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World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending August 12, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-08-06 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Events - Special Days, 1934, part 2 (Folder 14-200)
99 Text
Press releases relating to special days at the fair. These documents include descriptions of Farm Week, where people could bring in animals or produce instead of having to pay for admission. Entries included Mrs Smith and a baby possum caught by her dog, and Adolf Hitler the goose, who was worth 4 tickets. Farm Week also involved agriculture-related contests and prizes.
Date:
[1934]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Events - Weather, 1934 (Folder 14-206)
2 Text
Press release about temperatures recorded at the fair on two separate days.
Date:
29 Jun 1934; 21 Jul 1934
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Progress, vol. 4, no. 4 , February 15, 1934
3 Text
Date:
1934-02-15 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Progress, vol. 4, no. 5, March 1, 1934
3 Text
Date:
1934-03-01 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Progress, vol. 4, no. 8, April 15, 1934
3 Text
Date:
1934-04-15 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending June 10, 1933
35 Text
Date:
1933-06-04 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Foreign exhibits - pageants (Folder 16-281)
42 Text
Date:
1934
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Executive Committee - digest of meetings, ca. 1933-1934 (Folder 5-125)
126 Text
Date:
30 Nov 1928 - 1 Sep 1932
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Exhibits, Directors Memos, June - November 1933 (Folder 11-1)
194 Text
Memoranda on many different topics, including payment of rates; what will happen to the exhibits after the fair; incidental expenditures for exhibitors and general maintenance of the halls; publicity, and health and safety.
Date:
27 May 1931; 1 Feb 1933 - 29 Nov 1934
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending August 26, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-08-20 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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A Century of Progress Exposition: Chicago's 1933 world's fair (Folder 16-165)
31 Text
Date:
[1933]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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The New World's Fair of 1934 (Folder 16-172)
5 Text
Date:
[1934]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Official Guidebook of The World's Fair, 1934 (Folder 16-176)
103 Text
Date:
1934
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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A Century of Progress exposition: official view book (Folder 16-195)
19 Text
Date:
1933
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Old Europe (Folder 16-279)
24 Text
Date:
1933
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Bendix Lama Temple, 1933-1935 (Folder 12-7)
29 Text
Regarding the removal of the temple at the end of the fair.
Date:
7 Nov 1933 - 7 Nov 1935
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Skyride - Fries-Walters Co., October 1932 - October 1933 (Folder 12-151)
91 Text
Discusses installation, labor, maintenance, ticket booths, electricity supply and more.
Date:
13 Oct 1932 - 3 Oct 1933
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Promotion Stories, October 1934 (Folder 14-130)
102 Text
Date:
24-31 Oct 1934
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Publicity - Research Statistics, 1934 (Folder 14-184)
160 Text
Statistics relating to the fair, together with information on press releases and publicity for 1934.
Date:
[30 Mar 1934]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Public access
Events - Recurring, 1934 (Folder 14-197)
69 Text
Press releases mainly relating to Children's Day and associated events. There are also some papers on the advantages offered by airmail.
Date:
[1934]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending September 2, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-08-27 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Events - Special Days, 1934, part 3 (Folder 14-201)
125 Text
Press releases about special days and nights at the fair, including Independence Day celebrations. There are also notes on special tour groups who were brought to the fair.
Date:
[1934]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Public access
Exhibits - international participation (Folder 11-127)
168 Text
Date:
28 Jan 1931 - 23 Mar 1934
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Exhibits - Foreign Participation- Outline of Procedure, 1929 (Folder 11-145)
79 Text
Includes many of the rules and regulations surrounding the organization of foreign participation.
Date:
[1929]; 11 Nov 1929 - 8 Jul 1930
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Amusements - Memos, 1933 (Folder 12-1)
49 Text
Includes descriptions from visitors of "The Merry Village", and memos relating to the shooting gallery, amusement concessions, and lists of amusements in the amusement zone and details on its construction.
Date:
20 Jan - 7 Jun 1933
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Bendix Lama Temple, 1932 (Folder 12-5)
192 Text
To do with the setting up and decoration of the temple.
Date:
28 Apr 1932 - 8 Dec 1936
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Fort Dearborn - Bids, 1930 (Folder 12-57)
25 Text
Date:
7 Aug - 3 Nov 1930
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Promotion Stories, November 1933 (Folder 14-41)
80 Text
Date:
10 May - 11 Nov 1933
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Concessions - General Remarks, 1934 (Folder 14-171)
12 Text
Date:
13 Dec 1933 - 1 Jun 1934; [1933-1934]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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City of Chicago Publicity, 1934 (Folder 14-177)
20 Text
Date:
16 Dec 1933; 13 Mar - 12 Oct 1934
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Public access
Events - Special Days, 1934, part 1 (Folder 14-199)
97 Text
Press releases about special days or weeks at the fair, including Chicago Day, Columbus Day and Constitution Day.
Date:
[1934]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Public access
Panthéon de la guerre (Folder 16-246)
16 Text
Date:
1932
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Public access
Chicago Art Institute (Folder 16-271)
12 Text
Date:
[1933]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Books and printing (Folder 16-298)
124 Text
Date:
1934
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Reports on the World's Fair, March 1934 (Folder 14-240)
56 Text
A series of articles about different aspects of the World's Fair, focusing on how it was to be achieved on the scale planned and the clear evidence it presented for the advancement and progress of humankind.
Date:
[1931-1934]
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Progress, vol. 4, no. 7, April 1, 1934
3 Text
Date:
1934-04-01 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending May 20, 1933
21 Text
Date:
1933-05-14 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending June 24, 1933
35 Text
Date:
1933-06-18 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending August 19, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-08-13 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Official Guide Book of The Fair, 1933 (Folder 16-175)
91 Text
Date:
1933
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Public access
Frank Buck's book of thrills (Folder 16-242)
19 Text
Date:
1934
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Public access
Midget Village News issues (Folder 16-245)
17 Text
Date:
Jun 1933 - Sep 1934
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending September 16, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-09-10 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending September 30, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-09-24 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Public access
Minute Book of Board of Trustees, 1933 (Folder 3-56)
158 Text
Date:
9 Jan 1928 - 2 Oct 1929
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Public access
Dawes, Rufus C., correspondence, 1928-1929 (Folder 9-34)
58 Text
Covers politics, funds, contractors, workers' equality and more.
Date:
12 May - 14 Oct 1929
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Japan participation, September 1932 (Folder 9-125)
17 Text
Date:
1932-09-07 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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Mexico participation, 1931 (Folder 9-126)
2 Text
Date:
1931-09-01 0:00:00
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
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R. C. Dawes Speech, 1934 (Folder 14-211)
28 Text
Speech about the unprecedented success of the Chicago fair in 1933, and of the hopes and aspirations for the reopening of the fair in 1934.
Date:
21 Dec 1933; 28 Mar 1934
Collection:
A Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access

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