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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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Portraits of Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth President of the United States; Colonel George Harvey (left); and Colonel Henry Watterson (right)
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Harper's Weekly editor Colonel George Harvey was an early supporter of Wilson's candidacy for U.S. President. Colonel Henry Watterson was the renowned editor of the Louisville Courier Journal. The caption below notes that Colonel Watterson was outraged over Wilson's decision to politically distance his presidential campaign from Colonel Harvey and Harper's Weekly. Wilson believed that Colonel Harvey's Wall Street connections would turn off voters in the general election.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access