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Winners in the International Commercial Schools contest in bookkeeping for business college and high schools novices
1934
The 23rd Street entrance to the Century of Progress.
1933
Dedication of the south unit of the John R. Thompson company building
1933
Three stars of the Tipica Police Orchestra of Mexico City performing in the Court of States
1933
Entertainers at the Swiss Village cutting a piece of Swiss cheese to tempt visitors appetites
1933
Japanese Pavilion at the World's Fair
Japanese Pavilion at the World's Fair in winter.
1933
Residents of South Dakota visit their state exhibit in the Court of States
1933
The Skyride at the Century of Progress International Exposition.
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.
1933
Shriner band from Sinai Temple, Montpelier, Vermont
1933
Beauty contest winner meets Olympic diving champion
1933
Henry Sheldon christens 'A Century of Progress Ranger'
1933
Reception for Italian diplomat
1933
Eleanor Roosevelt unveils Brenton's painting
1934
Public officials view the 1934 World's Fair
Daniel C. Roper, Secretary of Commerce, and other public officials on an informal visit.
1933
Children in a play house
1933
Various swimming and diving champions of the Chicago public parks
1933
Parole authorities meet at A Century of Progress
1933
Band from the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home shown in the Court of Honor
1933
New Life sculpture depicting American folk of today
1933
Winner of the first prize in the model yacht regatta receives trophy
1933
Five Miss Lithuania contestants
1933
Jugoslav winners in the Miss Century of Progress Contest
1933
Officials examine a sample of milk that will be distributed on Children's Day
1933
Commanding Officers of five branches of the United States Army from Fort Sheridan reviewing the troops of Camp Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933
Meinhardt Raabe, an inhabitant of the Midget Village working with the director of the Anthropometric Laboratory in the Social Science Hall
1933
Pueblo Indian woman with a 1934 Council Fire medal
1934
American Indian demonstrating the use of a bow and arrow at the Indian Village
1933
Masonite House at the Century of Progress
1933
Model Florida home at the Century of Progress International Exposition.
1933
Hall of Science
The souvenir shop and park benches are just to the left of the main entrance.
1933
The Hall of Religion
The Hall of Religion is an important exhibit at the Fair, visited by hundreds of thousands of persons.
1933
The Old Heidelberg Inn restaurant at the Century of Progress Foreign Villages exhibition.
1933
Audience view of an orchestral performance at Ford's Symphony Gardens bandshell
1933
Lakeside view of the Federal Building at the Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933-1934.
1933
School children swarmed around Barney Oldfield for autographs
1933
Two systems of General Electric air conditioning equipment for the home
Installations of two systems of General Electric air conditioning equipment for the home are shown.
1933
Full-size 50 horsepower, two-stage turbine and governor, cut away to expose the working parts
1933
Light and water display in the court of the Electrical Building
1933
Sculpture plaque on the side of the Electrical Building
1933
Penny power display in the Kilowatt Hour exhibit
1933
Chrysler Motors building at night
1933
The Avenue of Flags
1933

