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Employee badge
Blue and silver employee badge #7404 from the fair.
1933
Souvenir can
Piggy bank can made by the American Can Company and decorated with a color print depicting the fair site.
1933
Direct to Gates: Chicago World's Fair, 1933-1934 (box 2, folder 12)
A leaflet about getting the train direct to the fair.
1933
Century of Progress Maps: Missouri, West Virginia, Ohio and Illinois (box 2, folder 13)
The content also includes a paper about special events going on at the fair.
1933
Three lithographs signed by Allen Werry inscribed to Dr. Preston, 1934
Mounted sketches of the Belgium Village, Black Forest Village and the Old Curiosity Shop.
1934
Exterior Photographs of Chicago and New York City 1933
Black and white pictures without captions of notable buildings and landscapes.
1933
Photograph of Martha Nomden in front of Klompenmakery, Dutch Village 1933-1934
1933
Interior Photographs, 1933-1934
Black and white photos from the inside of fair buildings, including an exhibition by Ford.
1933
Belgian Village, Woods Series 1 (postcard 4) 1933-1934
1933
Sky Ride, Woods Series 1 (postcard 6) 1933-1934
1933
Ford Motor Company Exhibit, Woods Series 1 (postcard 5) 1933-1934
1933
General Motors Building, Woods Series 1 (postcard 7) 1933-1934
1933
Agricultural building, Woods Series 1 (postcard 10) 1933-1934
1933
Byrd's South Pole ship, Woods Series 2 (postcard 4) 1933-1934
1933
Schlitz Palm Garden, Federal Building in background (postcard) 1933-1934
1933
Otis Elevator Exhibit (postcard 1) 1933-1934
1933
Golden Temple of Jehol (postcard) 1933-1934
1933
Pylons, Hall of Social Science, Woods series 2 (postcard 2)1933-1934
1933
Souvenir Chicago World's Fair booklets, compliments of Chicago and Northwestern Railway, 1933
1933
Century of Progress Chicago Surface Lines Transfers, 1933-1934
1933
Souvenir Lucky Bear Keychain, 1934
1934
A Maya Temple, The Nunnery at Uxmal (postcard) 1933-1934
1933
Burlington Zephyr at A Century of Progress Exposition (postcard) 1934
1934
The Chicago and Northwestern Line Railway (postcard) 1933-1934
1933
Otis Elevator Exhibit (postcard 3) 1934
1934
Farewell by Airmail picked up in flight at A Century of Progress (postcards and envelopes) 1934
1934
Copper Ticket for Arizona Exhibit, 1934
Copper ticket for the opening of the Arizona exhibit. A ticket for the dedication ceremony, produced in the name of B. B. Moeur, Governor of Arizona.
1934
Souvenir treasure chest
1933
Panoramic view of the Century of Progress site
Black and white panoramic photograph with labels pointing out the exhibits and facilities at the fair.
1934
Century of Progress Pamphlets and Brochures, 1933-1934 (box 2, folder 8)
Ford Motor Company promotional leaflet.
1933
Replica of Fort Dearborn, Woods Series 1 (postcard 9) 1933-1934
1933
Town Hall, Belgian Village, Woods Series 2 (postcard 5) 1933-1934
1933
Café de la Paix, Streets of Paris, Woods Series 2 (postcard 8) 1933-1934
1933
Egyptian bazaars, M. Farrah, master glass blower of artistic Egyptian glassware (postcard) 1933-1934
1933
Black Forest Village, Woods series 1 (postcard 14) 1933-1934
1933
Two Combination Sightseeing Trip tickets, Greyhound Lines and Progress Amusement Company, 1933-1934
1933
Lincoln Village, Invitations to the dramatic presentations of "Great Moments in Lincoln's Life," 1933-1934
1933
Panorama of A Century of Progress, Woods series 1 (postcard 11) 1933-1934
1933
Souvenir key
The key features the 1933 World's Fair skyline and is embossed with "Keep me for good luck".
1933
Souvenir produced by Fortuna
A tube with a small certificate, shells and a broken lid. The certificate entitles the bearer "to all the good fortune in the world".
1933
Our Trip Century of Progress Exposition, 1933, Record of Interesting Things I saw at the Fair, 1933 (box 2, folder 10)
A published booklet called 'Our Trip "a Century of Progress Exhibition" Chicago 1933'. It was published by Wilkening Manufacturing company and includes handwritten notes by Jennie Dell Hennick about the visit.
1933
A Century of Progress Exposition 1933 and 1934 surface line maps, 1933-1934 (box 2, folder 11)
Route and fair information for Chicago Surface Line transportation.
1933
Century of Progress Newspaper Clippings, 1934 (box 3, folder 8)
Four pages from 'The Red and White Stores News Flash', featuring information on new attractions planned for the 1934 fair.
1934
Twenty-one Photographs of the Century of Progress, 1934-1935
Images include shots of the fair by night, people on the main avenue, the Sky Ride, the Italian pavilion and the giant thermometer.
1934
Photographs of Century of Progress Band Shell, 1934
Pictures of the floating stand taken during a fashion show.
1934
Upper Court, Hall of Science, Woods Series 2 (postcard 3) 1933-1934
1933
The Old Mill, Horticulture Gardens, Woods Series 2 (postcard 6) 1933-1934
1933
Belgian Village, Woods Series 2 (postcard 9) 1933-1934
1933
Platybelodon, World a million years ago attraction (postcard) 1933
1933
Booklet of Century of Progress admission tickets #D-139893
Booklet of admission tickets for A Souvenir of A Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1934.
1934
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