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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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1933 Texas High School Typewriting Champion
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1933
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Century of Progress records
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2,000,000th visitor to the World's Fair
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Date:
1934
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Century of Progress records
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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
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Century of Progress records
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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.
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1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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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
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Century of Progress records
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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
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Century of Progress records
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A muezzin sounds the call to prayer in the Tunisian Village
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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A replica of the convention hall where Abraham Lincoln was nominated for president.
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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A stunt performer poses on the Mack fire truck extension ladder
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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A young fair visitor
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Abraham Lincoln impersonator at the Abraham Lincoln complex
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Admiral Byrd's ship, 'The City of New York'
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Aerial view of the Century of Progress
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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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
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Century of Progress records
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Aerial view of the Electrical Building
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Aerial view of the Electrical Group building, with Lake Michigan in the background
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Date:
1932
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Century of Progress records
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Aerial view of the Federal Building
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Air conditioning equipment on display
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Alexander Antonovitch Troyanovsky, ambassador of the U.S.S.R. to the United States, reviews the troops at the World's Fair
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The Soviet ambassador was the guest of Rufus C. Dawes, president of the Fair, at a luncheon given in the directors' room in the Federal building.
Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
American Indian demonstrating the use of a bow and arrow at the Indian Village
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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An aerial view of the Century of Progress
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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An entrant in the Blue Flame Race of the All-American Soap Box Derby
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Arc lights and generator
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Art class at the Century of Progress Mexican Village
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Artist conception of a American Colonial Village for the Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Artist's sketch of Haeger Pottery building
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Artist's sketch of the Armour and Company exhibition building at the Century of Progress International Exposition
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The building features a glass-enclosed restaurant and the open air plaza in the front.
Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Artist's sketch of the Ride of the Century at the Century of Progress
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Audience view of an orchestral performance at Ford's Symphony Gardens bandshell
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Band from the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home shown in the Court of Honor
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Barn brought to a Century of Progress to illustrate the Ford theory of processing crops for industrial use
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Beauty contest winner meets Olympic diving champion
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Beauty contest winner with famous swimmers
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Bedouin family sitting underneath a tent at the Foreign Villages exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Best photo contest winner Rolf A. Maren
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Bicyclers from Ottawa, Canada, arrive at the fair
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Birthday of the Infanta performance
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A church pageant of Oscar Wilde's fairy tale The Birthday of the Infanta at Ford's Symphony Garden.
Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Bow of S-49 submarine looking aft
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Off to the left is the Italian Building. Third from left in the front row is William Doc Keeney, co-owner of S-49; fourth from left is Francis J.Chrestensen, the other co-owner. Photo was taken ca. June 1933 when the submarine arrived at A Century of Progress.
Date:
1933
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Boy becomes nine millionth visitor to the Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Boys examining the Rapid Transit exhibit in the Hall of Science
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Boys from Lawrence hall saw the World's Fair as guests of Mandel Brothers State street department store
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Brother and sister reunite at the Chicago World's Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Brother and sister reunite at the Chicago World's Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Building at the Century of Progress
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Bullfighting demonstration in the Spanish Village
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A bullfighting demonstration, with two female matadors and two men inside a bull costume, at the Century of Progress Spanish Village.
Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Canoers try to tip over each others canoe
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Cars driving around track at the Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933-1934
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Castle entrance to the Merrie England village
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Century of Progress International Exposition, Horticultural Exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Century of Progress Spanish Village exhibit.