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19 General Electric Company 16 Dawes, Rufus C. (Rufus Cutler), 1867-1940 8 General Motors Corporation 8 Lohr, Lenox R. (Lenox Riley), 1891-1968 5 Chicago Symphony Orchestra 5 Swanson, Gloria, 1897-1983 4 Ford Motor Company 3 Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 3 City of New York (Ship) 3 Detroit Symphony Orchestra 3 Ellerhusen, Ulric H. (Ulric Henry), 1879-1957 2 American Legion 2 Armour and Company 2 Buck, Frank, 1884-1950 2 Chicago Grand Opera Company (Chicago, Ill.) 2 Chicago Plan Commission 2 Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962 2 Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938 2 Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 2 Greyhound Lines, Inc. 2 Pullman Company 2 Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr. (Franklin Delano), 1914-1988 2 Sholtz, David, 1891-1953 2 Spanish-American War Veterans 2 Swift & Company 2 University of Chicago. Oriental Institute 2 Wilson & Company 1 Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum 1 Allen, Fred, 1894-1956 1 Amateur Athletic Union of the United States 1 Amtrak 1 Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America 1 Baker, Phil, 1896-1963 1 Barclay, McClelland 1 Boy Scouts of America 1 Breton, Jules, 1827-1906 1 Bristol-Myers Company 1 Budd Company 1 Chicago Black Horse Troop and Mounted Band 1 Chicago Transparency Company 1 Chicago Woman's Club (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Christ Church (Boston, Mass.) 1 Chrysler Corporation 1 Clark, J. Reuben, Jr., 1871-1961 1 Dunne, Edward F. (Edward Fitzsimons), 1853-1937 1 Duryea automobile 1 Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 1 Field Museum of Natural History 1 Fisher, Howard T. 1 Ford Model T automobile 1 Frigidaire Corporation 1 Gordon, Ruth, 1896-1985 1 Grant, Heber J. (Heber Jeddy), 1856-1945 1 Grosse, Aristid von, 1905-1985 1 Haeger Potteries 1 Hiram Walker-Gooderham & Worts Limited 1 Illinois--Northerly Island 1 John R. Thompson Co. (Washington, D.C.) 1 Kemp, Hal 1 Lamb, Arthur J., 1870-1928 1 McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944 1 Moore, Grace, 1898-1947 1 National Cash Register Company 1 Nuremberg (Germany) 1 Oldfield, Barney, 1878-1946 1 Owens-Illinois Glass Company 1 Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 1 Petty, George 1 Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979 1 Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? 1 Public Service Company of Northern Illinois 1 Revere, Paul, 1735-1818 1 Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 1 Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943 1 Ross, Betsy, 1752-1836 1 Rubinstein, Helena, 1870-1965 1 Sarazen, Gene 1 Sears, Roebuck and Company 1 Solomon, Alfred. 1 Standard Oil Company 1 Staten Island Chamber of Commerce 1 Stein, Charles D. 1 Stock, Frederick, 1872-1942 1 Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Co. 1 Switzerland 1 Talmadge, Eugene, 1884-1946 1 Toledo Museum of Art 1 Troi���a���novski��, A. (Aleksandr), 1882-1955 1 WLS (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) 1 Wilson Sporting Goods Company 1 Wilson and Company 1 Wilson, Margery, 1896-1986 1 Wray, Fay, 1907-2004

194 Exhibition buildings 72 Exhibitions 45 Construction 42 Buildings 36 Amusement rides 33 Electricity 31 Structural frames--Design and construction 28 Exhibition buildings--Design and construction 27 Fairs 23 Children 22 Visits of state 21 Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--Sources 20 Contests 19 Science 19 Sculpture 18 Automobiles 18 Awards 16 Beauty contestants 14 Aerial photography 13 Young women 12 Construction workers 12 Lakes & ponds 12 Rites and ceremonies 12 Tourists 11 Beauty contests 11 Parades 11 Photography, Panoramic 10 Aerial views 10 Flags 10 Painting 9 Amusement parks 9 Courtyards 9 Diorama 8 Fortification 8 Indigenous peoples 8 Streets 8 Villages 7 Architectural drawing 7 Country life 7 Cranes, derricks, etc. 7 Lagoons 7 Portrait painting 7 Restaurants 7 Transparencies 6 Buddhism 6 Lamps 6 Parade floats 6 Temples 6 Theater 6 Tourism 6 Visitors, Foreign 5 Architecture 5 Celebrities 5 Employees 5 Figurines 5 Fountains 5 Gates 5 Hoisting machinery 5 Military parades 4 Air conditioning 4 Bridges 4 Dedication services 4 Diving 4 Electric apparatus and appliances 4 Engines 4 Entertainers 4 High school