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Title:

Gloria Swanson steps from the elevator of the west Skyride tower

Date of Original:

1934

Identifier:

COP_17_0005_00210_002.tif

Permalink:

https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3513tw3v

Type:

Image

Caption:

"Gloria Swanson is all smiles as she steps from the elevator of the west Skyride tower from the top of which she previewed the 1934 World's Fair. Miss Swanson was the first 1934 Skyride visitor."

Rights:

In copyright

Access:

Public access

Subject--Topic

Celebrities

Amusement rides

Subject--Name:

Swanson, Gloria, 1897-1983

Photographer:

Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

Form:

Photographs

Color:

Black and white

Extent:

9.5 x 7 in.

Building Name:

Skyride

Collection Information

Collection:

Century of Progress records

Show more details:

Series:

Series 17: Iconographics

Box:

5

Folder:

210

Repository:

University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)

Repository Collection Type:

Manuscript Collections

Repository Location:

Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White

Secretary of State.