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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
Donnelley Hall
View of Donnelly Hall (demolished) looking northeast from South Calumet Avenue (Martin Luther King Drive). The top of the McCormick Inn hotel (451 East 23rd Street, demolished 1993) is visible behind it.
1984
Donnelley Hall and McCormick Inn hotel
View of Donnelly Hall (demolished) from west of South Calumet Avenue, north of East 24th Street. The high-rise McCormick Inn hotel (451 East 23rd Street, demolished 1993) is visible behind Donnelley Hall.
1984
High-rise apartment buildings, Near South Side
View looking northwest from South Indiana Avenue at East Cermak Road towards high-rise apartment buildings. At the left is the 2101 South Michigan Apartments, located at the southeast corner of the intersection with East 21st Street. To the right of that is Long Grove House (2001 South Michigan Avenue, at the intersection with East Cullerton Street). The New Michigan Hotel (originally Lexington Hotel) is at the far left. It was located at 2135 South Michigan Avenue, at the intersection with East 22nd Street (Cermak Road), but was demolished in 1996.
1978

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54 Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 41 Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 19 General Electric Company 16 Dawes, Rufus C. (Rufus Cutler), 1867-1940 14 Daley, Eleanor, 1907-2003 12 Kerner, Otto, 1908-1976 10 Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 9 Stratton, William G. 8 General Motors Corporation 8 Lohr, Lenox R. (Lenox Riley), 1891-1968 6 Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 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 Arvey, Jacob M. (Jacob Meyer), 1895-1977 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 Urban League 1 Chicago Woman's Club (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Christ Church (Boston, Mass.) 1 Chrysler Corporation 1 Clark, J. Reuben, Jr., 1871-1961 1 Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1899-1990 1 Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.) 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 Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 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

190 Exhibition buildings 103 Politicians 102 Politics and government 68 Exhibitions 45 Construction 45 Presidents 44 Buildings 40 Mayors 38 Fund raising 37 Cities and towns 36 Amusement rides 36 Architecture 33 Electricity 30 Speeches, addresses, etc. 28 Exhibition buildings--Design and construction 27 Fairs 27 Structural frames--Design and construction 26 Automobiles 24 Children 22 Visits of state 21 Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--Sources 20 Contests 19 Science 19 Sculpture 18 Awards 16 Beauty contestants 14 Aerial photography 13 Streets 13 Young women 12 Construction workers 12 Lakes & ponds 12 Rites and ceremonies 12 Tourists 11 Beauty contests 11 Governors 11 Parades 11 Photography, Panoramic 10 Aerial views 10 Flags 10 Painting 9 Amusement parks 9 Courtyards 9 Diorama 9 Restaurants 8 Community development, Urban 8 Fortification 8 Indigenous peoples 8 Villages 7 Architectural drawing 7 Country life 7 Cranes, derricks, etc. 7 Dinners and dining 7 Industrial buildings 7 Lagoons 7 Portrait painting 7 Transparencies 6 Buddhism 6 Harbors 6 Lamps 6 Parade floats 6 Temples 6 Theater 6 Tourism 6 Visitors, Foreign 5 Boats and boating 5 Buildings--Remodeling for other use 5 Celebrities 5 Electric lighting 5 Employees 5 Figurines 5 Floors, Concrete 5 Fountains 5 Gates 5 Hoisting machinery 5 Marinas 5 Military parades 5 Signs and signboards 4 Advertising 4 Air conditioning 4 Bridges 4 Ceilings 4 Concrete walls 4 Dedication services 4 Diving 4 Electric apparatus and appliances 4 Engines 4 Entertainers 4 High school students 4 Horses 4 Household appliances 4 Housing, Single family 4 