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Western Avenue: Western & Grand (Folder 161)
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Date:
1939
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access


Toll road (Tollway) (Folder 275)
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Edens extension, looking east
Date:
1959
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access


Illinois Tollway Oasis (Folder 278)
2 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
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Public access


State Street (Folder 1169)
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John David clothing store on State Street
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
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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
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


View of the Enchanted Island exhibit under construction in preparation for the Chicago World's Fair
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Enchanted Island was built between the lagoon and Lake Michigan, and included a mountainside slide, a fairy castle, a mechanical zoo, a miniature railroad, and a theater, among other exhibits.
Date:
March 1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Exterior view of Magic Mountain, part of 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


Enchanted Isle during construction
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Construction of Magic Mountain for the Enchanted Island exhibit at A Century of Progress. The photo was taken in February of 1933, a few months before the grand opening of the Fair.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


View of one of the facades to the Electrical Group building
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Exterior view of the Electrical Group exhibition building.
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The bas relief sculpture on the facade of the building symbolizes "Energy."
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Aerial view of the Electrical Building
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access



Exterior view of the left stairway in front of the main courtyard of the Electrical Group building
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The relief Stellar Energy (also known as Light) by sculptor Ulric Henry Ellerhusen adorns the facade of the building on the left.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Dancers learning how to bait cast
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Wilson and Company employees shown grouped around a model of the Wilson building
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access



Unknown foreign dignitary visiting the Century of Progress International Exposition.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Unknown foreign dignitary visiting the Century of Progress International Exposition.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Mormon leaders at the fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Mrs. Frederic W. Upham a trustee
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


The Hupmobile exhibit at A Century of Progress International Exhibition, 1933-1934.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


West Tech high school, Cleveland, Ohio, wins the Stowell cup for the second year for having the highest dictating machine score
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


2,000,000th visitor to the World's Fair
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


The Pullman train car exhibit at the Century of Progress International Exposition.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


The Travel and Transport building at night.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


The Lagoon Theater, grandstand and the Thompson restaurants
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The theater has been roofed and a permanent stage built on spiles has replaced the roofless stands and floating stage of 1933. The changes were made because of the extreme popularity of the theater last year. At the left may be seen the completed unit of the Thompson restaurants, which began serving food today.
Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Henrietta Burmeister swan dives in the lagoon at the Swift Bridge at the Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


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


Story Cove exhibit.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra after a softball game
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Murderers Row' of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which today defeated the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, 18 to 17, in a fiercely fought softball game of seven inning duration in Grant Park adjoining the World's Fair, boasts a group of real sluggers. This quartet, reading left to fight; Bill Fantozzi (violin); Joe Mourek (trumpet); Sam Dolnik (violin) and Dan Seidenberg (first cellist), fired a volley of homers, triples and doubles, to score the triumph. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra appears twice daily in concerts at Swift Bandshell at the World's Fair, while the Detroit Symphony Orchestra is playing at Ford Gardens, also at A Century of Progress.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


The Skyride at the Century of Progress International Exposition.
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Supporting the structure at opposite ends were two steel towers 638 feet tall and 3/8 of a mile apart. According to Fair promoters, high-speed elevators transported passengers took to the tops of the towers in less than one minute.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Two men standing on the construction site where the Sky Ride was to be built for the Century of Progress International Exposition.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access





Jane Fite, passenger of Bob Milow in the 1,500 meter relay rickshaw race wipes his brow
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Winners of the tenth annual pushmobile race presented with Chrysler Motors medals
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Two hundred homing pigeons released as part of the opening day ceremonies at the new World's Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Tour group from Reading, Pennsylvania
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Performance at the Symphony Gardens.
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A church pageant of Oscar Wilde's fairy tale The Birthday of the Infanta at Ford's Symphony Garden, Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933-1934.
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
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


The nine millionth visitor kisses the sixth millionth visitor to the World's Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Tourists posing in the car they drove from New Orleans to the Fair
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Left to right are: Michael S. Silvestri, Office L.C. Segele, Gasper A. Silvestri, Gasper J. Silvestri, and Charles A. Dupaquier.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Three individuals with the National Advisory Council for A Century of Progress.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Five semi-finalists for the Miss Century of Progress beauty contest
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Best photo contest winner Rolf A. Maren
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Magazine covers.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Construction of the Chinese Lama Temple
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Replica of the Tibetan-styled Potala palace in the former Chinese province of Jehol.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access


Chinese Lama Temple
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Replica of the Tibetan-styled Potala palace in the former Chinese province of Jehol.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


William P. Wilkerson (Cherokee), president of the Indian Council Fire, confers with peers
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access