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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
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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2,000,000th visitor to the World's Fair
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Date:
1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Last millionth visitor on the last day of the World's Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Boy becomes nine millionth visitor to the Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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The opening ceremony of A Century of Progress.
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Promoters used the star Arcturus to ceremoniously open A Century of Progress in 1933. It was believed that the light of Arcturus took 40 years to reach the Earth, and this fact was used as a way to connect the Century of Progress with Chicago's earlier world fair in 1893.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
A Century of Progress Exposition closing ceremony at midnight
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Taps and lowering of flag by Mr. Rufus C. Dawes, President, and Major Lenox R. Lohr, General Manager.
Date:
Oct 31, 1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Uncle Dan Beard, national Boy Scout commissioner, congratulates Richard Courtney for receiving the James Russell medal for bravery at the National Boy Scout Day ceremonies
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Unveiling of a memorial pillar to Italo Balbo
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Italo Balbo was a fascist general and leader of the Italian Blackshirts and, at the time, a close ally of Benito Mussolini. Balbo arrived at the Century of Progress on a transatlantic flight from Rome, Italy. The City of Chicago subsequently staged a parade and renamed 7th Street 'Balbo Drive' in his honor.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Mrs. Helen Reid the last millionth visitor to the World's Fair
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Citizenship contest winners
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Studebaker's 'year ahead model' dedicatory ceremonies of the company's exhibit in the Travel and Transport building
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Dedication of the south unit of the John R. Thompson company building
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Public access
Henry Sheldon christens 'A Century of Progress Ranger'
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
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