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Administration Building
Title:
Administration Building
Linen unused


Administration Building
Title:
Administration Building
Linen unused

Description:
Official headquarters for the Exposition Staff, is actually the experimental laboratory for 'A Century of progress."



Alpine Garden
Title:
Alpine Garden
Linen unused


Altar In Chinese Lama Temple
Title:
Altar In Chinese Lama Temple
Linen unused



Avenue Of Flags
Title:
Avenue Of Flags
Linen unused

Description:
Chicago World's Fair. Looking southward showing the Hall of Science in the background


Beautiful Federal Building At Night
Title:
Beautiful Federal Building At Night
Linen unused

Description:
Chicago World's Fair. The three fluted towers represent the three branches of our Federal Government, Executive, Judicial and Legislative. The sides of the triangles are the Halls of Thirty States, whose flags and shields join with the interior court an outstanding accomplishment in modern architecture.



Belgian Village - 1933 Chicago Exposition
Title:
Belgian Village - 1933 Chicago Exposition
Linen PM 1948

Description:
Ancient Belgium has been brought to A Century of Progress and reproduced in the Belgian Village a duplicate of the historic Church of St. Nicholas in Antwerp is there and seventeenth century burghers guard the portals


Black Forest
Title:
Black Forest
Linen unused

Description:
Here is shown a typical German village, snow covered roofs with snow covered mountains in the background.



Black Forest Chicago World's Fair
Title:
Black Forest Chicago World's Fair
Linen unused

Description:
Here is shown a typical German village, snow covered roofs with snow covered mountains in the background.


Café De La Paix Streets Of Paris
Title:
Café De La Paix Streets Of Paris
Linen unused



Carillon Tower Belgian Village
Title:
Carillon Tower Belgian Village
Linen unused


Chinese Lama Temple
Title:
Chinese Lama Temple
Linen unused



Chrysler Building By Night
Title:
Chrysler Building By Night
Linen unused

Description:
One of the attractive structures at the Century of Progress. Every detail of the construction of Chrysler automobile is here demonstrated, as well as the testing of material used and of the completed car.


Chrysler Building By Night
Title:
Chrysler Building By Night
Linen unused

Description:
One of the attractive structures at the Century of Progress. Every detail of the construction of a Chrysler automobile is here demonstrated, as well as testing of material used and of the completed car.



Court Of Electrical Group
Title:
Court Of Electrical Group
Linen unused

Description:
A century of progress Chicago's 1933 International Exposition


Court Of The Electrical Building
Title:
Court Of The Electrical Building
Linen unused

Description:
A century of progress



Court Of The Electrical Building
Title:
Court Of The Electrical Building
Linen unused


Dairy Building
Title:
Dairy Building
Linen PM 1933 Jun-23

Description:
Displaying most modern dairy equipments such as: Automatic milking machinery, cream separators, ice cream and butter making machinery, laboratory equipment etc.



Detail Federal Building
Title:
Detail Federal Building
Linen unused

Description:
A century of progress


Electrical Building Full Illumination
Title:
Electrical Building Full Illumination
Linen unused



Electrical Group By Night, Chicago World's Fair
Title:
Electrical Group By Night, Chicago World's Fair
unused

Description:
Showing a small section of the Electrical Group, which consists of three sections located on Northerly Island. Housed in the Electrical Group is Radio Hall where may be seen radios from the earliest stages to the present day receiving sets


Enchanted Island
Title:
Enchanted Island
Linen unused



Enchanted Island 1933 Chicago World's Fair
Title:
Enchanted Island 1933 Chicago World's Fair
Linen PM 1933

Description:
Enchanted Island by night a playground for children Chicago World's Fair. Here are old time and new amusement devices for children. Here young people can spend hours of pleasure while their folks visit the many hibits of the Fair


Entrance - Hall Of Religion
Title:
Entrance - Hall Of Religion
Linen unused



Firestone Tires
Title:
Firestone Tires
PM 1933

Description:
The Firestone singing color fountain and multi-plane shadow sign. Only installations of their kind in the world. A century of progress. Beneath the misty fountain domes is a battery of colored lights. As the music fills the garden, the varying wave lengths come in contact with delicate mechanism, which connects the colored lights. The result is an ever-changing array of beautiful color combinations playing upon the fountains in perfect harmony with the music. The Firestone multi-color shadow sign is constructed of shadow planes behind which are thousands of incandescent bulbs, reflecting an ever-changing combination of beautiful pastel shades of blue, green, orange and yellow