Judges 4 Machinery 4 Opera singers 4 Orphans 4 Pottery 4 Progress photographs 4 Railroad cars 4 Religion 4 Rivers 4 Row houses 4 Softball 4 Stages (Platforms) 4 Storage facilities 4 Swimmers 4 Warehouses 4 Women 4 Women employees 3 Basements 3 Bedouins 3 Boxes 3 Buddhist temples 3 Buses 3 Carriages and carts 3 Clergy 3 Columns, Concrete 3 Commercial art 3 Concerts 3 Concrete beams 3 Dancers 3 Driveways 3 Dwarfs (Persons) 3 Dwellings 3 Fascism 3 Fascists 3 Flowers 3 Gifts 3 Glassware 3 Historical reenactments 3 Houses 3 Light bulbs 3 Lighting 3 Luncheons 3 Medals 3 Office buildings 3 Panoramic views 3 Parking lots 3 Parks 3 Pavilions 3 Portrait photographs 3 Posters 3 Potters 3 Public works 3 Pueblo Indians 3 Railroad passenger cars 3 Robots 3 Rubber 3 Sailing ships 3 Sailors 3 School children 3 Ships 3 Skyscrapers 3 Veterans 3 Windows 2 Administrative agencies 2 African Americans 2 Agriculture 2 Air conditioning industry 2 Apartment houses 2 Astronomy 2 Automobile racing 2 Bands 2 Barges 2 Bas-relief 2 Benches 2 Boilers 2 Bottles 2 Bowls (Tableware) 2 Boys 2 Brick walls 2 Brothers and sisters 2 Buddhist sculpture 2 Building sites 2 Building, Brick 2 Business districts 2 Business people 2 Carpets 2 Cash registers 2 Chauffeurs 2 Christianity 2 City planning 2 Clerks 2 Clowns 2 Comedians 2 Commercial buildings 2 Concrete masonry 2 Contracts 2 Costumes 2 Crowds 2 Dairying 2 Dampness in buildings 2 Dedications 2 Demonstrations 2 Desks 2 Diners (Restaurants) 2 Doorways 2 Drawing 2 Drums (Containers) 2 Electric conductors 2 Electric lamps 2 Electric light fixtures 2 Electric power systems 2 Electric wiring 2 Electrical apparatus 2 Elevated highways 2 Exhibition buildings--Illinois--Chicago--History--Sources 2 Exhibitions--Employees 2 Factories 2 Family reunions 2 Farmers 2 Filing cabinets 2 Frontier & pioneer life 2 Furnaces 2 Gardens 2 Girls 2 Glassware--Exhibitions 2 Historic preservation 2 Homing pigeons 2 Hospitality 2 Infants 2 Kitchen appliances 2 Kitchens 2 Ladders 2 Lakes 2 Legislators 2 Light 2 Light fixtures 2 Loading and unloading 2 Marching bands 2 Masquerades 2 Maya architecture 2 Mayas--Religion 2 Metal doors 2 Milk 2 Millefiori glass 2 Monkeys 2 Mountains 2 Music 2 Myths 2 Oaths 2 Office equipment and supplies 2 Office furniture 2 Orchestra 2 Orchestras 2 Paintings 2 Pigeons 2 Planning drawings 2 Plazas 2 Police 2 Portraits 2 Pottery craft 2 Power-plants 2 Presidents' spouses 2 Promotional materials 2 Public officers 2 Publishers 2 Puppet theater 2 Puppets 2 Radiators 2 Radio broadcasting 2 Refuse and refuse disposal 2 Roof drainage 2 Roof gutters 2 Rug and carpet industry 2 Rugs 2 Running races 2 Seepage 2 Signs (Notices) 2 Smiling 2 Socialites 2 Souvenirs (Keepsakes) 2 Space heaters 2 Steam-heating 2 Sultans 2 Swimming 2 Television 2 Tenors (Singers) 2 Tickets 2 Tires 2 Towers 2 Trucks 2 Water-pipes--Valves 2 Wooden beams 2 Wooden stairs 2 Workshops 2 Youth 1 Acrobatics 1 Actors 1 Advertising fliers 1 Aerialists 1 African American children 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 Automobile graveyards 1 Automobiles--Models 1 Automobiles--Tires 1 Award presentations 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 Bookkeeping 1 Bows (Archery) 1 Bricks 1 Broadcasting 1 Bronze age 1 Buddhas 1 Building 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 Chimneys 1 Choirs (Music) 1 Chrysler automobile 1 Church buildings 1 Citizen participation 1 Cliff-dwellings 1 Cliffs 1 Clock towers 1 Clocks & watches 1 Clocks and watches 1 Clogs 1 Clubwomen 1 Coal-tar products 1 Coaster cars 1 Coastlines 1 Columns 1 Command of troops 1 Committees 1 Community development 1 Concrete 1 Concrete--Corrosion 1 Conductors (Music) 1 Construction Industry 1 Consuls 1 Containers 1 Contract negotiations 1 Contruction 1 Convention facilities 1 Corridors 1 Couples 1 Cycling 1 Dampness in basements 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 Docks 1 