Century of Progress Collection

Dates:	1928-1934
Size:	13.25 linear feet in 17 boxes and 19 oversize folders, includes 24 artifacts, 239 photographs, 129 negatives, 54 postcards
Repository:	Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605
Collection Number:	spe-cop
Immediate Sources of Acquisition:	The bulk of the collection was transferred from the “Travel and History” holdings of the Chicago Public Library's Social Science and History Division. Other materials continue to be added through donation, purchase and transfer.
Conditions Governing Use:	Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection.
Conditions Governing Access:	Materials open without restrictions.
Preferred Citation:	When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Century of Progress Collection, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library
Finding Aid Author:	Original author unknown. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Michelle McCoy, 2023.

Abstract

Commemorating Chicago’s centennial anniversary, A Century of Progress was the name given to the international exposition held in Burnham Park along Chicago’s lakefront from 1933-1934. Technological innovation was the theme of the fair. The collection contains artifacts, brochures, booklets, guides, maps, photographs, postcards, fairgoer scrapbooks, souvenirs and viewbooks from the 1933-1934 World’s Fair as well as publicity and fundraising addresses, press releases and other planning materials.

Biographical/Historical

A Century of Progress International Exposition was the name given to the World’s Fair, held along the Chicago lakefront from June 1-November 1, 1933, and May 26-October 31, 1934. This was the second international exposition held in Chicago during a 40-year period; the first was the World’s Columbian Exposition, which in 1893 played host to over 27 million people in Jackson Park on the city’s South Side. A Century of Progress was equally as popular. The fairgrounds bordered 39th Street on the South and Roosevelt Road on the North and included Northly Island and the lagoons.

The fair was originally conceived to mark Chicago's one-hundred-year anniversary. Its motto was “Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Adapts.” The exhibits highlighted scientific and technological discoveries in industry and modern society, but also included modern advancements in art, literature, and architecture from across the globe. Exhibits from all over the world included new automobile designs, houses of the future, and babies living in incubators as well as foreign villages and historical replicas such as old Fort Dearborn. There was also an abundance of carnival entertainment that included a Sky Ride, or a cable-suspended people mover higher than any building in Chicago. The midway provided games, a roller coaster, shows, and food vendors.

Planning began in 1926 when Mayor William E. Dever appointed a Centennial Committee of 150 members. Rufus C. Dawes was elected President, Chicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration in 1928. The fair buildings were multi-colored, to create a “Rainbow City” as compared to the “White City” of Chicago's earlier World's Columbian Exposition. The buildings generally followed Moderne architecture in contrast to the neoclassical themes used at the 1893 fair. Kaufman & Fabry Co. were the official photographers.

Scope and Contents

The Century of Progress Records is primarily composed of materials that document the exhibits, programs and visitor experiences of the fairs held during the summers of 1933 and 1934 to commemorate the City of Chicago’s centennial year. The items include articles, artifacts, brochures, exhibition booklets, guides, maps, photographs, postcards, scrapbooks, souvenirs and viewbooks. The perspectives range from the official A Century of Progress publications to commercial products that combine advertisements with guides and maps to the personal experiences of hand-assembled scrapbooks.

The collection also contains a small number of planning materials created and collected by the Chicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration committees. The documents include public addresses, papers, reports and press releases that were created and delivered as part of the exposition’s publicity and fundraising campaigns. The topics include landscape design, crowd control, traffic patterns and treatises on fair aesthetics and architecture.

Arrangement

The records have been arranged into six series:

Series 1: Planning Materials, 1928-1934
Series 2: Publications, 1932-1934
Series 3: Exhibits and Programs, 1932-1934
Series 4: Ephemera and Souvenirs, 1932-1934
Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1933-1934
Series 6: Photographs and Graphic Materials, 1933-1934, undated

Subject Headings

Burnham Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
Curt Teich & Co.
Dawes, Rufus C. (Rufus Cutler), 1867-1940
Exhibitions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
Kaufman & Fabry
Northerly Island (Chicago, Ill.)

Related Collections

Century of Progress Scrapbooks
Chicago Park District Photographs
Mrs. Harlan Ward Cooley Papers
Esther Parada Papers
The Special Collections & Preservation Division also has books on A Century of Progress. Please consult the public access catalog for titles.
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) was designated as the official repository for A Century of Progress International Exposition. Contact their Special Collections & University Archives for information: (312) 996-2742.

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Planning Materials, 1928-1934

Scope and Contents

Series 1 includes public addresses, papers, reports and press releases that were created and delivered as part of the exposition’s publicity and fundraising campaigns. The topics include landscape design, crowd control, traffic patterns and treatises on fair aesthetics and architecture. Several of the statements were authored by Exposition President, Rufus C. Dawes. The 1929 proposal by fair engineer Willis J. Dean is of interest since it assesses the existing structures of other Chicago parks.

Financing for the fair came entirely from private sources. The Enrollment Campaign sought to enlist a membership who would make regular monetary contributions to toward planning and produced printed various keepsake messages as part of the solicitation. The Publicity Division issued press releases on a range of exhibits, programs and fairground features. The series contains a small number of these that were issued in the first months of the fair reopening in 1934.

Arrangement

Series 1 is arranged first by a group of addresses and announcements that have been retained as a set in their table of contents order. Following these items, the remaining planning materials are listed chronologically.