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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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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14 Dawes, Rufus C. (Rufus Cutler), 1867-1940 12 Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 8 General Electric Company 7 Ford Motor Company 7 General Motors Corporation 7 Lohr, Lenox R. (Lenox Riley), 1891-1968 5 Chicago Symphony Orchestra 5 Swanson, Gloria, 1897-1983 3 Detroit Symphony Orchestra 2 American Legion 2 Buck, Frank, 1884-1950 2 Central States Probation and Parole Conference 2 Chicago Grand Opera Company (Chicago, Ill.) 2 Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962 2 Pullman Company 2 Reed, James A. (James Alexander), 1861-1944 2 Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr. (Franklin Delano), 1914-1988 2 Sears, Roebuck and Company 2 Sholtz, David, 1891-1953 2 Spanish-American War Veterans 2 Swift & Company 2 University of Chicago. Oriental Institute 2 Wilson & Company 1 Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum 1 Allen, Fred, 1894-1956 1 Amateur Athletic Union of the United States 1 Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America 1 Armour and Company 1 Baker, Phil, 1896-1963 1 Barclay, McClelland 1 Belgium 1 Boy Scouts of America 1 Breton, Jules, 1827-1906 1 Brice, Fanny 1 Bristol-Myers Company 1 Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 1 Chicago Black Horse Troop and Mounted Band 1 Christ Church (Boston, Mass.) 1 Chrysler Corporation 1 City of New York (Ship) 1 Clark, J. Reuben, Jr., 1871-1961 1 Common Brick Manufacturers' Association of America 1 Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 1 Dunne, Edward F. (Edward Fitzsimons), 1853-1937 1 Ellerhusen, Ulric H. (Ulric Henry), 1879-1957 1 Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938 1 Fisher, Howard T. 1 Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1 Frigidaire Corporation 1 Gordon, Ruth, 1896-1985 1 Grant, Heber J. (Heber Jeddy), 1856-1945 1 Grosse, Aristid von, 1905-1985 1 Haeger Potteries 1 Horner, Henry, 1878-1940 1 Illinois--Northerly Island 1 John R. Thompson Co. (Washington, D.C.) 1 Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956 1 McNeill, Don (Donald Thomas), 1907-1996 1 Moore, Grace, 1898-1947 1 Oldfield, Barney, 1878-1946 1 Owens-Illinois Glass Company 1 Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 1 Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979 1 Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 1 Public Service Company of Northern Illinois 1 Revere, Paul, 1735-1818 1 Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943 1 Ross, Betsy, 1752-1836 1 Rubinstein, Helena, 1870-1965 1 Sarazen, Gene 1 Smith, Henry Lester, 1876-1963 1 Staten Island Chamber of Commerce 1 Stock, Frederick, 1872-1942 1 Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Co. 1 Switzerland 1 Talmadge, Eugene, 1884-1946 1 Toledo Museum of Art 1 Troi���a���novski��, A. (Aleksandr), 1882-1955 1 WLS (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) 1 Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Birthday of the Infanta 1 Wilson Sporting Goods Company 1 Wilson and Company 1 Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, 1872-1961 1 Wilson, Margery, 1896-1986 1 Wray, Fay, 1907-2004