students 4 Horses 4 Household appliances 4 Judges 4 Opera singers 4 Orphans 4 Pottery 4 Progress photographs 4 Religion 4 Softball 4 Stages (Platforms) 4 Swimmers 4 Women 4 Women employees 3 Bedouins 3 Buddhist temples 3 Buses 3 Carriages and carts 3 Concerts 3 Dancers 3 Dwarfs (Persons) 3 Electric lighting 3 Fascism 3 Fascists 3 Flowers 3 Gifts 3 Glassware 3 Historical reenactments 3 Houses 3 Light bulbs 3 Luncheons 3 Machinery 3 Medals 3 Panoramic views 3 Pavilions 3 Portrait photographs 3 Potters 3 Pueblo Indians 3 Railroad passenger cars 3 Robots 3 Rubber 3 Sailing ships 3 Sailors 3 Ships 3 Veterans 2 Administrative agencies 2 Advertising 2 Agriculture 2 Air conditioning industry 2 Astronomy 2 Automobile racing 2 Bands 2 Barges 2 Bas-relief 2 Benches 2 Bottles 2 Bowls (Tableware) 2 Boys 2 Brothers and sisters 2 Buddhist sculpture 2 Business districts 2 Business people 2 Cash registers 2 Chauffeurs 2 Christianity 2 City planning 2 Clerks 2 Clowns 2 Comedians 2 Contracts 2 Costumes 2 Crowds 2 Dairying 2 Dedications 2 Demonstrations 2 Diners (Restaurants) 2 Drawing 2 Dwellings 2 Electric lamps 2 Electrical apparatus 2 Exhibition buildings--Illinois--Chicago--History--Sources 2 Exhibitions--Employees 2 Family reunions 2 Farmers 2 Frontier & pioneer life 2 Gardens 2 Girls 2 Glassware--Exhibitions 2 Governors 2 Homing pigeons 2 Hospitality 2 Infants 2 Kitchen appliances 2 Kitchens 2 Lakes 2 Legislators 2 Light 2 Light fixtures 2 Marching bands 2 Masquerades 2 Maya architecture 2 Mayas--Religion 2 Milk 2 Millefiori glass 2 Monkeys 2 Mountains 2 Music 2 Myths 2 Oaths 2 Orchestra 2 Orchestras 2 Paintings 2 Parks 2 Pigeons 2 Planning drawings 2 Plazas 2 Police 2 Portraits 2 Posters 2 Pottery craft 2 Presidents 2 Presidents' spouses 2 Promotional materials 2 Public officers 2 Publishers 2 Puppet theater 2 Puppets 2 Radio broadcasting 2 Railroad cars 2 Rivers 2 Running races 2 School children 2 Signs (Notices) 2 Skyscrapers 2 Smiling 2 Socialites 2 Souvenirs (Keepsakes) 2 Sultans 2 Swimming 2 Television 2 Tenors (Singers) 2 Tickets 2 Towers 2 Workshops 1 Acrobatics 1 Actors 1 Advertising fliers 1 Aerialists 1 Air conditioning--Equipment and supplies 1 Amusements 1 Angels 1 Animals 1 Appliances 1 Archaeology 1 Arches 1 Architecture, Domestic 1 Arrows 1 Art 1 Art education 1 Astronomical observatories 1 Automobiles--Models 1 Awards, Gifts 1 Bacchantes 1 Ball-bearings 1 Ballads 1 Ballet 1 Ballet dancers 1 Bananas 1 Band music 1 Bandstands 1 Barns 1 Bast (Egyptian deity) 1 Bathing suits 1 Bathrooms 1 Bathtubs 1 Beaches 1 Beds 1 Beer 1 Big bands 1 Biology 1 Bishops 1 Boats and boating 1 Bookkeeping 1 Bows (Archery) 1 Broadcasting 1 Bronze age 1 Buddhas 1 Building dedications 1 Building models 1 Bullfighters 1 Bullfights 1 Burlesque (Theater) 1 Business students 1 Cafes 1 Camels 1 Canoeists 1 Canoes 1 Carillons 1 Carnivals 1 Carving (Decorative arts) 1 Catholicism 1 Cats 1 Cavalry 1 Cavalry horses 1 Celebrations 1 Census 1 Ceremonial exchange 1 Checks 1 Chemicals 1 Chemistry 1 Chevrolet automobile 1 Children with disabilities 1 Children's playhouses 1 Choirs (Music) 1 Chrysler automobile 1 Church buildings 1 Clergy 1 Cliff-dwellings 1 Cliffs 1 Clock towers 1 Clocks & watches 1 Clogs 1 Clubwomen 1 Coaster cars 1 Coastlines 1 Command of troops 1 Committees 1 Conductors (Music) 1 Consuls 1 Contract negotiations 1 Contruction 1 Couples 1 Cycling 1 Dance 1 Daredevils 1 Death 1 Demography 1 Diamond mines and mining 1 Diamonds 1 Dining rooms 1 Dinosaurs 1 Dinosaurs--Models 1 Dishwashing machines 1 Domestic life 1 Drinking vessels 1 Drowning 1 Drowning victims 1 Earrings 1 Education 1 Electric guitar 1 Electric lighting, Mercury vapor 1 Electric lighting, Sodium vapor 1 Electric utilities 1 Electric violin 1 Electric water heaters 1 Electrical apparatus and appliances 1 Electrical appliances 1 Electricity--Industrial applications 1 Electromagnetic waves 1 Electronic apparatus and