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Fair officials with last millionth visitor on the last day of the World's Fair
1933
2,000,000th visitor to the World's Fair
1934
Last millionth visitor on the last day of the World's Fair
1933
Boy becomes nine millionth visitor to the Fair
1933
A Century of Progress Exposition closing ceremony at midnight
Taps and lowering of flag by Mr. Rufus C. Dawes, President, and Major Lenox R. Lohr, General Manager.
1934
Uncle Dan Beard, national Boy Scout commissioner, congratulates Richard Courtney for receiving the James Russell medal for bravery at the National Boy Scout Day ceremonies
1933
Unveiling of a memorial pillar to Italo Balbo
Italo Balbo was a fascist general and leader of the Italian Blackshirts and, at the time, a close ally of Benito Mussolini. Balbo arrived at the Century of Progress on a transatlantic flight from Rome, Italy. The City of Chicago subsequently staged a parade and renamed 7th Street 'Balbo Drive' in his honor.
1933
Mrs. Helen Reid the last millionth visitor to the World's Fair
1933
Citizenship contest winners
1933
Studebaker's 'year ahead model' dedicatory ceremonies of the company's exhibit in the Travel and Transport building
1933
Dedication of the south unit of the John R. Thompson company building
1933
Henry Sheldon christens 'A Century of Progress Ranger'
1933
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Dawes, Rufus C. (Rufus Cutler), 1867-1940
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Lohr, Lenox R. (Lenox Riley), 1891-1968
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Boy Scouts of America
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Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Co.
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