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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 Monforte Sisters (the four women playing the instruments standing towards the rear left) perform at the Century of Progress Italian Village.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Street scene at the Century of Progress Mexican Village.
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Note the pottery on display and the donkey carriage.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Spectators walk through the Merrie England village at the Century of Progress Foreign Villages exhibition.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Man in Bedouin clothes at the Century of Progress Foreign Villages exhibit.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Master Plan, scale 1 in. = 400 ft
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Thorn Creek Area; Plan Number FPD-6 9100-50
Date:
November 25, 1941
Collection:
Forest Preserve District of Cook County records
Access:
Public access
Diorama depicting a village in Sumatra, Indonesia.
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The inscription at top reads "Nature's abundance on Every Hand."
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Patrons walk through the Swiss Village at the Century of Progress Foreign Villages exhibition. Three nuns are waking to the left.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Women constructing an adobe wall at the Century of Progress Mexican Village
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Man in costume standing underneath an archway at the Century of Progress Spanish Village.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
The Old Heidelberg Inn restaurant at the Century of Progress Foreign Villages exhibition.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Spectators watch ice skating show at the Century of Progress Foreign Villages exhibition.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Man in Bedouin clothes next to camel at the Moroccan Village
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Street scene at the Century of Progress Dutch Village.
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Spectators are wearing wooden clogs.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Outdoor restaurant at the Black Forest Village
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
One of the main entrances to the Century of Progress Oriental Village. The facade of the exhibit featured Islamic art and architecture.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Patrons watch ice skating at the Black Forest Village at the Century of Progress Foreign Villages exhibit.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Bedouin family sitting underneath a tent at the Foreign Villages exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Patrons at the Century of Progress Foreign Villages exhibit
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Clock tower faces the public square
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
The main entrance gate to the Century of Progress Streets of Shanghai exhibit, seen in this photograph as the sun was setting in the late afternoon.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
The Old Heidelberg Inn restaurant at the Century of Progress Foreign Villages exhibition.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Castle entrance to the Merrie England village
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Patrons walk through the Black Forest Village at the Century of Progress Foreign Villages exhibit.
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The exhibition was intended to recreate a German hamlet in the Black Forest during wintertime.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Parade at the Foreign Villages exhibit
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The ethnological exhibit included replicas of model villages from Spain, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, Mexico, Tunisia, and Morocco, among others. Each village was staffed by employees in costumes native to the country being represented. The model villages also featured entertainment, an arts and crafts demonstration, and indoor and outdoor dining.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access

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