Fireworks Display
Title:
Fireworks Display
Linen unused

Description:
A view from Northerly Island. Never in the history of pyrotechnics have such fascinating and colorful displays been created as are used at the Century of Progress. The fireworks displays are an interesting nightly feature



General Exhibits Building
Title:
General Exhibits Building
Linen unused

Description:
Entrance Tower. Chicago World Fair


General Exhibits Building
Title:
General Exhibits Building
Linen unused



General Houses Inc. House
Title:
General Houses Inc. House
Linen unused

Description:
Chicago World's Fair


Ggeneral Motors Building "A Century of Progress"
Title:
Ggeneral Motors Building "A Century of Progress"
Linen unused



Hall Of Religion
Title:
Hall Of Religion
Linen unused


Hall Of Religion From Board Walk
Title:
Hall Of Religion From Board Walk
Linen unused



Hall Of Religion From Lagoon
Title:
Hall Of Religion From Lagoon
Linen unused


Hall Of Science
Title:
Hall Of Science
Linen unused



Hall Of Science And Electrical Group From Skyride
Title:
Hall Of Science And Electrical Group From Skyride
Linen unused


Hall Of Science At Night
Title:
Hall Of Science At Night
Linen unused



Havoline Thermometer
Title:
Havoline Thermometer
Linen unused

Description:
Country of Progress International Exposition Chicago 1933. World's Tallest Thermometer. Twenty-one stories (218 ft.) high Shows temperature by neon light tubes. Sponsored by Indian Refining Company, Lawrenceville, Ill. Makers of Waxfree Havoline Motor Oil - best for all cars, winter or summer, because it contains no wax. Wax turns candle-hard with cold, water-thin with heat. Keep wax out of year motor! Waxfree Havoline Motor Oil is sold at a Texaco Stations.


Illinois Host Building
Title:
Illinois Host Building
Linen unused

Description:
A century of progress



Illinois Host Building
Title:
Illinois Host Building
Linen unused


Illinois Host House
Title:
Illinois Host House
Linen PM 1933

Description:
Headquarters for the citizens of Illinois and Official guests of the State. It is located next to the Sears roebuck Building. Just south of the northwest entrance to the Fair



Intra Mural Bus Chicago World's Fair
Title:
Intra Mural Bus Chicago World's Fair
Linen unused

Description:
Within the grounds of the Exposition, visitors are transported by a fleet of semi-trailer type open buses, which accommodate 15,000 to 20,000 passengers per hour.


Intra-Mural Bus
Title:
Intra-Mural Bus
Linen PM 1933

Description:
Intra-Mural Bus with hall of science in background, Chicago World's Fair. Within the grounds of the Exposition, visitors are transported by a fleet of sixty semi-trailer 20,000 passengers per hour.



Japanese Garden And Pavilion
Title:
Japanese Garden And Pavilion
Linen unused


Lagoon And Island From Boardwalk
Title:
Lagoon And Island From Boardwalk
Linen unused



Lagoon And Island From Skyride
Title:
Lagoon And Island From Skyride
Linen unused


Lama Temple Night Scene
Title:
Lama Temple Night Scene
Linen unused

Description:
A Century of Progress Chicago's 1934 International Exposition The Oriental splendors enjoyed by the old Manchu Emperors never approached the magnificence of the Lama Temple by night at the World's Fair



Market Place Of Belgian Village And The Folk Dancers
Title:
Market Place Of Belgian Village And The Folk Dancers
Linen unused

Description:
The Belgian Village is at Twenty-third Street and Lief Erickson Drive, and portrays Belgium of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance period. In the center of the village is a market place where folk dances are held. The buildings are full replicas of architecture four centuries old, except that of the fish market of Ghent, which dates back to 1650. Included are the gateway of Ostend, built in 1400, a city gate of mediaeval Bruges, and a French Gothic Church in Antwerp.


Merrie England
Title:
Merrie England
Linen PM 1938

Description:
One of the largest of the villages, it truly typifies old English life in all its grandeur.