Box 7	Folder 1	“Addresses and announcements by Officials of the Exposition, with Other Authorized Pre-Fair Publications, 1928-1934,” table of contents (See Folders 2-17; contents for numbers 10, 17 and 18 are not included), 1934
Box 7	Folder 2	Addresses and announcements - “The Chicago World’s Fair in 1933,” printed address by Rufus C. Dawes (2 copies), [1931]
Box 7	Folder 3	Addresses and announcements - “A New Thought on World’s Fairs,” printed address by Rufus C. Dawes (2 copies), 1933
Box 7	Folder 4	Addresses and announcements - “Agriculture and the Chicago World’s Fair, 1933,” printed radio address of Rufus C. Dawes, 1928 November 22
Box 7	Folder 5	Addresses and announcements - “The Centennial and Public Education,” printed address by William J. Bogan, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Chicago (2 copies), [1928]
Box 7	Folder 6	Addresses and announcements - “The Chicago World’s Fair: Why? Where? When? How Much?,” printed address by the Hon. Charles S. Peterson, City Treasurer of Chicago, [1928]
Box 7	Folder 7	Addresses and announcements - Electrical Group, dedication address of Bernard E. Sunny, a Director of Illinois Bell Telephone Company (section missing), 1932 October 12
Box 7	Folder 8	Addresses and announcements - The World’s Fair of 1893 Made Chicago, by Franklin Hobbs, Chicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration enrollment campaign (3 copies), 1933
Box 7	Folder 9	Addresses and announcements - An Ideal of Beauty, by Allen D. Albert, Assistant to the President, Chicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration enrollment campaign (2 copies), 1933
Box 7	Folder 10	Addresses and announcements - “To the People of Chicago...,” printed address by Rufus C. Dawes, [1929]
Box 7	Folder 11	Addresses and announcements - “A Century of Progress in the Making: Statement of Finances Relating to A Century of Progress,” by Charles G. Dawes, Chairman, Finance Committee, 1931 July 19
Box 7	Folder 12	Addresses and announcements - “Chicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration: Being a Series of Questions and Answers Concerning Chicago’s Birthday Party in 1933,” Chicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration enrollment campaign, [1929]
Box 7	Folder 13	Addresses and announcements - “A Century of Progress: A Statement of Its Plan and Purposes and of the Relation of States and Foreign Government to Them,” by Rufus C. Dawes, circa 1930
Box 7	Folder 14	Addresses and announcements - “A Century of Progress: Rules and Regulations for Exhibitors,” 1931 January 21
Box 7	Folder 15	Addresses and announcements - “A Century of Progress International Exposition, 1934: Rules and Regulations and Miscellaneous Information Applicable to the Design, Construction and Equipment of Concessions,” 1934 February 1
Box 7	Folder 16	Addresses and announcements - “Why A Century of Progress,” prospectus (2 copies), circa 1932
Box 7	Folder 17	Addresses and announcements - “A Century of Progress Greets International Rotary on the Occasion of the Silver Jubilee,” booklet, 1930
Box 7	Folder 19	“Summary of Financial Statements, Receipts and Departmental Disbursements in Other Fairs,” 1928 November
Box 7	Folder 20	“The Chicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration, 1933,” prepared for the Electric Association of Chicago, Third Annual Dinner, Palmer House, 1928 November 15
Box 7	Folder 18	Enrollment Committee, “Chicago and You: A Loyal Partnership,” [1929 January]
Box 7	Folder 22	“Proposed Plan for Chicago World’s Fair: Centennial Celebration,” typed plan by Willis. J. Dean, Consulting Engineer, 1929 January 6
Oversize Folder 10		Planning map that shows Near South Side Chicago area with outlines for A Century of Progress exposition grounds, [photostat] (2 copies), [1929]
Box 7	Folder 23	“Keep Moving: A Study in Crowds,” by Sidney S. Gorham, Chairman, Committee on Traffic Control, circa 1930
Box 7	Folder 24	“Ancient Skyscrapers and the World’s Fair,” by Dr. Frans Blom, circa 1931
Box 7	Folder 25	“The Cradle of Chicago: Building the Third Fort Dearborn,” by Robert J. Sipchen, 1931 November 2
Box 7	Folder 26	“Mankind in America: Mounds and Ruins Tell the Story of The Progress of Human Culture,” by Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole, Professor of Anthropology, University of Chicago, 1931 November 3
Box 7	Folder 27	“A New Showmanship to Charm for the World’s Fair,” by Edward J. Ashenden, 1931 November 3
Box 7	Folder 21	“Beauty of Balance: The Prophetic in Mass and Line at A Century of Progress Exposition,” article by S.J. Duncan Clark, 1932
Box 7	Folder 28	“Traffic-Tourists: A Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1933,” by Edward Hungerford (“T and T”: The Iron Horse Plays at Showmanship), 1931 November 5
Box 7	Folder 29	“Science, Magic Wand of a New Age, Rules A Century of Progress,” statement by Rufus C. Dawes, 1931 November 16
Box 7	Folder 30	“Temples of Inspiration to Rise Along Miles of Lake Shore,” paper by Daniel H. Burnham, Director of Works, 1931 November 17
Box 7	Folder 31	President Dawes’ Statement on Opening of Fair at Hamilton Club, 1932 January 20
Box 7	Folder 32	“Traffic to the World’s Fair,” by Major E.S.J. Irvine, 1932 August 29
Box 7	Folder 33	“Landscaping for the Fair,” by Alfred G.H. Geiffert, Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, 1932 November 30
Box 7	Folder 34	“The Lutheran Visitor at the World’s Fair,” Concordia article, 1933 May
Box 11	Folder 35	Publicity Division, A Century of Progress, press release (photocopy), 1933 [May]
Box 8	Folder 34	Publicity Division, Villages (general), press release, 1934 March 8
Box 8	Folder 19	Publicity Division, Irish Village, press release, 1934 March 10
Box 8	Folder 3	Publicity Division, attendance campaign (conducted by Ford Motor Company), press release, 1934 March 19
Box 8	Folder 12	Publicity Division, Ford Motor Company, address of Albert Kahn (architect), press release, 1934 March 20
Box 8	Folder 7	Publicity Division, Black Forest Village, press release, 1934 March 23
Box 8	Folder 30	Publicity Division, Pottery Exhibit, press release, 1934 March 26
Box 8	Folder 9	Publicity Division, Dutch Village, press release, 1934 April 14
Box 8	Folder 21	Publicity Division, Little America (Admiral Byrd’s greetings, shipbuilding), press release, 1934 April 20
Box 8	Folder 24	Publicity Division, Mexican Village, press release, 1934 April 24
Box 8	Folder 13	Publicity Division, Ford Motor Company, exhibit lighting, press release, [1934] April 29
Box 8	Folder 20	Publicity Division, Italian Village, leaning tower, press release, [1934] May 1
Box 8	Folder 31	Publicity Division, Ford Motor Company, “Roads of the World,” press release, 1934 May 2
Box 8	Folder 32	Publicity Division, Hall of Science, press release, 1934 May 5
Box 8	Folder 18	Publicity Division, Horticultural Exhibit, press release, [1934] May 5
Box 8	Folder 33	Publicity Division, Hall of States, press release, 1934 May 8
Box 8	Folder 2	Publicity Division, architecture of the fair, press release, [1934] May 8
Box 8	Folder 5	Publicity Division, automobiles, general exhibit, press release, 1934 May 9
Box 8	Folder 29	Publicity Division, Pantheon de la Guerre (European war panorama), press release, [1934] May 10
Box 8	Folder 4	Publicity Division, auto parking, press release, 1934 May 11
Box 8	Folder 27	Publicity Division, Reopening Day, press release, 1934 May 11
Box 8	Folder 6	Publicity Division, automobiles, early models, press release, [1934] May 15
Box 8	Folder 14	Publicity Division, fountain, press release, 1934 May 16
Box 8	Folder 22	Publicity Division, Midway, press release, 1934 May 18
Box 8	Folder 10	Publicity Division, Enchanted Island, “World’s Fair for Children”, press release, 1934 May 21
Box 8	Folder 17	Publicity Division, Illinois Commission for Participation, Governor Henry Horner, press release, [1934] May 21
Box 8	Folder 35	Publicity Division, Wings of a Century, press release, [1934] May 21
Box 8	Folder 26	Publicity Division, Opening Day program and parade, 1932 address of Rufus C. Dawes, press releases, [1934] May 22
Box 8	Folder 11	Publicity Division, finance, press release, [1934] May 23
Box 8	Folder 23	Publicity Division, Merrie Old English Village and Old Globe Theatre, press releases, 1934 May 29
Box 8	Folder 25	Publicity Division, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, concerts, press releases (2), 1934 May
Box 11	Folder 22	Cashier’s Division, Dollar Club (cahier’s organization), At the Sign of the Dollar, history, [1934]

Series 2: Publications, 1932-1934

Scope and Contents

Series 2 includes articles, brochures, guides, viewbooks and official publications for and related to A Century of Progress exposition. The publication, Chicago on Parade, was edited and published by Herman O. Duncan depicts Depression-era scenes of poverty, homeless encampments and worker pickets as a contrast to the glorified promotions of the fair.

