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Construction of the Gazebo for the Enchanted Island exhibit
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March 1, 1933
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Century of Progress records
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Construction of a giant toy wagon in preparation for the Enchanted Island exhibit
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The photo was taken in March of 1933, a few months before the grand opening of the Fair.
Date:
1933
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Century of Progress records
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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
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Century of Progress records
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Construction of the children's theater for the Enchanted Island exhibit at A Century of Progress.
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Date:
March 1, 1933
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Century of Progress records
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View of the pylons which adorn the social science wing of the Electrical Group exhibition building at A Century of Progress
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Date:
1933
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Century of Progress records
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View of the Electrical Group building from the Hall of Religion
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Date:
1933
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Century of Progress records
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View of the Electrical Group exhibition building from the Fair's showboat
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Date:
1933
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Century of Progress records
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Entrance of Electrical Group building.
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A close up view of one of the entrances of the Electrical Group building at A Century of Progress International Exposition in early 1933, a few months before the opening of Fair.
Date:
1933
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Exterior view of the right stairway in front of the main courtyard of the Electrical Group building
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The relief "Atomic Energy" by sculptor Ulric Henry Ellerhusen adorns the right facade of the building.
Date:
January 11, 1933
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Diorama
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Humorous diorama depicting an old rickety village with dilapidated buildings and villagers and barnyard animals standing around an unpaved town square. The sign at the top of the diorama reads, "We don't ask you to live like this!! Look over our listing."
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
The Pope-Toledo steam-driven automobile.
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The model pictured here was designed ca. 1900.
Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Fair officials with last millionth visitor on the last day of the World's Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Dr. Henry Balfour, director of the Pitts River Museum of Oxford University, visiting the fair
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Brother and sister reunite at the Chicago World's Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Children visiting the fair
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Harvey Firestone presents a farmer with a complete set of tractor wheels and tires at the Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Press Club Banquet
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
International commercial schools contest award recipients
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E.W. Harrison, teacher in the school received the award from Col. Robert Isham Randolph. To the right is Violet Molner, Cleveland, who won first place in the amateur shorthand event for high schools.
Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Winner in the International Schools contest first place amateur bookkeeping for business
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Date:
1934
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Century of Progress records
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Woman wearing the modern costume of Turkish women
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Employees of the Milky Way Company at the Court theater inspecting the television apparatus at the television exhibition
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Tourist in the Swiss Village
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Gloria Swanson looks up at the Skyride
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Date:
1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Dancers visiting the fair
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Drum and bugle corps of the Calumet City American Legion leadparade of the parishioners of St. Andrew's Roman Catholic church
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
View of the Agriculture building
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Costumed bullfighters.
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A bullfighting demonstration, with two female matadors and two men inside a bull costume, at the Century of Progress Spanish Village.
Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Century of Progress Spanish Village exhibit.
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Spanish entertainers being received at the fair
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Veterans of the Spanish American war took part in the Philippine Veterans Day
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Southern Illinois Beauty Queens at the Century of Progress.
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Native American Indian at the South Dakota exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
A monkey from the Frank Buck Jungle Camp to be given as a door prize with T.A. Loveland, manager of the Jungle Camp
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Beauty contest winner with famous swimmers
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Children feasting on the world's largest ham sandwich
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
First Lady Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, speaks to honored guests at the Century of Progress International Exposition in July of 1934.
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Date:
1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
First Lady Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, tours the Century of Progress International Exposition in July of 1934.
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
The main entrance to the Century of Progress Streets of Paris exhibition.
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Brother and sister reunite at the Chicago World's Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Boys examining the Rapid Transit exhibit in the Hall of Science
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Part of the crowd who witnessed the first showing of 'Our Daily Bread,' King Vidor's latest picture based on the back-to-the-land movement.
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Amid all the glamour and excitement of a Hollywood premiere, the first international preview of a motion picture was held in the Lagoon theater at the World's Fair.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Dennis O' Shea, in glasses, pie-eating champion of the 1934 World's Fair
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Third, second, and first place winners of the 1934 pie-eating contest.
Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
The Midway at night
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Tour group from Reading, Pennsylvania
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
A happy group of visitors after their first day at the new World's Fair from York and York County Pennsylvania
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The party, under the chaperonage of Glenn E. Bailey and J.W. Barwick, numbers 153, and is composed of 75 school children and 60 teachers. They already have visited all exhibit buildings, the Field Museum, Colonial Village, the Lama Temple and Fort Dearborn. They leave Friday for home, and are staying at Judson Court, University of Chicago.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Edward H. Whyte
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Superintendent of the California Parole Department, at the Central States Parole conference which was convened at Illinois Host House at the Century of Progress International Exposition in 1934.
Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Governor and Mrs. Guy B. Parks of Missouri view exhibit of cave deposits in the Court of States
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Date:
1933-1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Firefighters parade during Chicago Day at the fair
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Date:
1934
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Century of Progress records
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Public access
Birthday of the Infanta performance
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A church pageant of Oscar Wilde's fairy tale The Birthday of the Infanta at Ford's Symphony Garden.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Two orphans at the Fair
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Take an Orphan to the Fair.' Here we see Frank Mandel, brother of Leon Mandel, who started the campaign doing his bit toward making the campaign a success by taking a group of crippled children from the Martha Washington home for Crippled Children for an outing at the World's Fair. Mrs. Mandel is helping him entertain two of the children as they pose for photographers in the Court of Honor. The children are Alexander Pappas and Sylvia Cordinia.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access

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14 Dawes, Rufus C. (Rufus Cutler), 1867-1940 12 Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 8 General Electric Company 7 Ford Motor Company 7 General Motors Corporation 7 Lohr, Lenox R. (Lenox Riley), 1891-1968 5 Chicago Symphony Orchestra 5 Swanson, Gloria, 1897-1983 3 Detroit Symphony Orchestra 2 American Legion 2 Buck, Frank, 1884-1950 2 Central States Probation and Parole Conference 2 Chicago Grand Opera Company (Chicago, Ill.) 2 Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 2 Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962 2 Kluczynski, John C., 1896-1975 2 Pullman Company 2 Reed, James A. (James Alexander), 1861-1944 2 Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr. (Franklin Delano), 1914-1988 2 Sears, Roebuck and Company 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 Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America 1 Armour and Company 1 Baker, Phil, 1896-1963 1 Barclay, McClelland 1 Belgium 1 Boy Scouts of America 1 Breton, Jules, 1827-1906 1 Brice, Fanny 1 Bristol-Myers Company 1 Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 1 Chicago Black Horse Troop and Mounted Band 1 Christ Church (Boston, Mass.) 1 Chrysler Corporation 1 City of New York (Ship) 1 Clark, J. Reuben, Jr., 1871-1961 1 Common Brick Manufacturers' Association of America 1 Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 1 Dunne, Edward F. (Edward Fitzsimons), 1853-1937 1 Ellerhusen, Ulric H. (Ulric Henry), 1879-1957 1 Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938 1 Fisher, Howard T. 1 Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 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 Horner, Henry, 1878-1940 1 Illinois Training School for Nurses 1 Illinois--Northerly Island 1 John R. Thompson Co. (Washington, D.C.) 1 Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956 1 Marcy Center (Chicago, Ill.) 1 McNeill, Don (Donald Thomas), 1907-1996 1 Moore, Grace, 1898-1947 1 Oldfield, Barney, 1878-1946 1 Orchestra Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 1 Owens-Illinois Glass Company 1 Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet 1 Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979 1 Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 1 Public Service Company of Northern Illinois 1 Revere, Paul, 1735-1818 1 Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943 1 Ross, Betsy, 1752-1836 1 Rubinstein, Helena, 1870-1965 1 Sarazen, Gene 1 Smith, Henry Lester, 1876-1963 1 Staten Island Chamber of Commerce 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 Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Birthday of the Infanta 1 Wilson Sporting Goods Company 1 Wilson and Company 1 Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, 1872-1961 1 Wilson, Margery, 1896-1986 1 Wray, Fay, 1907-2004