Domestic life 1 Drainage pipes 1 Drinking vessels 1 Drowning 1 Drowning victims 1 Earrings 1 Education 1 Electric cables 1 Electric circuit-breakers 1 Electric guitar 1 Electric lighting, Mercury vapor 1 Electric lighting, Sodium vapor 1 Electric lines 1 Electric meters 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 Factories--Location 1 Factories--Restrooms 1 Fairy tales 1 Families 1 Farewells 1 Farm tractors 1 Farms 1 Festivals 1 Fire engines 1 Fire extinguishers 1 Fire hose 1 Fire sprinklers 1 Flagpoles 1 Flower arrangement 1 Food processing machinery 1 Football 1 Forests and forestry 1 Free material 1 Furniture 1 Garage doors 1 Garages 1 Gas cylinders--Storage 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 Gravel 1 Guests 1 Guitars 1 Gymnastics 1 HVAC systems 1 Halls 1 Handbags 1 Handshaking 1 Heat pipes 1 Heating & ventilation industry 1 Heating--Equipment and supplies 1 Heating-pipes 1 Historic buildings 1 Horsemanship 1 Horticulture 1 House construction 1 Housekeeping 1 Hugging 1 Ice 1 Illustrations 1 Impersonation 1 Incandescent lamps 1 Incentive awards 1 Indian councils 1 Industrial chimneys 1 Industrial facilities 1 Industries 1 Infantry 1 Insulating materials 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 Landscape architecture 1 Laundry 1 Laundry--Equipment and supplies 1 Leopard 1 Litter (Trash)--Prevention 1 Lockers 1 Locomotives 1 Long distance swimming 1 Low-income housing 1 Lumber 1 Mannequins (Figures) 1 Manners & customs 1 Manners and customs 1 Mantillas 1 Maps 1 Marble 1 Marches (Band) 1 Materials handling 1 Maypoles 1 Meat 1 Meat cutting 1 Medicine 1 Meetings 1 Men 1 Metal containers 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 Movable bridges 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 Parcel post 1 Parking garages 1 Parole officers 1 Passageways 1 Pavements 1 Pavements, Concrete 1 Pedicabs 1 Performing arts 1 Perfumes 1 Physicians 1 Pies 1 Planetaria 1 Plank roads 1 Plantations 1 Plaques, plaquettes 1 Plaster 1 Plumbing fixtures 1 Plymouth automobile 1 Political campaigns 1 Political conventions 1 Political participation 1 Portrait drawings 1 Portrait photography 1 Portraits, Group 1 Postal service--Employees 1 Pottery making 1 Power (Mechanics) 1 Power transmission 1 Prayer 1 Priests 1 Printing plants 1 Prophets 1 Protactinium 1 Public buildings--Restrooms 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 Railroad tracks 1 Railroads 1 Rancheras 1 Refrigerators 1 Refuse 1 Refuse collection vehicles 1 Refuse disposal 1 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 1 Reinforcing bars 1 Relay racing 1 Restaurant workers 1 Revues 1 Rickshaws 1 Roller coasters 1 Roses 1 Rotundas 1 Rubber industry and trade 1 Ruins 1 Sailboats--Models 1 Sales personnel 1 Salt boxes 1 Sandwiches 1 Scales 1 Schools 1 Scientific equipment 1 Sculptors 1 Self-care, Health 1 Shipping 1 Sidewalks 1 Signet rings 1 Singers 1 Singing 1 Slides (Photography) 1 Soap box derbies 1 Soapstone carving 1 Social science 1 Social sciences 1 Soft drinks 1 Souvenirs 1 Soybeans 1 Spain 1 Sports spectators 1 Stairs 1 Steam-boilers, Water-tube 1 Steam-turbines 1 Steel I-beams 1 Steins 1 Storefronts 1 Stores, Retail 1 Stoves, Electric 1 Street-railroads 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 Teens 1 Telephones 1 Textile fabrics 1 Theatrical posters 1 Theremins 1 Thermometers 1 Tightrope walking 1 Time 1 Traffic flow 1 Traffic regulations 1 Traffic safety 1 Tragedies 1 Transportation 1 Travel 1 Truck trailers 1 Tumbling 1 Tunnels 1 Twins 1 Type-writers 1 Typewriting 1 Umbrellas 1 Uniforms 1 Unions 1 Urns 1 Utility meters 1 Vacant lands 1 Vases 1 Vaudeville 1 Violins 1 Visitors' centers 1 Vitamin D 1 Volcanoes 1 Wagons 1 Walls 1 Warnings 1 Water gardens 1 Water-supply 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 Wooden doors 1 Wooden fences 1 World records 1 Wrestlers 1 Wrestling 1 Yacht racing 1 Yachts 1 Zoos