Arrangement

Series 2 is arranged alphabetically by type of publication and title.

Box 5	Folder 9	Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum of Chicago, guide by Philip Fox, Lakeside Press, 1933
Box 9	Folder 1	The Architectural Forum, vol. 61, no. 1, A Century of Progress articles, 1934 July
Box 9	Folder 2	Bartlett Co. (roofing), Atop the Fair: The Story of Bartlett’s Part in A Century of Progress, publication, 1933
Oversize Folder 14		“Bird’s Eye View,” printed illustration by H.M. Pettit (2 copies), [1932]
Box 1	Folder 4	Brochures - “Come! Chicago World’s Fair, June First to Nov. First,” 1933
Box 11	Folder 5	Chicago Week, brochures (4 copies), 1933 October 6-12
Box 1	Folder 10	Brochures - “The New World’s Fair of 1934” (4 copies), 1934 May 26-October 31
Box 1	Folder 6	Brochures - “Pertinent Facts on A Century of Progress” (6 copies), 1933
Box 11	Folder 7	Brochures - “See the World’s Fair, the Biggest 50 [cents] Worth You’ve Ever Had” (2 copies), 1933
Box 1	Folder 7	Brochures - “The Why- What- and When of A Century of Progress International Exposition” (3 copies), 1933
Box 4a	Folder 4	A Century of Progress Exposition, viewbook, 1932
Box 11	Folder 21	A Century of Progress in the Graphic Arts (printing history), booklet by Douglas C. McMurtrie, 1933 June
Box 1	Folder 11	Chicago Association of Commerce, “What it Will Cost You to See Chicago’s New 1934 World’s Fair,” brochure (2 copies), 1934
Box 1	Folder 8	Chicago Association of Commerce, “The World’s Biggest Event in 1933: Chicago’s World’s Fair, June 1 to November 1, What Will it Cost You?” brochure (2 copies), 1933
Box 4a	Folder 2	Chicago and Its Two World’s Fairs: 1833-1933, viewbook (2 copies with different covers), 1933
Box 4a	Folder 3	Chicago Beautiful: Souvenir Views of World’s Fair, 1933, viewbook, 1933
Box 4a	Folder 1	Chicago Beautiful: Views of the World’s Fair, 1933, viewbook, 1933
Box 5	Folder 15	Chicago Bureau of Engineering, Department of Public Works, A Century of Progress in Water Works, booklet (2 copies), 1933
Oversize Folder 18		Chicago Daily News supplements, “Souvenir of a Century of Progress”, 1934
Box 5	Folder 17	Chicago on Parade, edited and published by Herman O. Duncan, 1933
Box 9	Folder 4	Chicago’s Century of Progress, Rand, McNally & Company, booklet (2 copies), 1933
Box 9	Folder 15	Chicago’s World’s Fair Songbook, M.M. Cole Publishing (2 copies), 1933
Box 11	Folder 4	“Exposition Features from North to South,” guide, [1933]
Box 9	Folder 7	Greetings: Chicago’s Official Song, sheet music (2 copies), 1932
Box 5	Folder 26	Illinois Century of Progress Commission, See Illinois, booklet, [1933]
Box 5	Folder 27	Illinois Commercial Men’s Association, Chicago...as Studied by the Camera, booklet, [1933]
Box 11	Folder 20	Illinois Commercial Men’s Association, Chicago...as Studied by the Camera, booklet, [1933]
Box 4a	Folder 12	Illinois Commercial Men’s Association, Duo Graphic Magazine, [A Century of Progress issue], vol. 3, no. 4, 1933
Box 9	Folder 9	Mayer, Milton S., articles,1933 June 1
Box 1	Folder 1	Official Book of the Fair Giving Pre-Exposition Information, 1932-1933, of A Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1933, guide (3 copies), 1933
Box 1	Folder 14	Official Chicago World’s Fair Certificate, one cent, 1933
Box 1	Folder 2	Official Guide:Book of the Fair, 1933, published by A Century of Progress (4 copies), 1933
Box 1	Folder 3	Official Guide:Book of the Fair, 1933, with 1934 Supplement, published by A Century of Progress, 1934
Box 1	Folder 9	Official Guide Book of the World’s Fair of 1934 (2 copies), 1934
Box 4a	Folder 6	Official Pictures of A Century of Progress Exposition, viewbook photographs by Kaufman & Fabry Co. (5 copies), 1933
Box 4a	Folder 7	Official Pictures of the 1934 World’s Fair, viewbook photographs by Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1934
Box 4a	Folder 8	Official Pictures in Color, viewbook photographs by Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1934
Box 4a	Folder 5	Official View Book: A Century of Progress Exposition, viewbook (3 copies), [1933]
Box 4a	Folder 9	Official View Book, photographs by Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies, one accordion style), 1933
Box 9	Folder 11	Official View Book: A Century of Progress Exposition, viewbook, 1933
Box 9	Folder 10	Official World’s Fair in Pictures, viewbook photographs by Kaufman & Fabry Co. (4 copies), 1933
Box 1	Folder 23	Official World’s Fair Weekly, Opening Week, vol. 1, no. 5, 1933 May 27-June 3
Box 1	Folder 24	Official World’s Fair Weekly, vol. 1, no. 7, 1933 June 11-17
Box 11	Folder 8	Official World’s Fair Weekly. vol. 1, no. 8, 1933 June 18-24
Box 11	Folder 6	Progress in Industrial Color and Protection at “A Century of Progress,” booklet, 1933
Box 2	Folder 3	Sculpture at a Century of Progress, guide edited by Jewitt E. Ricker (2 copies), [1933]
Box 5	Folder 39	Slavs, with Special Reference to Americans of Slav Ancestry. souvenir edition, The New Generation, A Slav-American Review (formerly Novi Rod), 1933
Box 4a	Folder 10	Souvenir Views, Chicago World’s Fair, viewbook photographs by Kaufman & Fabry Co., Curt Teich & Co., 1934
Box 4a	Folder 11	Souvenir of A Century of Progress International Exposition, viewbook by Curt Teich & Co. (3 copies), 1933
Box 5	Folder 43	This Week in Chicago, entertainment guide, 1934 July 15
Box 1	Folder 25	World’s Fair Series, bulletin no. 1, “A Century of Progress in Living Together,” by Allen D. Albert (2 copies), [1933]
Box 1	Folder 26	World’s Fair Series, bulletin no. 2, “A Century of Progress in Science,” by F.R. Moulton (2 copies), [1933]
Box 1	Folder 27	World’s Fair Series, bulletin no. 3, “A Century of Progress in Agriculture,” by Harvey J. Sconce (2 copies), [1933]
Box 1	Folder 28	World’s Fair Series, bulletin no. 4, “A Century of Progress in Electricity, Transportation and Communication,” by Alfred H. Kirkland (2 copies), [1933]