129 Exhibition buildings 64 Exhibitions 45 Buildings 39 Visits of state 32 Children 27 Contests 27 Sculpture 23 Villages 22 Automobiles 21 Amusement rides 21 Beauty contestants 19 Awards 18 Electricity 17 Amusement parks 13 Beauty contests 13 Presidents' spouses 13 Science 13 Tourists 13 Young women 12 Rites and ceremonies 11 Gardens 11 Night photography 11 Streets 10 Courtyards 9 Aerial photography 9 Flags 9 Fountains 8 Bas-relief 8 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 8 Parades 7 Architecture, Domestic 7 Dancers 7 Indigenous peoples 7 Orphans 7 Pottery 7 Skyscrapers 7 Swimmers 7 Tourism 6 Construction 6 Diving 6 Exhibition buildings--Design and construction 6 Fairs 6 Military parades 6 Visitors, Foreign 5 Architecture 5 Celebrities 5 Concerts 5 Dwarfs (Persons) 5 Entertainers 5 Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--Sources 5 Gates 5 Historical reenactments 5 Orchestras 5 Restaurants 5 Swimming 5 Temples 4 Architectural drawing 4 Bands 4 Bandstands 4 Clerks 4 Guests 4 High school students 4 Judges 4 Lamps 4 Luncheons 4 Model houses 4 Opera singers 4 Parole officers 4 Photography, Panoramic 4 Potters 4 Presidents 4 Singers 4 Softball 4 Theater 4 Women 4 Women employees 3 Ambassadors 3 Amusement parks--Design and construction 3 Automobile racing 3 Bedouins 3 Bridges 3 Buddhism 3 Carriages and carts 3 Diorama 3 Drawing 3 Dwellings 3 Electric lighting 3 Entertaining 3 Exhibition buildings--Illinois--Chicago--History--Sources 3 Fascism 3 Fascists 3 Gifts 3 Girls 3 Horses 3 Hospitality 3 Indians of North America 3 Legislators 3 Light 3 Masquerades 3 Medals 3 Meetings 3 Motorboats 3 Musicians 3 Outboard motors 3 Parade floats 3 Police 3 Ponds 3 Posters 3 Radio broadcasting 3 Robots 3 Social science 3 Social sciences 3 Sultans 3 Teachers 3 Television 3 Tickets 3 Veterans 2 Administrative agencies 2 Airships 2 Aquatic sports 2 Architectural models 2 Astronomy 2 Band music 2 Boys 2 Brothers and sisters 2 Building models 2 Bullfighters 2 Bullfights 2 Burlesque (Theater) 2 Business people 2 Castles 2 Cavalry 2 Chevrolet automobile 2 Circus 2 Circus animals 2 Circus performers 2 Clogs 2 Comedians 2 Consuls 2 Contracts 2 Costumes 2 Country life 2 Dance 2 Dedication services 2 Dedications 2 Demonstrations 2 Dogs 2 Drummers (Musicians) 2 Education 2 Electric apparatus and appliances 2 Engines 2 Exhibits 2 Fairy tales 2 Family reunions 2 Farmers 2 Figurines 2 Fire fighters 2 Governors 2 Grandstands 2 Homing pigeons 2 Houses 2 Lagoons 2 Light bulbs 2 Lion 2 Marching bands 2 Maya architecture 2 Mayas--Religion 2 Midways 2 Mills and mill-work 2 Models 2 Monkeys 2 Mushrooms 2 Music 2 Oaths 2 Older people 2 Operas 2 Orchestra 2 Pageants 2 Parades & processions 2 Pigeons 2 Playgrounds 2 Pottery craft 2 Pottery making 2 Press 2 Public officers 2 Publishers 2 Pueblo Indians 2 Puppet theater 2 Puppets 2 Pylons (Gateways) 2 Racetracks (Automobile racing) 2 Railroad cars 2 Railroad passenger cars 2 Relay racing 2 Rickshaws 2 Running races 2 Sandwiches 2 School children 2 Sculptors 2 Skaters 2 Smiling 2 Snakes 2 Socialites 2 Stages (Platforms) 2 Staircases 2 Stairways 2 Teaching demonstrations 2 Tenors (Singers) 2 Thermometers 2 Towers 2 Weather 2 World records 1 Acrobatics 1 Adobe houses 1 Advertisements 1 Advertising 1 Aerialists 1 Agricultural machinery 1 Air conditioning 1 Air conditioning industry 1 Air conditioning--Equipment and supplies 1 Air pilots 1 Alcoholic beverages 1 Alligators 1 Amusements 1 Arbors (Bowers) 1 Arches 1 Arrows 1 Art 1 Art education 1 Art objects 1 Automobiles, Steam 1 Awards, Gifts 1 Bait casting 1 Ballet 1 Ballet dancers 1 Bananas 1 Barns 1 Bathing suits 1 Bears 1 Beds 1 Beer 1 Biology 1 Bishops 1 Boats 1 Bookkeeping 1 Bottles 1 Bows (Archery) 1 Broadcasting 1 Building dedications 1 Building, Adobe 1 Business students 1 Camels 1 Cameras 1 Canoeists 1 Canoes 1 Carnivals 1 Catholicism 1 Cavalry horses 1 Ceremonial exchange 1 Chairs 1 Charts, diagrams, etc. 1 Chauffeurs 1 Chemicals 1 Chemistry 1 Children with disabilities 1 Children's playhouses 1 Choirs (Music) 1 Chrysler automobile 1 Church buildings 1 Clergy 1 Clock towers 1 Clocks & watches 1 Clowns 1 Coaster cars 1 Command of troops 1 Committees 1 Communications 1 Conductors (Music) 1 Contract negotiations 1 Costume 1 Cowboys 1 Cycling 1 Dairying 1 Daredevils 1 Delegations 1 Diamond mines and mining 1 Diamonds 1 Dinners and dining 1 Dinosaurs 1 Dinosaurs--Models 1 Distilling industries 1 Donkeys 