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Title:

Last millionth visitor on the last day of the World's Fair

Date of Original:

1933-1934

Identifier:

COP_17_0004_00171_004.tif

Permalink:

https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3599z229

Type:

Image

Caption:

Mrs. Helen Reid, of 808 East 42nd street, was the sixteenth and last millionth visitor to the World's Fair today, the last day of the great exposition. Mrs. Reid, a widow, came in to the 23rd street entrance of the Fair at 1:13 p.m. where she was greeted by officials of the Fair and then taken in a parade to the administration building where she was greeted by Rufus C. Dawes, president, (center) and Lenox R. Lohr, general manager of the exposition. The honored visitor was presented with gifts valued at several hundred dollars.

Rights:

In copyright

Access:

Public access

Subject--Topic

Awards

Rites and ceremonies

Tourists

Subject--Name

Dawes, Rufus C. (Rufus Cutler), 1867-1940

Lohr, Lenox R. (Lenox Riley), 1891-1968

Photographer:

Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

Form:

Photographs

Color:

Black and white

Extent:

7.5 x 9.5 in.

Collection Information

Collection:

Century of Progress records

Show more details:

Series:

Series 17: Iconographics

Box:

4

Folder:

171

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.