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Century of Progress World's Fair, 1933-1934 (University of Illinois at Chicago)
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[Model Florida home at the Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933-1934.]
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[Model Florida home at the Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933-1934.]
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[Model of boring machine invented by John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson, an eighteenth-century British industrialist.]
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[Native American drumming at the Century of Progress Indian Village.]
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[Native American drumming at the Century of Progress Indian Village.]
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[Night photograph of pedestrian traffic at A Century of Progress International Exposition.]
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[Night view of the Electrical Building courtyard with the electric fountain illuminated by flood lights.]
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[Nightime view of the Federal Building at the Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933-1934.]
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[Officials related to the Mexico's 'Good Will Tour' at the Century of Progress. From left to right: Miss Maria Elena Olhoa; Justo Benitez, an attorney; Eugenio Pasqueiro of the Mexican Consulate; Albert Wimer, in charge of the Century of Progress Mexican Village exhibit; Bearl Spratt; and Miss Mary Spratt.]
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[One of the entrances to the Electrical Group exhibition under construction in preparation for A Century of Progress. The sculpture of the man above was dedicated to "The conquest of time and space."]
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[One of the first steam locomotives to run on rails, built by inventor Colonel John Stevens, on display at A Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933-1934. The prototype locomotive on display here contained a boiler steam propulsion system attached to a wagon.]
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[One of the main entrances to the Century of Progress "Oriental Village." The facade of the exhibit featured Islamic art and architecture.] [There are four towers that look like they are part of a church. There are a lot of people that look like they just left the church in front of the towers.]
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[Ornamental figure that adorned one of the sides of the Agricultural building at A Century of Progress International Exposition, ca. 1933-1934. The figure is a man breaking the ground with a shovel.]
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[Ornamental figure that adorned one of the sides of the Agricultural building at A Century of Progress International Exposition, ca. 1933-1934. The figure is a man breaking the ground with a shovel.]
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[Ornamental figure that adorned one of the sides of the Agricultural building at A Century of Progress International Exposition, ca. 1933-1934. The figure is a man breaking the ground with a shovel.]
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[Owens-Illinois Glass House at the Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933-1934.]
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[Parade in front of the Czechoslovakia pavilion at the Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933-1934. The Century of Progress showcased the artistic, cultural, and scientific achievements of Czechoslovakia, then a newly independent country that had won its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of World War One. Anton Cermak, mayor of Chicago from 1931 until his assassination in 1933, just a few months prior to the Century of Progress grand opening, was a Czech immigrant from Bohemia.]
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[Participants at the Central States Parole conference which was held at Illinois Host House at the Century of Progress International Exposition in 1934.]
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[Participants in A Century of Progress Norwegian Promotion Day.]
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[Participants in the 'Parade of the Masques,' which was held on the Boardwalk of the Midway.]
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