129 Exhibition buildings 64 Exhibitions 45 Buildings 39 Visits of state 33 Children 27 Contests 27 Sculpture 23 Villages 22 Automobiles 21 Amusement rides 21 Beauty contestants 19 Awards 18 Electricity 17 Amusement parks 13 Beauty contests 13 Presidents' spouses 13 Science 13 Tourists 13 Young women 12 Rites and ceremonies 11 Gardens 11 Night photography 11 Streets 10 Courtyards 9 Aerial photography 9 Flags 9 Fountains 8 Bas-relief 8 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 8 Parades 7 Architecture, Domestic 7 Dancers 7 Indigenous peoples 7 Orphans 7 Pottery 7 Skyscrapers 7 Swimmers 7 Tourism 6 Construction 6 Diving 6 Exhibition buildings--Design and construction 6 Fairs 6 Military parades 6 Visitors, Foreign 5 Architecture 5 Celebrities 5 Concerts 5 Dwarfs (Persons) 5 Entertainers 5 Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--Sources 5 Gates 5 Historical reenactments 5 Orchestras 5 Restaurants 5 Swimming 5 Temples 4 Architectural drawing 4 Bands 4 Bandstands 4 Clerks 4 Guests 4 High school students 4 Judges 4 Lamps 4 Luncheons 4 Model houses 4 Opera singers 4 Parole officers 4 Photography, Panoramic 4 Potters 4 Presidents 4 Singers 4 Softball 4 Theater 4 Women 4 Women employees 3 Ambassadors 3 Amusement parks--Design and construction 3 Automobile racing 3 Bedouins 3 Bridges 3 Buddhism 3 Carriages and carts 3 Diorama 3 Drawing 3 Dwellings 3 Education 3 Electric lighting 3 Entertaining 3 Exhibition buildings--Illinois--Chicago--History--Sources 3 Fascism 3 Fascists 3 Gifts 3 Girls 3 Horses 3 Hospitality 3 Indians of North America 3 Legislators 3 Light 3 Masquerades 3 Medals 3 Meetings 3 Motorboats 3 Musicians 3 Outboard motors 3 Parade floats 3 Police 3 Politicians 3 Ponds 3 Posters 3 Radio broadcasting 3 Robots 3 Social science 3 Social sciences 3 Sultans 3 Teachers 3 Television 3 Tickets 3 Veterans 2 Administrative agencies 2 Airships 2 Aquatic sports 2 Architectural models 2 Astronomy 2 Band music 2 Boys 2 Brothers and sisters 2 Building models 2 Bullfighters 2 Bullfights 2 Burlesque (Theater) 2 Business people 2 Castles 2 Cavalry 2 Chevrolet automobile 2 Choirs (Music) 2 Circus 2 Circus animals 2 Circus performers 2 Clogs 2 Comedians 2 Consuls 2 Contracts 2 Costumes 2 Country life 2 Dance 2 Dedication services 2 Dedications 2 Demonstrations 2 Dogs 2 Drummers (Musicians) 2 Electric apparatus and appliances 2 Engines 2 Exhibits 2 Fairy tales 2 Family reunions 2 Farmers 2 Figurines 2 Fire fighters 2 Governors 2 Grandstands 2 Homing pigeons 2 Houses 2 Lagoons 2 Light bulbs 2 Lion 2 Marching bands 2 Maya architecture 2 Mayas--Religion 2 Midways 2 Mills and mill-work 2 Models 2 Monkeys 2 Mushrooms 2 Music 2 Oaths 2 Older people 2 Operas 2 Orchestra 2 Pageants 2 Parades & processions 2 Pigeons 2 Playgrounds 2 Politics and government 2 Pottery craft 2 Pottery making 2 Press 2 Public officers 2 Publishers 2 Pueblo Indians 2 Puppet theater 2 Puppets 2 Pylons (Gateways) 2 Racetracks (Automobile racing) 2 Railroad cars 2 Railroad passenger cars 2 Relay racing 2 Rickshaws 2 Running races 2 Sandwiches 2 School children 2 Sculptors 2 Skaters 2 Smiling 2 Snakes 2 Socialites 2 Stages (Platforms) 2 Staircases 2 Stairways 2 Teaching demonstrations 2 Tenors (Singers) 2 Thermometers 2 Towers 2 Weather 2 World records 1 Acrobatics 1 Adobe houses 1 Adults 1 Advertisements 1 Advertising 1 Aerialists 1 Agricultural machinery 1 Air conditioning 1 Air conditioning industry 1 Air conditioning--Equipment and supplies 1 Air pilots 1 Alcoholic beverages 1 Alligators 1 Amusements 1 Arbors (Bowers) 1 Arches 1 Arrows 1 Art 1 Art education 1 Art objects 1 Automobiles, Steam 1 Awards, Gifts 1 Bait casting 1 Ballet 1 Ballet dancers 1 Bananas 1 Barns 1 Bathing suits 1 Bears 1 Beds 1 Beer 1 Biology 1 Bishops 1 Boats 1 Bookkeeping 1 Bottles 1 Bows (Archery) 1 Broadcasting 1 Building dedications 1 Building, Adobe 1 Business students 1 Camels 1 Cameras 1 Canoeists 1 Canoes 1 Carnivals 1 Catholicism 1 Cavalry horses 1 Ceremonial exchange 1 Chairs 1 Charts, diagrams, etc. 1 Chauffeurs 1 Chemicals 1 Chemistry 1 Children with disabilities 1 Children's playhouses 1 Chrysler automobile 1 Church