Series 3: Exhibits and Programs, 1932-1934

Scope and Contents

Series 3 includes a selection of booklets, brochures, press releases, programs and other documents from exhibits at A Century of Progress. References to some of the exhibits use variations on its name. The archivist has attempted to use the exhibit name as printed in the Official Guide (Box 1, Folder 2) printed by A Century of Progress whenever possible.

Arrangement

Series 3 is arranged alphabetically by exhibit or topic.

Box 2	Folder 18	A&P Carnival, program, 1933
Box 5	Folder 8	Abraham Lincoln Exhibit Group, brochure, [1933]
Box 5	Folder 7	Abraham Lincoln’s Indiana Boyhood Home - 1816-1830, brochure, [1933]
Box 2	Folder 19	American Can Company, The Story of the Tin Can, courtesy of The National Canners Association, booklet, 1933
Box 2	Folder 20	American Colortype Company, Color Progress, booklet, 1933
Box 2	Folder 36	American Dental Association, Exhibit for Dentistry at A Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1933-1934, booklet by Arthur D. Black, 1933-1934
Box 2	Folder 17	American Indian Villages, flyer, 1933
Box 2	Folder 37	American Medical Association, A Century of Progress in Medicine, booklet with article by Thomas G. Hull, reprinted from Hygeia, 1933 May-December
Box 8	Folder 1	American Petroleum Industries, Model Petroleum Refinery lecture, press release, undated
Box 3	Folder 2	Anthracite Institute, A Century of Progress in Domestic Heating, booklet, [1933]
Box 2	Folder 1	Art Institute of Chicago, exhibit brochure (4 copies), [1933]
Box 2	Folder 2	Art Institute of Chicago, exhibit brochure (2 copies), 1934
Box 8	Folder 28	Art Institute of Chicago, painting and sculpture, press release, 1933 May 20
Box 4	Folder 3	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, The Beginning of Progress: The Laying of the First Stone of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Baltimore, Maryland, July 4, 1828, re-enacted in the Travel and Transport Building, booklet, 1933
Box 4	Folder 2	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, booklet, magazine cover, 1934
Box 2	Folder 8	Belgian Village, La Belgique Pictoresque (Picturesque Belgium), booklet, 1933
Box 2	Folder 11	Black Forest Village, Eitel’s Black Forest Inn (Eitel’s Old Heidelberg Inn, 14-16 W. Randolph Street), cocktail menu, 1934
Box 2	Folder 10	Black Forest Village, The Land of “Once Upon a Time,” by Clara E. Laughlin, booklet, 1933
Box 2	Folder 12	Black Forest Village, Old Heidelberg Inn, menu, 1933
Box 3	Folder 31	California Exhibit, California Redwood, booklet, 1933
Box 3	Folder 18	Canada Exhibit, brochure, 1933
Box 4	Folder 4	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, The Burlington..., booklet (2 copies), 1933
Box 5	Folder 2	Chicago Day, poem and ticket illustration, mimeograph, 1933
Box 4	Folder 5	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, “Progress Coach,” brochure, [1933]
Box 11	Folder 5	Chicago Week, brochures (4 copies), 1933 October 6-12
Box 3	Folder 20	Chinese Village, The Altar of the Green Jade Pagoda, booklet by Julean Arnold, 1933
Box 3	Folder 19	Chinese Village, The Chinese Imperial Gold Collection, booklet by Berthold Laufer, with copies of postcards of the collection, 1934
Box 3	Folder 21	Chinese Village, The Chinese Lama Temple: Potala of Jehol, booklet (2 copies), 1932
Box 3	Folder 22	Chinese Village, Lo Han Temple in the Streets of Shanghai, booklet, 1934
Box 8	Folder 8	Chrysler Motors, “Chrysler Motors to Have Largest Private Exhibit at Chicago Fair, “press release, undated
Box 5	Folder 4	Chrysler Motors, “Jinx Day, Automobile Derby,” program, 1933 July 13
Box 2	Folder 32	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, The Glory of God is Intelligence, Hall of Religion, booklet, 1933
Box 4	Folder 24	Clark Tructractor Company, The Spirit of Transportation, booklet, 1933
Box 2	Folder 16	Colonial Village, United States, The Colonial Village: A Guide to the Buildings of Historical Interest by Thomas E. Tallmadge, booklet (2 copies), 1934
Box 5	Folder 3	Constitution Day, program, with ticket book, 1934 September 17
Box 3	Folder 10	The Country Home, “Model Farm House,” brochure, 1934
Box 3	Folder 23	Czechoslovakia Exhibit, Official Czechoslovak Industrial Section, booklet, 1933
Box 11	Folder 12	“Domestic Animal Show,” flyer, [1933-1934]
Box 2	Folder 4	Durkee Famous Foods, Agricultural Building, recipe book, [1933]
Box 2	Folder 21	Elgin Watch Company, sales brochure (2 copies), 1934
Box 2	Folder 22	Enchanted Island, Magic Mountain, brochure, [1933]
Box 3	Folder 17	E.W. McLellan Company, “Redwood Burls and Their Care,” Horticultural Building, brochure, 1934
Box 2	Folder 23	Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., How Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires are Made, booklet (3 copies), 1933
Box 2	Folder 24	Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., How Firestone High Speed Tires are Made, booklet (3 copies), 1933
