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Century of Progress World's Fair, 1933-1934 (University of Illinois at Chicago)
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Creator
Kaufmann & Fabry co.
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Hallenbeck
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Date
ca. 1933-1934
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1932
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1934
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Subject
Electricity
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Engines
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Exhibition Buildings
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Farmers
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Guests
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Railroad Car Industry
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Railroads
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Tires
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Automobiles
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Awards
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5.75x9.25
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5”x9.25”
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7.5x9.5
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9.5x7.5
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[The Association of Manufacturers of Chilled Car Wheels assemble before the Century of Progress Administration Building in October of 1932.]
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"Eighty feet long, 39 feet high, with 12-foot wheels, this is the 'World's Largest Automobile.' It has been built for the Studebaker exhibit at the World's Fair of 1934 in Chicago. Inside is a complete motion picture theatre seating 80 people where the story of the automobile is told, especially the story of the Studebaker automobile."
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"Harvey Firestone, tire magnate, presents Virgil A. Cullberg, farmer, of Near Paton, Iowa, with complete set of tractor wheels and tires when the latter signs as the two millionth visitor to the Firestone exhibit at the World's Fair."
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"To show what makes the wheels go 'round in a steam turbine, General Electric has this full-size 50 horsepower, two-stage turbine and governor, cut away to expose the working parts, in its exhibit at A Century of Progress."
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