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East End Avenue: East End Manor (Folder 47)
2 Images
East End Manor, 7015 South East End Avenue
Date:
1934
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access


Western Avenue: Lane Technical High School (Folder 160)
10 Images
Date:
1936
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access


48th Street (Folder 181)
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Tilpin High School, 48th Street
Date:
1931
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access


University of Chicago (Folder 187A)
16 Images
Date:
1946
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access


Ravenswood Avenue (Folder 261)
4 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access


Tollway Lighting (Folder 271)
2 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access


Toll road (Tollway) (Folder 276)
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Toll plaza near Deerfield looking north
Date:
1959
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access


Toll road (Tollway) (Folder 280)
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Lake Forest Oasis, exterior view
Date:
1959
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access


N.W. Expressway (Northwest Highway??) (Folder 281)
8 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access


State Street Parade (Folder 1170)
22 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access


Construction of the Gazebo for the Enchanted Island exhibit
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Date:
March 1, 1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


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
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


Construction of the children's theater for 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


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
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


View of the Electrical Group building from the Hall of Religion
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Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


View of the Electrical Group exhibition building from the Fair's showboat
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Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


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
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
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
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
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
Access:
Public access


The Pope-Toledo steam-driven automobile.
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The model pictured here was designed ca. 1900.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Fair officials with last millionth visitor on the last day of the World's Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Dr. Henry Balfour, director of the Pitts River Museum of Oxford University, visiting the fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Brother and sister reunite at the Chicago World's Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Children visiting the fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Harvey Firestone presents a farmer with a complete set of tractor wheels and tires at the Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Press Club Banquet
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
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
Access:
Public access


Winner in the International Schools contest first place amateur bookkeeping for business
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Woman wearing the modern costume of Turkish women
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
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
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Tourist in the Swiss Village
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Date:
1933-1934
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


Dancers visiting the fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
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
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


View of the Agriculture building
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
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
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Century of Progress Spanish Village exhibit.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Spanish entertainers being received at the fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
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
Access:
Public access


Southern Illinois Beauty Queens at the Century of Progress.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Native American Indian at the South Dakota exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
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
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Beauty contest winner with famous swimmers
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Children feasting on the world's largest ham sandwich
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access




The main entrance to the Century of Progress Streets of Paris exhibition.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Brother and sister reunite at the Chicago World's Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access


Boys examining the Rapid Transit exhibit in the Hall of Science
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access