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Interior view of the Italian Pavilion at the Century of Progress International Exposition.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
View of the Century of Progress Hall of Science from the northeast
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Artist's sketch of the Great Hall at the Century of Progress Hall of Science
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
The central stairway to the Century of Progress Federal Building on Northerly Island.
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The Federal Building featured an art-deco design that included a rotunda and three tower-pylons representing the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the U.S. government.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933.
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The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Exterior view of the Indiana facade to the Court of States exhibition
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Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933.
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The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction in 1933.
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The Court of States was part of the Federal Building exhibit on Northerly Island.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Chinese garden inside the Horticulture building
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Replica of the Mayan temple of Uxmal at A Century of Progress.
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Uxmal was a pre-Colombian Mayan city located in present-day Yucat�����n, Mexico.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
View of the Great Hall looking southward.
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Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
The trustee's lounge at the Hall of Science building.
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Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
View of the Hall of Science building from the Century of Progress Skyride
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Murals at the Octagon Hall inside the Century of Progress Hall of Science building.
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Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
One of the toilets inside the Hall of Science bathroom.
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Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Oblique view of the Carillon Tower at the Hall of Science exhibition building.
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Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Oblique view of the upper porch located along the northern facade of the Hall of Science building.
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Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
View of the southern facade of the Hall of Science from the northwest
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Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Oblique view of the curved part of the northern facade to the Hall of Science.
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Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Oblique view of the eastern entrance to the south facade of the Hall of Science.
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Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
View of the northern facade of the Hall of Science building
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The photo was taken while the exhibit was under construction in February of 1932.
Date:
February 1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
The base of the Hall of Science fountain as it was nearing completion.
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Date:
January 1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Construction of the General Exhibits building
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Date:
1932
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
The Tin Man and the Scarecrow from L. Frank Baum's classic novel the Wizard of Oz.
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Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Enchanted Island exhibit under construction
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Date:
April 21, 1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Construction of one of the amusement rides at the Enchanted Island
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Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Construction of the Gazebo for the Enchanted Island exhibit
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Date:
March 1, 1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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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
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
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Public access
The Crane Company Station exhibit at A Century of Progress International Exposition.
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The exhibit featured a bus stop and cases displaying the latest in plumbing and heating accessories.
Date:
1933-1934
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
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
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
Neanderthal woman in the "World A Million Years Ago" exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Conception by Hugh Ferriss of how the Ford Exhibition building will look at night
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The building is nine hundred feet long and ten stories in height at its center. It faces upon a five acre park fronting Lake Michigan. Albert Kahn of Detroit is the architect, and Walter Dorwin Teague of New York, the industrial designer, is in charge of the interior display.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: Various bridges (Folder 85)
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Bridges and viaducts: Various bridges. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
Date:
1969
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Richard J. Daley wearing sombrero at a Holiday Folk Fair
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Mayor Richard J. Daley wears a sombrero at a Holiday Folk Fair at Navy Pier. An unidentified nun stands beside him.
Date:
1976
Collection:
László Kondor photograph collection
Access:
Public access
Richard J. Daley and Michael Bilandic at a Holiday Folk Fair
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Mayor Richard J. Daley and Alderman Michael Bilandic with a group of people in ethnic dress at the Croatian booth at a Holiday Folk Fair at Navy Pier.
Date:
1976
Collection:
László Kondor photograph collection
Access:
Public access
Richard J. Daley with Adlai Stevenson
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Mayor Richard J. Daley stands with Adlai Stevenson II and several others at an unidentified event. A sign that reads "Asbestos Heat Insulations" hangs on a concrete pillar in the background.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Richard J. Daley at a Holiday Folk Fair
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Mayor Richard J. Daley poses with participants at a Holiday Folk Fair. Colonel "Jack" Reilly stands at the right.
Date:
1973
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip tour the Chicago International Trade Fair
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip tour the Chicago International Trade Fair on a motorized cart, accompanied by Mayor Richard J. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, and others. Canadian Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker is in the left foreground, seated behind Richard J. Daley. The fair was held at Navy Pier.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip tour the Chicago International Trade Fair
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip tour the Chicago International Trade Fair on a motorized cart, accompanied by Richard J. Daley and others. The fair was held at Navy Pier.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip tour the Chicago International Trade Fair
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip (center) tour the Chicago International Trade Fair on a motorized cart, accompanied by Richard J. Daley (second from left) and others. The fair was held at Navy Pier.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Queen Elizabeth II visits the Chicago International Trade Fair
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Queen Elizabeth II (left foreground), Prince Philip, Richard J. Daley, and Eleanor "Sis" Daley visit the Chicago International Trade Fair, held at Navy Pier.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
One of the exhibits at A Century of Progress depicting a modest homestead in the tropics.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Court of States exhibition under construction
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Here workers can be seen constructing the exhibit's central arch.
Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
View of the Skyride with the Hall of Science in the foreground.
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Also visible on the upper right are two rocket cars transporting Fair patrons across the Skyride at an elevation of 210 feet. The ride across the Skyride took about four minutes.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access

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170 Exhibition buildings 60 Politicians 60 Politics and government 51 Mayors 29 Construction 28 Ethnic groups 22 Science 16 Visits of state 14 Buddhism 14 Buddhist temples 13 Amusement parks 12 Architecture 11 Children 10 Corridors 9 Automobiles 9 Towers 8 Sculpture 7 Buildings 7 Cities and towns 7 Fascist aesthetics 7 Governors 6 Amusement rides 6 Auditoriums 6 Fortification 6 Pavilions 6 Temples 5 Bathrooms 5 Fairs 5 Figurines 4 Diorama 4 Fashion 4 Fountains 4 Globes 4 Maps 4 Medicine 4 Mountains 4 Parks 4 Porches 4 Structural frames--Design and construction 3 Carillons 3 Courtyards 3 Lakes & ponds 3 Motorboats 3 Mural painting and decoration 3 Outboard motors 3 Parade floats 3 Railroad cars 3 Railroad companies 3 Railroad passenger cars 3 Railroads 3 Stages (Platforms) 3 Stairways 3 Television 2 Aerial views 2 Architectural drawing 2 Beauty contestants 2 Buddhist sculpture 2 Bullfighters 2 Bullfights 2 Cash registers 2 Celebrations 2 City council members 2 Crowds 2 Dwellings 2 Electricity 2 Elephants 2 Explorers 2 Halls 2 Heating & ventilation industry 2 Horticulture 2 Model houses 2 Passageways 2 Plumbing fixtures 2 Progress photographs 2 Staircases 2 Theater 2 Visitors, Foreign 2 Women 1 African Americans 1 Agricultural machinery 1 Animals 1 Apartment houses 1 Aquatic sports 1 Archaeology 1 Arches 1 Automobile racing 1 Bears 1 Beds 1 Biology 1 Boats and boating 1 Bridges--Design and construction 1 Bridges--Foundations and piers 1 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Canneries 1 Cannery workers 1 Carriages and carts 1 Census 1 Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1 Chemistry 1 Chrysler automobile 1 Cities and towns--Growth 1 City planning 1 Clowns 1 Comedians 1 Concrete bridges--Cracking 1 Construction workers 1 Contract negotiations 1 Contracts 1 Costumes 1 Dedication services 1 Demography 1 Demonstrations 1 Diamond mines and mining 1 Diamonds 1 Dinosaurs 1 Dinosaurs--Models 1 Diving 1 Dogs 1 Engineering 1 Entertainers 1 Exhibition buildings--Design and construction 1 Exhibition facilities 1 Extinct animals 1 Flowers 1 Folk dancing, Swiss 1 Furniture 1 Galleries & museums 1 Gardens 1 Gates 1 Gazebos 1 HVAC systems 1 High school students 1 Horses 1 Indigenous peoples 1 Industry 1 Iron and steel bridges--Corrosion 1 Iron lungs 1 Lumber 1 Lumber trade 1 Machinery 1 Mannequins (Figures) 1 Manners & customs 1 Manners and customs 1 Mantillas 1 Metals 1 Metalwork 1 Metalworking 1 Mines and mineral resources 1 Mosques 1 Movable bridges 1 Museum buildings 1 Museum exhibits 1 Naval museums 1 Navigation 1 Neanderthals 1 Night photography 1 Painting 1 Police, Private 1 Polish Americans 1 Portraits, Group 1 Projectors 1 Pullman cars 1 Rain forests 1 Reception rooms 1 Reclamation of land 1 Refuse 1 Refuse disposal 1 Roads--Maintenance and repair 1 Scarecrows 1 Scientific education 1 Scientific equipment 1 Sewing machines 1 Sewing-machine industry 1 Ships 1 Steel 1 Storefronts 1 Strategic planning 1 Streets 1 Sulphuric acid industry 1 Surgical instruments and apparatus 1 Swans 1 Swiss cheese 1 Taverns (Inns) 1 Telephones 1 Thrones 1 Toilets 1 Tourism 1 Tourists 1 Transportation 1 Travel 1 Trees 1 Twine 1 Umbrellas 1 Villages 1 Volcanoes 1 Women employees 1 Women, Turkish 1 Wood poles