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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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Artist's rendition of the Emerson, Bohrer & Stirling building
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1932
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Century of Progress records
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Artistic rendering of the Travel and Transport Building
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Mural depicting industry and industrialization
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Mural depicting industry and industrialization
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Mural of a coal miner working in a mine shaft
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Mural of the workshop floor of a factory
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Mural representing industry and industrialization
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This picture depicts a Bessemer converter used to mass-produce steel from molten pig iron.
Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Mural representing industry and industrialization
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Mural representing industry and industrialization
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Rufus C. Dawes (left), and RCA executive Owen D. Young
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Stripping bark from trees
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Artist's rendition of a nineteenth-century estate somewhere along the Atlantic seaboard. The workers in the painting appear to be harvesting the bark off the birch trees. Strips of birch bark were often used as a veneer for canoes of other hand-crafted items.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access

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Repository
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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