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Title:

W.O. Batchelder, president of the Electric Association of Chicago, activates the lights of the Electrical Group during the official dedication

Date of Original:

1933

Identifier:

COP_17_0001_00010_007.tif

Permalink:

https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3kk94c3c

Type:

Image

Caption:

W.O. Batchelder, president of the Electric Association of Chicago, (right) by passing his hand over a grid-glow tube caused the lights of the Electrical Group of Chicago's 1933 World's Fair -- A Century of Progress Exposition -- to burst forth in brilliant radiance. This operation was one of the features of the official dedication of this group on October 12. From left to right: Dr. Louis L. Mann, who gave the invocation, President Rufus C. Dawes of A Century of Progress Exposition, B.E. Sunny, a trustee of the Exposition and former chairman of the board of the Illinois Bell Telephone Company who delivered the address of dedication, and Mr. Batchelder who presided at the ceremony.

Rights:

In copyright

Access:

Public access

Subject--Topic:

Dedication services

Subject--Name:

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

Form:

Photographs

Color:

Black and white

Extent:

7 x 8.75 in.

Collection Information

Collection:

Century of Progress records

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Series:

Series 17: Iconographics

Box:

1

Folder:

10

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.