 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending August 19, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-08-13 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending August 26, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-08-20 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending August 5, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-07-30 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending July 1, 1933
27 Text
Date:
1933-06-25 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending July 15, 1933
27 Text
Date:
1933-07-09 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending July 22, 1933
27 Text
Date:
1933-07-16 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending July 29, 1933
27 Text
Date:
1933-07-23 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending July 8, 1933
28 Text
Date:
1933-07-02 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending June 10, 1933
35 Text
Date:
1933-06-04 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending June 17, 1933
36 Text
Date:
1933-06-11 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending June 24, 1933
35 Text
Date:
1933-06-18 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending June 3, 1933 (Opening Week)
35 Text
Date:
1933-05-27 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending May 13, 1933
21 Text
Date:
May-33
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending May 20, 1933
21 Text
Date:
1933-05-14 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending May 27, 1933
21 Text
Date:
1933-05-21 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending May 6, 1933
19 Text
Date:
May-33
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending November 11, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-11-05 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending November 4, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-10-29 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending October 14, 1933
18 Text
Date:
[1933]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending October 21, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-10-15 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending October 28, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-10-22 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending October 7, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-09-24 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending September 16, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-09-10 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending September 2, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-08-27 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending September 23, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-09-17 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending September 30, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-09-24 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's Fair visitor signs the guest register of the Wilson and company exhibit
Image Image
Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's largest automobile at the Studebaker exhibit
Image Image
Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


World's largest ham sandwich
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Boy Howdy! This is our idea of a sandwich,' exclaims Audrey Hoesch and Glen Hillgartner as they bite into the first portion of the world's largest ham sandwich today at the World's Fair, while Phillip R. Reed, treasurer of Armour & Company; Ed Graule, chef, and John R. Thompson, Jr., look on. This eight foot square sandwich on which more than 1,200 children feasted, weighed 325 pounds.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.
Image Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Young couple work on the Chevrolet Assembly line
Image Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Young woman rides in a rickasha
Image Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Young woman sitting on hood of a 1934 Chevrolet
Image Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Zeta Newell, of Oak Park, IL., a winner of the Century of Progress Opera Contest, sings in front of the microphone
Image Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Zita Newell at the Grand Opera contest
Image Image
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access