Murals - General Electric Company Exhibit
Title:
Murals - General Electric Company Exhibit
Linen unused


Murals General Electric Company Exhibit
Title:
Murals General Electric Company Exhibit
Linen unused

Description:
A century of progress



Northerly Isle From The Lagoon
Title:
Northerly Isle From The Lagoon
Linen unused


Nunnery Of Uxmal Maya Temple
Title:
Nunnery Of Uxmal Maya Temple
Linen unused



Old Heidelberg
Title:
Old Heidelberg
Linen unused

Description:
Seating thirty-five hundred persons, this restaurant is a replica of the Old Heidelberg Inn located in Heidelberg. Germany noted for its food and beer the world over.


Oriental Village .Chicago World'S Fair
Title:
Oriental Village .Chicago World'S Fair
Linen PM 1933

Description:
Being all the glamour and romance of the Near East to the Midway of the Fair.Here native magicians,dancing girls,vendore,horsemen will mingle with animal brought from their native lands for exposition at the Fair



Owens Illinois Glass Block Building
Title:
Owens Illinois Glass Block Building
Linen unused

Description:
This is the first full-sized structure built of glass block, recently perfected by the Owens-Illinois glass Company, Toledo, Ohio. One hundred feet long and sixty feet wide with a gloriously colorful tower fifty feet high, it is a wonderful spectacle by day and a magnificent display by night when interior lighting glows through its many-colored walls and tower. The Owens-Illinois Glass Company is one of the world's largest producers of glass containers and other glass products, which form one of the interesting exhibits inside the building.


Pylons - Hall Of Social Science
Title:
Pylons - Hall Of Social Science
Linen unused



Side View Agricultural Building
Title:
Side View Agricultural Building
Linen unused

Description:
A century of progress


Sixteenth Street Bridge
Title:
Sixteenth Street Bridge
Linen PM 1934

Description:
Sixteenth Street Bridge Connecting the mainland with Northerly island and on which is located the Armour Co. and Hiram Walker Exhibit.



Swiss Village
Title:
Swiss Village
Linen unused

Description:
Here is shown a typical village in its natural settings filled with interesting exhibits of industry and arts typical to this country


The Dinosaur - Sinclair Exhibit
Title:
The Dinosaur - Sinclair Exhibit
Linen unused



The Japanese Pavilion
Title:
The Japanese Pavilion
Linen PM 1933

Description:
The Japanese Pavilion A typical example of Japanese architecture. An army of workmen came over from Japan, bringing their own tools and materials to construct these buildings. Here are housed fine examples of Japanese china, cloisonné, embroideries, silk work and world-famous Japanese handicraft. A typical Japanese tea garden is one of the features of this unusual display. Chicago World's Fair, 1933.


The Midway
Title:
The Midway
Linen unused



The Old Mill - Horticulture Gardens
Title:
The Old Mill - Horticulture Gardens
Linen unused


The Skyride - thrill ride of a century of progress exposition
Title:
The Skyride - thrill ride of a century of progress exposition
Chicago Illinois (IL) PM 1934

Description:
Otis Elevator Exhibit The highest at the fair The Machines that operate skyride's high-speed otis elevators SKYRIDE'S twin steel towers are 628 feet high and three-eighths of a mile apart. The trip to the tops of the towers takes less than one minute in Otis Automatic High-Speed Elevators



The Strawman Enchanted Island
Title:
The Strawman Enchanted Island
Linen unused


The Swedish Pavilion
Title:
The Swedish Pavilion
Linen unused



The Swedish Pavilion - At Night
Title:
The Swedish Pavilion - At Night
Linen unused


Three Fluted Towers
Title:
Three Fluted Towers
Linen unused

Description:
Three Fluted Towers Around Dome of Federal Building Chicago World's Fair. These three fluted towers 150 feet high around the dome of the Federal Building represent the three branches of Government - administrative, legislative and executive. The towers are illuminated at night.



Travel And Transport Building
Title:
Travel And Transport Building
Linen unused

Description:
Chicago World's Fair This building is nearly 1,000 feet long, and offers some new concepts in architecture never before attempted. The dome of the Travel and Transport Building houses the railroad exhibit at "A Century of Progress".


Travel And Transport Building
Title:
Travel And Transport Building
Linen unused



Travel Building
Title:
Travel Building
Linen PM 1933

Description:
A Century of Progress. Chicago's 1933 international exposition


Upper Court Hall Of Science
Title:
Upper Court Hall Of Science
Linen unused



Victor Vienna Garden Café
Title:
Victor Vienna Garden Café
Linen unused




Total: 73 Items

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