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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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Aerial view of the Old Fort Dearborn exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Archeological exhibit representing a cross-section of artifacts found in a typical city garbage dump
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Artist's sketch of the Great Hall at the Century of Progress Hall of Science
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Buddha statue at the Lama Temple exhibit
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Date:
1932
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Century of Progress records
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Buddha statue at the Lama Temple exhibit.
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Date:
1932
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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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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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Change in population map
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A Century of Progress census map exhibit showing the net change in U.S. population after births, deaths, immigration, and emigration is calculated. The map estimated a net gain of one person every 37 seconds, with a U.S. population reaching just over 125,550,000 people.
Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Chinese garden inside the Horticulture building
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Chrysler Motors Building at night
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Clown entertains children at the Century of Progress Enchanted Island exhibit.
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Concept drawing for the Ford Building
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Conception by Hugh Ferriss of how the Ford Exhibition building will look at night
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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.
Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Construction of Magic Mountain for the Enchanted Island exhibit at A Century of Progress
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Date:
1933
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Century of Progress records
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Construction of Old Fort Dearborn
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Construction of Old Fort Dearborn
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Construction of Old Fort Dearborn
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Construction of Old Fort Dearborn
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Construction of Old Fort Dearborn
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Construction of a giant toy wagon in preparation for the Enchanted Island exhibit
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The photo was taken in March of 1933, a few months before the grand opening of the Fair.
Date:
1933
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Construction of a giant umbrella at the Enchanted Island exhibit
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Date:
1933
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Century of Progress records
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Construction of one of the amusement rides at the Enchanted Island
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Date:
1933
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Century of Progress records
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Construction of the Gazebo for the Enchanted Island exhibit
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Date:
March 1, 1933
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Century of Progress records
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Construction of the General Exhibits building
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Date:
1932
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Construction of the General Exhibits building
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Date:
1932
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Construction of the General Exhibits building
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Date:
1932
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Construction of the General Exhibits building
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Date:
1932
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Century of Progress records
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Construction of the General Exhibits building
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Date:
1932
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Construction of the General Exhibits building
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Date:
1932
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Construction of the General Exhibits building
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Date:
1932
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Construction of the General Exhibits building
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Date:
1932
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Construction of the General Exhibits building
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Date:
1932
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Construction of the children's theater for the Enchanted Island exhibit
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Date:
February 1, 1933
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Century of Progress records
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Construction of the children's theater for the Enchanted Island exhibit at A Century of Progress.
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Date:
March 1, 1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Costumed bullfighters.
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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
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction
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Here workers can be seen constructing the exhibit's central arch.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction
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The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1932
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction
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The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933
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The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1933
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933
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Date:
1933
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Century of Progress records
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Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933.
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The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1933
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933.
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The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933.
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The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933.
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The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933.
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The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933.
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The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933.
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The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Crowd gathers to celebrate Danish Day at the courtyard of the Hall of Science
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Crowds gather to celebrate Edison Electric Day at the Enchanted Island
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Dancers in costume at the Century of Progress Swiss Village.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access

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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
Theme
Fairs & Exhibitions
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170 Exhibition buildings 29 Construction 22 Science 14 Buddhism 14 Buddhist temples 13 Amusement parks 11 Children 10 Corridors 9 Automobiles 9 Towers 8 Architecture 7 Buildings 7 Fascist aesthetics 6 Amusement rides 6 Auditoriums 6 Fortification 6 Pavilions 6 Temples 5 Bathrooms 5 Fairs 5 Figurines 4 Diorama 4 Fashion 4 Fountains 4 Globes 4 Maps 4 Medicine 4 Mountains 4 Porches 4 Structural frames--Design and construction 3 Carillons 3 Courtyards 3 Lakes & ponds 3 Motorboats 3 Mural painting and decoration 3 Outboard motors 3 Parade floats 3 Railroad cars 3 Railroad companies 3 Railroad passenger cars 3 Railroads 3 Sculpture 3 Stages (Platforms) 3 Stairways 3 Television 2 Aerial views 2 Architectural drawing 2 Beauty contestants 2 Buddhist sculpture 2 Bullfighters 2 Bullfights 2 Cash registers 2 Celebrations 2 Crowds 2 Dwellings 2 Electricity 2 Elephants 2 Explorers 2 Halls 2 Heating & ventilation industry 2 Horticulture 2 Model houses 2 Passageways 2 Plumbing fixtures 2 Progress photographs 2 Staircases 2 Theater 2 Visitors, Foreign 2 Visits of state 2 Women 1 Agricultural machinery 1 Animals 1 Aquatic sports 1 Archaeology 1 Arches 1 Automobile racing 1 Bears 1 Beds 1 Biology 1 Boats and boating 1 Canneries 1 Cannery workers 1 Carriages and carts 1 Census 1 Chemistry 1 Chrysler automobile 1 Clowns 1 Comedians 1 Construction workers 1 Contract negotiations 1 Contracts 1 Costumes 1 Dedication services 1 Demography 1 Demonstrations 1 Diamond mines and mining 1 Diamonds 1 Dinosaurs 1 Dinosaurs--Models 1 Diving 1 Dogs 1 Engineering 1 Entertainers 1 Exhibition buildings--Design and construction 1 Exhibition facilities 1 Extinct animals 1 Flowers 1 Folk dancing, Swiss 1 Furniture 1 Galleries & museums 1 Gardens 1 Gates 1 Gazebos 1 HVAC systems 1 High school students 1 Horses 1 Indigenous peoples 1 Industry 1 Iron lungs 1 Lumber 1 Lumber trade 1 Machinery 1 Mannequins (Figures) 1 Manners & customs 1 Manners and customs 1 Mantillas 1 Metals 1 Metalwork 1 Metalworking 1 Mines and mineral resources 1 Mosques 1 Museum exhibits 1 Naval museums 1 Navigation 1 Neanderthals 1 Night photography 1 Painting 1 Police, Private 1 Portraits, Group 1 Projectors 1 Pullman cars 1 Rain forests 1 Reception rooms 1 Reclamation of land 1 Refuse 1 Refuse disposal 1 Scarecrows 1 Scientific education 1 Scientific equipment 1 Sewing machines 1 Sewing-machine industry 1 Ships 1 Steel 1 Storefronts 1 Streets 1 Sulphuric acid industry 1 Surgical instruments and apparatus 1 Swans 1 Swiss cheese 1 Taverns (Inns) 1 Telephones 1 Thrones 1 Toilets 1 Tourism 1 Tourists 1 Transportation 1 Travel 1 Trees 1 Twine 1 Umbrellas 1 Villages 1 Volcanoes 1 Women employees 1 Women, Turkish