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Exterior view of Magic Mountain, part of the Enchanted Island exhibit at A Century of Progress.
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Date:
March 1, 1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Gloria Swanson looks up at the Skyride
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Exterior view of Magic Mountain, part of the Enchanted Island exhibit at A Century of Progress.
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Date:
March 1, 1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
The Skyride at the Century of Progress International Exposition.
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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.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Two men standing on the construction site where the Sky Ride was to be built for the Century of Progress International Exposition.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Gloria Swanson steps from the elevator of the west Skyride tower
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Sketch of the proposed Skyride
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Gloria Swanson after viewing the Fair from the Skyride
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Artist's sketch of the Ride of the Century at the Century of Progress
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Gloria Swanson and others after previewing the Fair from the top of the west Skyride tower
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
View of the Skyride
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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.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
The Skyride at the Century of Progress International Exposition.
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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.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Workman on one of the steel girders of the Sky Ride
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Young woman rides in a rickasha
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Two women viewing the Century of Progress from the observation deck of the Skyride.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Group of school-girls from St. Thomas, Ontario, enjoy the thrills of the safety coaster during their visit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
View of the Skyride at night.
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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.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
The Skyride at the Century of Progress International Exposition.
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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.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Gloria Swanson outside the Hall of Science after viewing the Fair from the Skyride
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Photo of the Midway and the Ferris wheel at the Century of Progress.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
The Skyride at the Century of Progress International Exposition.
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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.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access

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