Box 3	Folder 4	Florida Exhibit, Florida Tropical Home, booklet, 1933
Box 3	Folder 33	Florida Exhibit, “Greetings from Tallahassee, Florida,” brochure, [1933]
Box 3	Folder 32	Florida Exhibit, “Orlando and Orange County, Florida,” brochure, [1933]
Box 9	Folder 6	Ford Motor Company, advertising brochure (3 copies), circa 1933
Box 4	Folder 17	Ford Motor Company, Ford at the Fair, booklet (3 copies), [1933]
Box 4	Folder 18	Ford Motor Company, “How to See the Ford Exposition,” brochure, 1934
Box 8	Folder 37	Ford Motor Company, World’s Fair Archival Video, vol. 1, New York: New Deal Films, VHS, undated
Box 11	Folder 15	Fort Dearborn, The White Indian Boy, booklet, 1933
Box 3	Folder 5	Frameless Steel House, booklet (2 copies), 1933
Box 5	Folder 22	Frank Buck’s Jungle Camp, Frank Buck’s Book of Thrills, booklet, 1934
Box 3	Folder 6	Frigidaire Corporation, “The Frigidaire Air-Conditioned House,” brochure, 1934
Box 3	Folder 15	Garden and Flower Show, Horticultural Building, souvenir book (2 copies), 1933
Box 11	Folder 17	G.D. Searle & Co., At the Sign of a Pulsating Heart, booklet, 1933
Box 8	Folder 15	General Electric, “General Electric’s Exhibit in A Century of Progress,” press release, undated
Box 4	Folder 22	General Motors, Building the 1934 Chevrolet with Body by Fisher at the Fair, booklet, 1933-1934
Box 4	Folder 20	General Motors, Chevrolet-Fisher Manufacturing Exhibit, “The Making of a Motor Car,” guide (2 copies), 1933
Box 11	Folder 18	General Motors, exhibit brochure, 1934
Box 8	Folder 16	General Motors, “Facts About the General Motors Exhibit,” press release, [1933]
Box 11	Folder 19	General Motors, Transportation Progress, The History of Self-Propelled Vehicles from Earliest Times Down to the Modern Motor Car, booklet, 1934
Box 4	Folder 19	General Motors, “What We Saw in the General Motors Exhibit Building at a Century of Progress,” brochures (3 copies), 1933
Box 4	Folder 21	General Motors Building, Research at A Century of Progress, booklet, [1933]
Box 3	Folder 34	Georgia Exhibit, A Record of Progress in Georgia, booklet, 1933
Box 2	Folder 31	Hall of Religion exhibits, The Great Chalice of Antioch, Treasures of Ancient Religious Art, The Monoan Gold Treasure, brochure, 1934
Box 2	Folder 35	Hall of Science, Official Catalog of Exhibits in the Division of the Basic Sciences, (2 copies), 1933
Box 2	Folder 34	Hall of Science, Official Handbook (2 copies), 1934
Box 11	Folder 24	Heinz Kitchen Exhibit, “The 57 at the Fair,” brochure, 1934
Box 3	Folder 14	Horticultural Exhibit, souvenir book, 1934
Box 3	Folder 1	Household Finance Corporation, 100 Years of Progress in Family Finance..., booklet, 1933
Box 4	Folder 6	Illinois Central Railroad, souvenir booklet, 1933
Box 11	Folder 27	Junket Folks, A Century of Progress in Junket, booklet, 1933
Box 4	Folder 7	London, Midland and Scottish Railway of Great Britain, The Royal Scot, brochure (2 copies), 1933
Box 2	Folder 25	Indian Refining Co., “Havoline: How Does the World’s Largest Thermometer Work?”, brochure, 1934
Box 3	Folder 36	Indiana Exhibit, A Hoosier History, booklet by David Laurence Chambers, based on the mural paintings of Thomas Hart Benton, 1933
Box 11	Folder 13	International Harvester Exhibits, booklet, 1934
Box 3	Folder 16	Interstate Nurseries, “Souvenir Rose Guide,” brochure, 1933
Box 3	Folder 24	Ireland Exhibit, A Century of Progress in Irish Archaeology, National Museum of Ireland, booklet, 1933
Box 2	Folder 13	Irish Village, brochure, [1933-1934]
Box 3	Folder 26	Italian Pavilion, The Italian Pavilion, booklet, 1933
Box 3	Folder 25	Italian Pavilion, “Padigli one Italiana all Esposizione Mondiale di Chicago (The Italian Pavilion at the World’s Fair),” brochure, 1933-1934
Box 3	Folder 27	Italian Pavilion, Ten Years of Italian Progress, booklet (4 copies), 1933
Box 2	Folder 14	Italian Village, Via Colombo (in Italian and English), brochure 1934
Box 3	Folder 28	Japan Exhibit, Introducing Osaka to a Century of Progress, booklet, 1933
Box 3	Folder 29	Japan Exhibit, “Woolens and Worsteds Made in Japan,” brochure, 1933
Box 2	Folder 33	Jewish Exhibit, Hall of Religion, booklet by Louis L. Mann and Gerson B. Levi, 1933-1934
Box 2	Folder 26	Karastan Rug Mills, Oriental Reproductions, booklet (2 copies), 1933
Box 3	Folder 7	Kelvinator Sales Corporation (Detroit, Michigan), From Cave to Kelvinator: An Authentic History of Food Preservation through the Ages, booklet, 1934
Box 5	Folder 28	King Solomon’s Temple, brochure, [1933]
Box 3	Folder 8	Kohler Company, Kohler of Kohler, booklet, 1934
Box 4	Folder 8	London, Midland and Scottish Railway of Great Britain, The Charm of England, booklet, 1933
Box 4	Folder 7	London, Midland and Scottish Railway of Great Britain, The Story of the Royal Scot, booklet, 1933
Box 3	Folder 9	Masonite Corporation, brochure (2 copies), [1933]
Box 11	Folder 16	Merck & Co., A Chemical Almanack, booklet, 1933
Box 2	Folder 9	Merrie Old English Village, The Globe Theatre, booklet by Thomas Wood Stevens (3 copies), 1934