appliances 1 Elephants 1 Engineering 1 Engraving 1 Entertaining 1 Evangelists 1 Exhibition buildings--Design 1 Exhibition buildings--Illinois--Chicago--Sources 1 Exhibition facilities 1 Exhibits 1 Extinct animals 1 Fairy tales 1 Families 1 Farewells 1 Farm tractors 1 Farms 1 Festivals 1 Fire engines 1 Flagpoles 1 Flower arrangement 1 Food processing machinery 1 Football 1 Forests and forestry 1 Free material 1 Furniture 1 Gazebos 1 General Motors automobiles 1 General stores 1 Generators 1 Girders 1 Glass blowing and working 1 Glassware, Ancient 1 Globes 1 Golf 1 Golf clubs (Sporting goods) 1 Golfers 1 Government officials 1 Grandmothers 1 Grandparents 1 Guests 1 Guitars 1 Gymnastics 1 HVAC systems 1 Halls 1 Handbags 1 Handshaking 1 Heating & ventilation industry 1 Heating--Equipment and supplies 1 Horsemanship 1 Horticulture 1 Housekeeping 1 Hugging 1 Ice 1 Illustrations 1 Impersonation 1 Incandescent lamps 1 Incentive awards 1 Indian councils 1 Industrial facilities 1 Industries 1 Infantry 1 Irises (Plants) 1 Irish 1 Islam 1 Italy--Pompeii (Extinct city) 1 Jazz 1 Jazz musicians 1 Juries 1 Karting 1 Karts (Automobiles) 1 Kissing 1 Ladders 1 Laundry 1 Laundry--Equipment and supplies 1 Leopard 1 Lighting 1 Locomotives 1 Long distance swimming 1 Lumber 1 Mannequins (Figures) 1 Manners & customs 1 Manners and customs 1 Mantillas 1 Maps 1 Marble 1 Marches (Band) 1 Maypoles 1 Meat 1 Meat cutting 1 Medicine 1 Meetings 1 Men 1 Military parades & ceremonies 1 Milling-machines 1 Mines and mineral resources 1 Minoans 1 Mirrors 1 Mirrors, Etruscan 1 Model houses 1 Mormon Church 1 Mormon women 1 Mormons 1 Mosques 1 Mothers 1 Motion picture actors and actresses 1 Motion pictures 1 Motor vehicles--Models 1 Mummies 1 Musical instruments 1 Musical revues & comedies 1 Musicians 1 Newspaper carriers 1 Night photographs 1 Night photography 1 North America--Niagara Falls 1 Older people 1 Orchestral musicians 1 Packing plants 1 Pageants 1 Painting, French 1 Panoramas 1 Parade Floats 1 Parades & processions 1 Parole officers 1 Passageways 1 Pedicabs 1 Performing arts 1 Perfumes 1 Physicians 1 Pies 1 Planetaria 1 Plantations 1 Plaques, plaquettes 1 Plumbing fixtures 1 Plymouth automobile 1 Portrait drawings 1 Portrait photography 1 Portraits, Group 1 Postal service--Employees 1 Pottery making 1 Prayer 1 Priests 1 Prophets 1 Protactinium 1 Public speaking 1 Pueblos 1 Pullman cars 1 Racetracks 1 Racetracks (Automobile racing) 1 Racing 1 Racing automobiles 1 Radio 1 Radio personalities 1 Radio programs 1 Railroads 1 Rancheras 1 Refrigerators 1 Refuse 1 Refuse disposal 1 Relay racing 1 Restaurant workers 1 Revues 1 Rickshaws 1 Roller coasters 1 Roses 1 Rotundas 1 Rubber industry and trade 1 Rug and carpet industry 1 Rugs 1 Ruins 1 Sailboats--Models 1 Sales personnel 1 Sandwiches 1 Scales 1 Schools 1 Scientific equipment 1 Sculptors 1 Self-care, Health 1 Shipping 1 Signet rings 1 Signs and signboards 1 Singers 1 Singing 1 Slides (Photography) 1 Soap box derbies 1 Soapstone carving 1 Social science 1 Social sciences 1 Souvenirs 1 Soybeans 1 Spain 1 Sports spectators 1 Steam-turbines 1 Steins 1 Storefronts 1 Stores, Retail 1 Stoves, Electric 1 Structural frames--Design and contruction 1 Studebaker automobile 1 Stunt performers 1 Submarines (Ships) 1 Sulphuric acid industry 1 Sunrises & sunsets 1 Swimming--Competitions 1 Swiss cheese 1 Tea 1 Teachers 1 Technological innovations 1 Teenage boys 1 Telephones 1 Theatrical posters 1 Theremins 1 Tightrope walking 1 Time 1 Tires 1 Tragedies 1 Transportation 1 Travel 1 Tumbling 1 Twins 1 Typewriting 1 Umbrellas 1 Uniforms 1 Urns 1 Vases 1 Vaudeville 1 Violins 1 Visitors' centers 1 Vitamin D 1 Volcanoes 1 Wagons 1 Water gardens 1 Waterfalls 1 Waterfronts 1 Weights & measures 1 Wheelchairs 1 Whistling 1 Wire 1 Women Olympic athletes 1 Women, Turkish 1 Women--Societies and clubs 1 World records 1 Wrestlers 1 Wrestling 1 Yacht racing 1 Yachts 1 Zoos