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Enchanted Island - B. W. Construction, August 1932 - April 1933 (Folder 12-20)
143 Text
Correspondence and records regarding the planning and financing of construction.
Date:
5 Jan - 1 Apr 1933
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Enchanted Island - Theatre Memos, 1933-1934 (Folder 12-52)
51 Text
Date:
25 Apr - 13 Sep 1934
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Promotion Stories, October 1934 (Folder 14-126)
205 Text
Date:
1-8 Oct 1934
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Illumination, 1934 (Folder 14-142)
37 Text
Material of publicity purposes which details the impressive lighting on display at the fair.
Date:
9 Aug 1933 - 14 Aug 1934
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Greek Village, correspondence, November, 1931 (Folder 9-123)
3 Text
Date:
1931-11-17 0:00:00
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U.S. Department of State, 1933 (Folder 9-127)
5 Text
Date:
8 Feb 1932; 17 Feb 1933
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Miniature rooms (Folder 16-250)
18 Text
Date:
1933
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Inviting you to visit the Air Show, the world's greatest educational display of aircraft (Folder 16-254)
12 Text
Pamphlet promoting the Air Show, and other material relating to various exhibits, including the Hiram Walker exhibit.
Date:
[1933]
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Home Planning, 1933 (Folder 16-344)
77 Text
Various booklets advertising products for the home, especially those relating to kitchens and cleaning.
Date:
[1933-1934]
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Events - Groups, 1934 (Folder 14-191)
81 Text
A series of notes and press releases about special groups who were visiting the fair. These included factory workers for companies exhibiting there, youth groups, and organized societies, all of whom were given time off to go and visit the exposition.
Date:
[1934]
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Events - Lagoon Theater, 1934 (Folder 14-192)
23 Text
Papers on the shows that were on at the Lagoon Theater at the fair. Highlights included a series of circus performers and Beeswax the Educated Mule.
Date:
[1934]
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Roosevelt - Speech, May 1934 (Folder 14-227)
2 Text
Press release copy of the speech given by President Roosevelt at the opening of the 1934 World's Fair.
Date:
1934-05-27
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Dawes - Speech, May 1934 (Folder 14-235)
2 Text
Press release copy of the speech given by the president of the fair, Rufus C. Dawes, at the opening of the 1934 World's Fair.
Date:
1934-05-26
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Progress, vol. 4, no. 6, March 15, 1934
3 Text
Date:
1934-03-15 0:00:00
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Progress, vol. 4, no. 10, May 15, 1934
3 Text
Date:
1934-05-15 0:00:00
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La Belgique pittoresque (Folder 16-238)
35 Text
Date:
[1933]
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A comprehensive description of the greatest work of the celebrated French artist, Paul Philippoteaux: Battle of Gettysburg (Folder 16-243)
19 Text
Date:
1933
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World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending August 12, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-08-06 0:00:00
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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]
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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
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Progress, vol. 4, no. 4 , February 15, 1934
3 Text
Date:
1934-02-15 0:00:00
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Progress, vol. 4, no. 5, March 1, 1934
3 Text
Date:
1934-03-01 0:00:00
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Progress, vol. 4, no. 8, April 15, 1934
3 Text
Date:
1934-04-15 0:00:00
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World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending June 10, 1933
35 Text
Date:
1933-06-04 0:00:00
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Foreign exhibits - pageants (Folder 16-281)
42 Text
Date:
1934
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Executive Committee - digest of meetings, ca. 1933-1934 (Folder 5-125)
126 Text
Date:
30 Nov 1928 - 1 Sep 1932
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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
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World's Fair Weekly, Week Ending August 26, 1933
19 Text
Date:
1933-08-20 0:00:00
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A Century of Progress Exposition: Chicago's 1933 world's fair (Folder 16-165)
31 Text
Date:
[1933]
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The New World's Fair of 1934 (Folder 16-172)
5 Text
Date:
[1934]
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Official Guidebook of The World's Fair, 1934 (Folder 16-176)
103 Text
Date:
1934
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A Century of Progress exposition: official view book (Folder 16-195)
19 Text
Date:
1933
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Old Europe (Folder 16-279)
24 Text
Date:
1933
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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
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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
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Promotion Stories, October 1934 (Folder 14-130)
102 Text
Date:
24-31 Oct 1934
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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]
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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]
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Promotion Stories, December 1934 (Folder 14-131)
62 Text
Date:
10 Oct - 23 Dec 1933
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Miscellaneous Correspondence, May, 1933 (Folder 4-33)
248 Text
Correspondence relates to experiences of the exhibition, requests for autographs, requests for work, souvenirs from 1893 fair, religious organizations, and many other inquiries.
Date:
1-31 May 1933
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Architectural Committee - Gilmore D. Clarke, ca. 1933 - 1934 (Folder 5-14)
17 Text
Correspondence relating to Clarke's work for the world's fair.
Date:
3 Jul - 2 Nov 1929; 28 Apr 1930 - 18 May 1932
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Danes, Charles G., correspondence, January - May, 1930 (Folder 9-24)
136 Text
Correspondence with US and foreign embassies regarding conditions, such as contracts, of their participation in the fair.
Date:
17 Jan - 10 Jun 1930
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Danes, Charles G., correspondence, May - December, 1930 (Folder 9-25)
119 Text
Correspondence regarding exhibits (specifically issues with the electrical exhibits) and foreign participation.
Date:
13 May - 29 Dec 1930
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Belgium, participation (Folder 9-122)
4 Text
Discusses the politics surrounding convincing Belgium to participate, recalling U.S. relations with Belgium during the First World War.
Date:
1931-12-14 0:00:00
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German participation, 1931-1932 (Folder 9-124)
9 Text
Letters regarding a Goethe memorial and Germany's domestic situation.
Date:
24 Jul - 26 August 1931
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Foreign Participation, 1930 (Folder 11-124)
74 Text
Alphabetically ordered details of participation or otherwise of all countries which had been considered.
Date:
21 Feb 1931; [1931-1932]
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Events - Musical, Etc., 1934 (Folder 14-194)
122 Text
Press releases and internal administration notes about musical acts at the fair, including orchestras, bands, choirs, singers and company glee clubs.
Date:
[1934]
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Events - National Days, 1934 (Folder 14-196)
87 Text
Overviews of several national days at the fair. These were days that were officially dedicated to a particular foreign country, with a program of events celebrating its people and culture.
Date:
[1934]
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Dawes Farewell Address, 1934 (Folder 14-238)
4 Text
Press release copy of the speech given by the president of the fair, Rufus C. Dawes, at the closing of the 1934 World's Fair.
Date:
1934-10-31
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The official pictures of the 1934 world's fair (Folder 16-201)
70 Text
Two items, the first with photographs taken at the fair and the second with illustrations, showing many pavilions and popular exhibits.
Date:
1934
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