Oversize Folder 15		Merrie Old English Village, The Globe Theatre, programs, 1934
Box 3	Folder 30	Mexico Exhibit, Guanajuato and Hotel Geneve, Mexico City, booklets, [1933]
Box 3	Folder 37	Michigan Exhibit, Eight Murals at the Michigan Exhibit, booklet, [1933]
Box 3	Folder 38	Minnesota Exhibit, Minnesota: Where Dreams Still Come True, brochure (2 copies), [1933]
Box 3	Folder 39	Mississippi Exhibit, A Report of Mississippi’s Participation in A Century of Progress International Exposition, booklet, 1934
Box 9	Folder 3	Missouri Exhibit, A Century of Progress of Missouri in Pictures, booklet, 1933
Box 4	Folder 9	Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines [Railroad], MKT Katy Lines: Serving the Southwest, brochure, [1933]
Box 2	Folder 5	Morton Salt Company, The Story of Salt, booklet, 1933
Box 4	Folder 23	Nash Motor Company, [Tower of Value] “Whiting at a Century of Progress,” brochure, 1933
Box 11	Folder 14	National Biscuit Company, Sixty Centuries of Progress in Biscuit Baking, booklet, 1933
Box 2	Folder 27	National Cash Register Company (Dayton, Ohio), The Money of the World, booklet, 1934
Box 2	Folder 6	National Sugar Refining Company (New Jersey), The Story of Sugar, booklet (2 copies), 1934
Box 11	Folder 11	Nazarene, painting by H. Stanley Todd, brochure, [1933]
Box 4	Folder 10	New York Central Lines [Railroad], brochure, [1933]
Box 3	Folder 40	Ohio Exhibit, The Ohio State Exhibit, booklet (2 copies) and map, 1933
Box 3	Folder 40	Ohio Exhibit, The Ohio State Exhibit, “The Murals,” brochure, 1933
Box 3	Folder 3	Old Dutch Cleanser, Cleanliness Through the Ages, booklet with envelope, 1933
Box 9	Folder 13	Panthéon de al Guerre, Cyclorama of the War and Its Heroes, booklet with envelope, 1932
Box 4	Folder 11	Pennsylvania Railroad, 100 Years of Progress in Modern Railroading, booklet, [1933]
Box 3	Folder 11	Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, 83 Years of the Gas Industry in Metropolitan Chicago, booklet (3 copies), [1933]
Box 2	Folder 38	Petrolagar Laboratories, Inc., “A Remembrance of the Famous Painting ‘The Doctor’” by Sir Luke Fildes, R.A., brochure (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 4	Folder 12	Pullman Company, Pullman’s Diamond Jubilee, 1859-1934: 75 Years of Achievement, 75 Years of Progress, booklet, 1934
Box 4	Folder 13	Pullman Company, “What the Pullman Company Offers to Travelers,” brochure, [1933]
Box 2	Folder 28	Revere Copper and Brass, Inc., The Secret of Paul Revere, booklet, 1934
Box 4	Folder 14	Rock Island Railroad, Rock Island at the World’s Fair, booklet, [1933]
Box 2	Folder 29	Sears, Roebuck and Co., Sears, Roebuck and Co., booklet (2 copies), 1933
Box 5	Folder 35	Sinclair Refining Company, The Sinclair Dinosaur Book, booklet, 1934
Box 5	Folder 36	Sinclair Refining Company, Big News, newsletter, [1933]
Box 5	Folder 37	Sky Ride, brochures, fact sheets, [1933]
Box 3	Folder 13	Southern Cypress Manufactures Association (Cypress Exhibit Cabin), “Tidewater Red Cypress: ‘The Wood Eternal,’” brochure, 1933
Box 5	Folder 40	Standard Oil, “A Memento in Pictures: Commemorating Your Visit to the Live Power Show” booklet (2 copies), 1934
Box 2	Folder 7	The Story of Agriculture, exhibit publication, 1933
Box 2	Folder 30	Swift & Company, “The Swift Bridge of Service at A Century of Progress,” brochure, 1934
Box 5	Folder 38	Swift & Company, Swift Bridge of Service, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Eric DeLamarter, conducting, souvenir program, 1934 July
Box 2	Folder 15	Swiss Village, brochure (3 copies), 1934
Box 4	Folder 16	Timken Steel and Tube Co., A Trip through the Timken Steel Exhibit, booklet, 1934
Box 4	Folder 1	Transportation Exhibit, Wings of a Century: The Romance of Transportation, booklet by Edward Hungerford (3 copies), 1933
Box 5	Folder 5	Ukrainian Pavilion, Ukrainian Week program, photocopy, 1933 August 14-20
Box 2	Folder 39	Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation, Giants of the New Age: An Exhibit of Contributions to Progress in the Basic and Applied Sciences Made by Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation, booklet, [1933]
Box 2	Folder 40	Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation, “The Story of Air and Linde Liquid Air Demonstrations,” booklet, 1934
Box 4	Folder 15	Union Pacific Railroad, brochures (2 copies), 1933
Box 3	Folder 12	W. & J. Sloane, Sloane’s House of Today, booklet, [1933]
Box 3	Folder 41	Washington Exhibit, “Washington, The Evergreen State,” brochure, [1933]
Box 3	Folder 42	West Virginia Exhibit, West Virginia, booklet, 1931
Box 8	Folder 36	Westinghouse Exhibit, “Unique Lighting at A Century of Progress,” “Lighting Enhances Architecture at A Century of Progress,” “Spectacular Lighting of Westinghouse Exhibit at Century of Progress, Phonograph Records Play Lighting Melodies,” “Westinghouse Gives Visitors a Look Ahead at A Century of Progress” with illustrations, 4 press releases, 1933