buildings 1 Citizenship 1 Clergy 1 Clock towers 1 Clocks & watches 1 Clowns 1 Coaster cars 1 Command of troops 1 Committees 1 Communications 1 Conductors (Music) 1 Contract negotiations 1 Costume 1 Cowboys 1 Cycling 1 Dairying 1 Daredevils 1 Delegations 1 Diamond mines and mining 1 Diamonds 1 Dinners and dining 1 Dinosaurs 1 Dinosaurs--Models 1 Distilling industries 1 Donkeys 1 East Europeans 1 Electric guitar 1 Electric lamps 1 Electric lighting, Mercury vapor 1 Electric lighting, Sodium vapor 1 Electric violin 1 Electrical apparatus and appliances 1 Elephants 1 Employees 1 Engineering 1 Exhibition buildings--Design 1 Exhibition facilities 1 Extinct animals 1 Facades 1 Families 1 Farm tractors 1 Farms 1 Festivals 1 Fire 1 Fire engines 1 Fireworks 1 Fishing 1 Flagpoles 1 Flights around the world 1 Floor plans 1 Flower arrangement 1 Flowers 1 Folk dancing, Swiss 1 Food processing machinery 1 Football 1 Free material 1 Furniture 1 Gateways 1 Gazebos 1 Generators 1 Geometry 1 Girders 1 Glass blowing and working 1 Glassware 1 Globes 1 Goats 1 Golf 1 Golf clubs (Sporting goods) 1 Golfers 1 Government officials 1 Grandmothers 1 Grandparents 1 Guest books 1 Guitars 1 Gymnastics 1 HVAC systems 1 Handbags 1 Handshaking 1 Heating & ventilation industry 1 Household appliances 1 Housekeeping 1 Housing 1 Impersonation 1 Incentive awards 1 Indian councils 1 Industrial facilities 1 Infantry 1 Instrumental ensembles 1 Irish 1 Iron lungs 1 Islam 1 Islamic architecture 1 Islamic art 1 Journalism--Societies, etc. 1 Karting 1 Karts (Automobiles) 1 Kissing 1 Kitchens 1 Ladders 1 Lakes 1 Lakes & ponds 1 Laundry 1 Laundry--Equipment and supplies 1 Light fixtures 1 Lighting 1 Logos (Symbols) 1 Long distance swimming 1 Machinery 1 Maintenance & repair 1 Manners & customs 1 Manners and customs 1 Mantillas 1 Maps 1 Marches (Band) 1 Marines (Military personnel) 1 Maypoles 1 Meat 1 Meat cutting 1 Military camps 1 Military facilities 1 Military parades & ceremonies 1 Milk 1 Milling-machines 1 Mines and mineral resources 1 Miniature cameras 1 Minstrel shows 1 Minstrels 1 Model ships 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 Mountains 1 Mummies 1 Musical instruments 1 Neanderthals 1 Newspaper carriers 1 Newspapers 1 Night photographs 1 Norwegian Americans 1 Nuns 1 Orchestral musicians 1 Packing plants 1 Painting 1 Painting, French 1 Parrots 1 Parties 1 Pavilions 1 Pedicabs 1 Performing arts 1 Pergolas 1 Periodicals 1 Photography 1 Physicians 1 Pianists 1 Picnic grounds 1 Pies 1 Planetaria 1 Plaques 1 Plaques, plaquettes 1 Plazas 1 Plumbing fixtures 1 Plymouth automobile 1 Portrait photographs 1 Pottery, Mexican 1 Prayer 1 Premieres 1 Priests 1 Progress photographs 1 Promotional materials 1 Prophets 1 Protactinium 1 Public speaking 1 Pueblos 1 Pullman cars 1 Racetracks 1 Racing 1 Racing automobiles 1 Radio 1 Radio personalities 1 Radio programs 1 Radio stations 1 Railroads--Models 1 Rancheras 1 Religion 1 Revues 1 Roller coasters 1 Roses 1 Rotundas 1 Rubber 1 Rubber industry and trade 1 Sailboats 1 Sailboats--Models 1 Sailing ships 1 Sailors 1 Scales 1 Schools 1 Scientific equipment 1 Searchlights 1 Shipping 1 Ships 1 Showboats 1 Singing 1 Skating 1 Skating rinks 1 Snake charming 1 Soap box derbies 1 Souvenirs 1 Souvenirs (Keepsakes) 1 Soybeans 1 Spain 1 Sports spectators 1 Square dancing 1 Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) 1 Steam locomotives 1 Steam-engines 1 Steins 1 Stores, Retail 1 Streams 1 Structural frames 1 Structural frames--Design and construction 1 Studebaker automobile 1 Stunt performers 1 Submarines (Ships) 1 Sulphuric acid industry 1 Swans 1 Swimming--Competitions 1 Swiss cheese 1 Symphony orchestras 1 Tea 1 Teenage boys 1 Telephones 1 Tents 1 Theatrical posters 1 Tightrope walking 1 Tires 1 Tropical forests 1 Tumbling 1 Twine 1 Twins 1 Typewriting 1 Uniforms 1 United States. Army 1 United States. Navy 1 Urns 1 Ushers 1 Villages--Social life and customs 1 Violins 1 Visitors' centers 1 Volcanoes 1 Voyages around the world 1 Wagon trains 1 Water gardens 1 Wheelchairs 1 Whistling 1 Women Olympic athletes 1 Women singers 1 Women, Turkish 1 Woodwork 1 Woodworking 1 Wrestlers 1 Wrestling 1 Yacht racing 1 Yachts