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The opening ceremony of A Century of Progress.

 

Promoters used the star Arcturus to ceremoniously open A Century of Progress in 1933. It was believed that the light of Arcturus took 40 years to reach the Earth, and this fact was used as a way to connect the Century of Progress with Chicago's earlier world fair in 1893.

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Title:
The opening ceremony of A Century of Progress.
Date of Original:
1933-1934
Identifier:
COP_17_0002_00023_017.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3rf5kg09
Type:
Image

Rights:
In copyright
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Astronomy
Rites and ceremonies

Photographer:
Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

Form:
Photographs

Collection Information


Collection:
Century of Progress records
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Series:
Series 17: Iconographics
Box:
2
Folder:
23
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.)