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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
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:
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.)
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