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Gloria Swanson looks up at the Skyride

 

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Title:
Gloria Swanson looks up at the Skyride
Date of Original:
1934
Identifier:
COP_17_0005_00210_006.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3df6k371
Type:
Image
Caption:
"Gloria Swanson looks up and gasps as W.R. Voght, superintendent of the Skyride, points out the platform, 628 feet straight up, from which she has just previewed the 1934 World's Fair. She was the first 1934 Skyride rider."


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 7.5 in.

Building Name:
Skyride

Collection Information


Collection:
Century of Progress records
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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.

Geographic Information

Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)