1 Electric guitar 1 Electric lamps 1 Electric lighting, Mercury vapor 1 Electric lighting, Sodium vapor 1 Electric violin 1 Electrical apparatus and appliances 1 Elephants 1 Employees 1 Engineering 1 Exhibition buildings--Design 1 Exhibition facilities 1 Extinct animals 1 Facades 1 Families 1 Farm tractors 1 Farms 1 Festivals 1 Fire 1 Fire engines 1 Fireworks 1 Fishing 1 Flagpoles 1 Flights around the world 1 Floor plans 1 Flower arrangement 1 Flowers 1 Folk dancing, Swiss 1 Food processing machinery 1 Football 1 Free material 1 Furniture 1 Gateways 1 Gazebos 1 Generators 1 Geometry 1 Girders 1 Glass blowing and working 1 Glassware 1 Globes 1 Goats 1 Golf 1 Golf clubs (Sporting goods) 1 Golfers 1 Government officials 1 Grandmothers 1 Grandparents 1 Guest books 1 Guitars 1 Gymnastics 1 HVAC systems 1 Handbags 1 Handshaking 1 Heating & ventilation industry 1 Household appliances 1 Housekeeping 1 Housing 1 Impersonation 1 Incentive awards 1 Indian councils 1 Industrial facilities 1 Infantry 1 Instrumental ensembles 1 Irish 1 Iron lungs 1 Islam 1 Islamic architecture 1 Islamic art 1 Journalism--Societies, etc. 1 Karting 1 Karts (Automobiles) 1 Kissing 1 Kitchens 1 Ladders 1 Lakes 1 Lakes & ponds 1 Laundry 1 Laundry--Equipment and supplies 1 Light fixtures 1 Lighting 1 Logos (Symbols) 1 Long distance swimming 1 Machinery 1 Maintenance & repair 1 Manners & customs 1 Manners and customs 1 Mantillas 1 Maps 1 Marches (Band) 1 Marines (Military personnel) 1 Maypoles 1 Meat 1 Meat cutting 1 Military camps 1 Military facilities 1 Military parades & ceremonies 1 Milk 1 Milling-machines 1 Mines and mineral resources 1 Miniature cameras 1 Minstrel shows 1 Minstrels 1 Model ships 1 Mormon Church 1 Mormon women 1 Mormons 1 Mosques 1 Mothers 1 Motion picture actors and actresses 1 Motion pictures 1 Motor vehicles--Models 1 Mountains 1 Mummies 1 Musical instruments 1 Neanderthals 1 Newspaper carriers 1 Newspapers 1 Night photographs 1 Norwegian Americans 1 Nuns 1 Orchestral musicians 1 Packing plants 1 Painting 1 Painting, French 1 Parrots 1 Parties 1 Pavilions 1 Pedicabs 1 Performing arts 1 Pergolas 1 Periodicals 1 Photography 1 Physicians 1 Pianists 1 Picnic grounds 1 Pies 1 Planetaria 1 Plaques 1 Plaques, plaquettes 1 Plazas 1 Plumbing fixtures 1 Plymouth automobile 1 Politicians 1 Portrait photographs 1 Pottery, Mexican 1 Prayer 1 Premieres 1 Priests 1 Progress photographs 1 Promotional materials 1 Prophets 1 Protactinium 1 Public speaking 1 Pueblos 1 Pullman cars 1 Racetracks 1 Racing 1 Racing automobiles 1 Radio 1 Radio personalities 1 Radio programs 1 Radio stations 1 Railroads--Models 1 Rancheras 1 Religion 1 Revues 1 Roller coasters 1 Roses 1 Rotundas 1 Rubber 1 Rubber industry and trade 1 Sailboats 1 Sailboats--Models 1 Sailing ships 1 Sailors 1 Scales 1 Schools 1 Scientific equipment 1 Searchlights 1 Shipping 1 Ships 1 Showboats 1 Singing 1 Skating 1 Skating rinks 1 Snake charming 1 Soap box derbies 1 Souvenirs 1 Souvenirs (Keepsakes) 1 Soybeans 1 Spain 1 Sports spectators 1 Square dancing 1 Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) 1 Steam locomotives 1 Steam-engines 1 Steins 1 Stores, Retail 1 Streams 1 Structural frames 1 Structural frames--Design and construction 1 Studebaker automobile 1 Stunt performers 1 Submarines (Ships) 1 Sulphuric acid industry 1 Swans 1 Swimming--Competitions 1 Swiss cheese 1 Symphony orchestras 1 Tea 1 Teenage boys 1 Telephones 1 Tents 1 Theatrical posters 1 Tightrope walking 1 Tires 1 Tropical forests 1 Tumbling 1 Twine 1 Twins 1 Typewriting 1 Uniforms 1 United States. Army 1 United States. Navy 1 Urns 1 Ushers 1 Villages--Social life and customs 1 Violins 1 Visitors' centers 1 Volcanoes 1 Voyages around the world 1 Wagon trains 1 Water gardens 1 Wheelchairs 1 Whistling 1 Women Olympic athletes 1 Women singers 1 Women, Turkish 1 Woodwork 1 Woodworking 1 Wrestlers 1 Wrestling 1 Yacht racing 1 Yachts