Series 4: Ephemera and Souvenirs, 1932-1934

Scope and Contents

Series 4 contains a range of ephemeral items, keepsakes and souvenirs produced specifically for A Century of Progress exposition and in connection to the tourism the fair attracted. The items include artifacts, advertisements, brochures, maps, menus, novelty items and tickets. Because many of the viewbooks are similar to the guidebooks, even those intended as souvenirs are listed with the publications in Series 2.

Arrangement
Series 4 is arranged is two subseries:

Subseries A: Printed Souvenirs, 1932-1934
Subseries B: Artifacts, 1933-1934

Subseries A: Printed Souvenirs, 1932-1934

Scope and Contents

Subseries A includes printed advertisements, maps, menus, novelty items, posters and other souvenirs from A Century of Progress fair exhibits, vendors and special events.

Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by title. Maps, posters and tickets have been gathered by item type and arranged alphabetically within.

Box 5	Folder 6	“Abraham Lincoln,” souvenir illustration in silhouette from the original drawing by Raymond Warren in the Kentucky State Historical Society at Frankfurt, 1933
Box 5	Folder 6	“Abraham Lincoln,” souvenir illustrations with hand-coloring by Fayerweather Babcock (5 prints), 1933
Box 5	Folder 10	American Express Travel Service, Guide to A Century of Progress and Chicago, 1933
Box 5	Folder 11	American Express Travel Service, travel and fair brochures, correspondence, 1933
Box 5	Folder 1	American Library Association (ALA), “ALA Convention Notebook,” fair guide, 1933 October 19
Box 5	Folder 14	Century Grills, menu, [1933]
Box 5	Folder 12	A Century of Progress, automobile sticker, [1933]
Box 5	Folder 13	A Century of Progress, bridge scoring sheets, [1933]
Box 5	Folder 41	A Century of Progress, embossed stationery with printed envelope, contains letter to Rev. C.J. Staples, 1932 October 3
Box 5	Folder 21	A Century of Progress, leather diary with the Travel Building (pages blank), 1933
Box 5	Folder 30	A Century of Progress, miniature souvenir views, Series 1 and Series 2, [1933]
Box 5	Folder 16	Chicago and North Western Railroad, “What I Saw at the Chicago World’s Fair,” souvenir notebooks (3 copies), 1934
Box 5	Folder 18	Chicago Sightseeing Company, Seeing Chicago and A Century of Progress, brochure, [1933]
Box 5	Folder 20	Conoco Travel Bureau, hotel directory, [1933]
Oversize Folder 5		Continental Casualty Company, A Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, May 27-October 31, 1933, 1933
Box 11	Folder 23	Eastman Kodak Company, “Keep a Kodak Story of the Fair,” brochures (2 copies), 1934
Box 1	Folder 22	Employee pass and certificate of appreciation for Marjorie Cowan, 1934
Box 11	Folder 33	Fair Memories, souvenir diary, 1934
Box 5	Folder 23	The Gray Line, “Official Tour Service,” brochure, 1934
Box 5	Folder 24	Green Duck Company, official souvenir spoons wrappers (2 copies), [1933]
Box 9	Folder 8	Gutenberg Museum Exhibit, souvenir printing sample created on Gutenberg’s press, [1933-1934]
Box 5	Folder 25	Husband’s Pharmacy, Modesto, California, A Century of Progress, advertisement and guide, [1933]
Oversize Folder 11		Maps - Chicago and Vicinity: Sinclair 1933 Road Map, Rand, McNally & Co., [1933]
Oversize Folder 2		Maps - Chicago Motor Coach Company, Free Map and Guide to Beautiful Chicago, with Panthéon de al Guerre advertisement, 1934
Box 5	Folder 19	Maps - Chicago Surface Lines, See Chicago and A Century of Progress Exposition: Use Chicago Surface Lines, brochure with routes and maps (3 copies), 1933
Box 5	Folder 19	Maps - Chicago Surface Lines, See Chicago and A Century of Progress Exposition: Use Chicago Surface Lines, brochure with routes and maps, 1934
Box 5	Folder 20	Maps - Conoco Travel Bureau, Travel A Century of Progress and Chicago with Conoco, maps, [1933]
Box 11	Folder 29	Maps - Ed. V. Price & Co. (tailors), Map of the World’s Fair, 1933-1934
Oversize Folder 8		Maps - Hearne Brothers World’s Fair Guide, Hearne Brothers Map of the World’s Fair, map, [1933]
Box 11	Folder 25	Maps - Hotel Southmoor, Guide Map of World’s Fair Grounds, 1933
Oversize Folder 3		Maps - Illinois Central Railroad, Direct to Gates: Chicago World’s Fair, map, 1933
Box 11	Folder 26	Maps - Illinois Central Railroad, Guide Map of 1934 Chicago World’s Fair (2 copies), 1934
Oversize Folder 17		Maps - Illinois One Hundred Years Ago, reproduction map, compliments of The Northern Trust Company, 1934
Oversize Folder 1		Maps - Map of Chicago for the Year 1933, souvenir map with historical accounts, by Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1932
Box 9	Folder 16	Maps - Phillips Petroleum Company, Highway Map of Chicago and a Century of Progress, 1934
Oversize Folder 6		Maps - Pure Oil Company, Pure Oil Pathfinder Map of A Century of Progress, [1933]
Oversize Folder 7		Maps - Pure Oil Company, Pure Oil Pathfinder Map of A Century of Progress, [1934]
Box 11	Folder 30	Maps - Rand McNally & Company, Souvenir Map of A Century of Progress Exposition Grounds and Chicago Loop District, 1933
Oversize Folder 9		Maps - Shell Metropolitan Map: Chicago and the Century of Progress, map, [1933]
Oversize Folder 4		Maps - Standard Oil Company, Chicago and the Century of Progress 1933, map, 1933
Box 5	Folder 29	Marshall Field & Company, guide and advertisement, 1933
Box 9	Folder 5	Marshall Field & Company, The Store and A Century of Progress, souvenir booklet, 1934
Box 5	Folder 31	Museum of Science and Industry, free admission pass (2 copies), [1933]
Box 1	Folder 5	“My Log Book of the World’s Fair, another Art Otis and Joe Spurgeon Book,” souvenir, 1933
Box 9	Folder 12	Old Heidelberg Inn, advertisement, [1933]
Box 5	Folder 32	Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, “Impressions of A Century of Progress World’s Fair,” advertisement and viewbook, 1933
Box 5	Folder 33	Panorama view of the 1934 Century of Progress, postcard of painting by H.M. Pettit, 1934
Box 11	Folder 28	Pennsylvania Farmer, World Fair Tours, brochure, [1933-1934]
Oversize Folder 19		Posters - Association of Arts and Industries, authorized certificate of attendance, 1933
Oversize Folder 12	Posters 77.105a-b	Posters - Chicago World’s Fair: May 27-November 1, 1933, art by Weimer Persell (2 copies), 1933
Oversize Folder 12	Posters 77.108a-b	Posters - Chicago World’s Fair: May 27-November 1, 1933, art by Weimer Persell (2 copies), 1933
Oversize Folder 12	Poster 77.103	Posters - Come! Chicago World’s Fair, 1933
Oversize Folder 12	Poster 77.113	Posters - World’s Fair Chicago 1833-1933, Chicago: Goes Litho Co., 1933
Oversize Folder 12	Poster 77.114	Posters - See, Hear, Play - World's Fair - Century of Progress, Chicago, art by Sandor, Chicago: Goes Litho Co., 1934
Box 5	Folder 34	Santa Fe System Lines [Railroad], Century of Progress, World’s Fair, Chicago, viewbook with advertisements, 1933
Box 5	Folder 37a	Souvenir Ground Map and Complete Index of a Century of Progress Exposition, Curt Teich and Co., 1933
Box 9	Folder 14	Swift Bridge, closing day souvenir, 1934 October 31
Box 5	Folder 42	Stevens Hotel, brochure, [1933]
Box 11	Folder 9	Tickets - Black Forest Village, 1934
Box 11	Folder 10	Tickets - Chicago Day, 1933 October 9
Box 1	Folder 20	Tickets - Closing Day (4 copies), 1934 October 31
Box 1	Folder 19	Tickets - Constitution Day (3 ticket books and 1 ticket stub), 1934
Box 1	Folder 16	Tickets - Fort Dearborn or Lama Temple, ticket book (partial), [1933]
Box 1	Folder 15	Tickets - Leonard Hall, Electrical Building, courtesy ticket, [1934]
Box 1	Folder 18	Tickets - Opening Day at Soldier Field with President of the United States, 2 copies), 1933 May 27
Box 1	Folder 21	Tickets - season ticket with photo ID for Marion L. Bragdon, 1933
Box 1	Folder 14	Tickets - single admission pass, Italian Pavilion, 1934 March 9
Box 1	Folder 12	Tickets - ticket book (2 copies), [1933]
Box 1	Folder 13	Tickets - ticket book, issued by the Palmer House through special arrangement with A Century of Progress (cover only), 1933
Box 1	Folder 17	Tickets - ticket book, includes Tunisia, Horticultural Exhibition, Flower and Garden Show (partial), 1934
Box 11	Folder 31	Travel Guild, “All Expense Tours to a Century of Progress,” brochure, 1933
Box 11	Folder 32	Underwood Elliott Fisher, Underwood Portable Typewriters, advertisment, 1933
Box 5	Folder 44	Walgreen’s, World’s Fair menu, [1933]
Box 5	Folder 45	Western Union, souvenir telegrams, 1933
Box 5	Folder 46	Wilson’s Roof Garden Restaurant, menu (2 copies), [1933]
Oversize Folder 16		Women’s World’s Fair Day, scrapbooks that includes news clippings of Eleanor Roosevelt’s visit, 1933 October 31
Box 11	Folder 34	Your Birth Month and What it Means (January), horoscope, 1934

Series 4: Ephemera and Souvenirs, 1932-1934

Subseries B: Artifacts, 1933-1934

Scope and Contents

Subseries B includes a selection of souvenirs with A Century of Progress logos or themes that were likely purchased at the fair.

Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged by alphabetically by object.

Box 17	Artifact 87.4.2	A Century of Progress, commemorative spoon engraved “A Century of Progress,” 1933
Box 17	Artifact 87.4.5a-g	A Century of Progress, commemorative spoons (set of 6 with box), 1933
Box 17	Artifact 2023.1	A Century of Progress, fan [Chinese Village Exhibit], [1933]
Box 17	Artifact 87.4.3	A Century of Progress, Foto-Reel viewer with scenes of the exhibition, [1933]
Box 17	Artifact 87.9	A Century of Progress, letter opener, copper, 1934
Box 17	Artifact 87.10.1-2	A Century of Progress, Match King lighters (2), 1934
Box 17	Artifact 2023.2.1-9	A Century of Progress, matchbooks (covers only) with illustrations of the exhibition (9 covers), [1933-1934]
Box 17	Artifact 2023.3	A Century of Progress, match box with illustration of Fort Dearborn, [1933-1934]
Box 17	Artifact 87.4.1	A Century of Progress, round metal pin, “1933 World’s Fair, I Was There”, 1933
Box 17	Artifact 87.4.4a-c	A Century of Progress, Sky Ride playing cards with box, 1933
Oversize Folder 13		Fort Dearborn, souvenir textiles [table runners or mantles], (2 have embroidered scenes, 1 textile is a period-style table doily), [1933-1934]

Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1933-1934

Scope and Contents

Series 5 includes four disbound scrapbooks that were compiled by both known and unidentified fairgoers. The scrapbook pages include color illustrations, photographs, postcards and exhibit brochures.

Arrangement

Series 5 is arranged by scrapbook number.

Box 6	Folder 1	Scrapbook 1 - Mrs. Nora L. Skibbe, “A Century of Progress: Pictorial Reviews of Chicago’s Centennial Exposition, Burnham Park on the Lake Shore, Summers 1933 & 1934,” pages 1-40 include color illustrations, snapshot photographs, exhibit brochures and Skibbe’s exhibitor’s ID pass (American College of Surgeon Exhibit), 1933-1934
Box 6	Folder 2	Scrapbook 1 - Mrs. Nora L. Skibbe, “A Century of Progress: Pictorial Reviews of Chicago’s Centennial Exposition, Burnham Park on the Lake Shore, Summers 1933 & 1934,” pages 41-72 include color illustrations, snapshot photographs, exhibit brochures and postcards, 1933-1934
Box 6	Folder 3	Scrapbook 2 - [Mrs. Nora L. Skibbe?], pages 1-46 include color illustrations, photographs, exhibit publications (Masonite, Belgium Village, Merrie England, Globe Theatre, Wellcome Research Institution, World a Million Years Ago) and postcards, 1933-1934
Box 6	Folder 4	Scrapbook 2 - [Mrs. Nora L. Skibbe?], pages 47-94 include color illustrations, photographs, exhibit publications (Wings of a Century) and postcards, 1933-1934
Box 6	Folder 5	Scrapbook 3 - Clara Reed Gordon, Tucson, Arizona, “Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1933-1934,” includes news clippings, illustrations, postcards and typewritten text, 1933-1934
Box 11	Folder 1	Scrapbook 4 - [Casperson Family] scrapbook (part 1 of 3), includes maps, Greyhound Bus Service, aerial postcards, general views, Golden Temple of Jehol, lumberjacks, A Chemical Almanack booklet, Admiral Byrd’s ship, photographs of the donor’s ancestors, Frances and George Casperson, [1933]
Box 11	Folder 2	Scrapbook 4 - [Casperson Family] scrapbook (part 2 of 3), includes general views, publications from railroads including the Royal Scot, the Burlington and the Atlantic, U.S. Steel Corporation, From Gutenberg to the Cuneo Press booklet, The Lakeside Press booklet, Adler Planetarium, [1933]
Box 11	Folder 3	Scrapbook 4 - [Casperson Family] scrapbook (part 3 of 3), includes general views, flyer for Miller High Life Fish Bar and Restaurant, The Super-Safe Home of the Future, Firestone Tires, Italian exhibits, Chevrolet, War is a Crime Against Humanity (proposed Constitutional Amendment drafted by Women’s Peace Union), Official Pictures (booklet). Souvenir printed page of Fust and Schoeffer’s Psalter from the Gutenberg Exhibit by Cuneo Press, [1933]

Series 6: Photographs and Graphic Materials, 1933-1934

Scope and Contents

Series 6 includes images by the fair’s official photographers, Kaufman and Fabry Co., along with amateur enthusiasts. The formats include photographic prints, negatives and postcards.

Images with the prefix “1” are postcards.

Photographs and negatives created by the Kaufman & Fabry Co., the fair’s official photographers use number prefixes “2,” “5” and “6”. The photographs beginning with prefix “2” are black and white unless otherwise noted. The prefix “6” is black and white negatives.

Photographs beginning with prefix “5” are bound together under the title, The Lighting of the Grounds and Exteriors of the Buildings at the Century of Progress Exposition 1933, Shown in Photographs by the General Electric Company. The volume was previously cataloged with the call number T501.C1 G46 1933. These images are black and white.

The black and white and hand-colored photographs with the prefix “8” were taken by Victor Siljander.

For additional images and snapshot photographs, see Series 4: Scrapbooks.

Arrangement

Series 6 is arranged into three subseries:

Subseries A: Exhibits and Views, 1933-1934
Subseries B: Leonard S. Florsheim Photo Album, 1933-1934
Subseries C: Fairgoer Snapshots, 1933-1934

Subseries A: Exhibits and Views, 1933-1934

Scope and Contents

Subseries A contains views of A Century of Progress exhibits, programs and fairgrounds. The visual materials include photographic prints, negatives and postcards.

Arrangement

Alphabetical by fair site or exhibit.

Box 16	Photograph 5.1	12th Street Bridge, indirect lighting unit, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.24	12th Street Bridge, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 16	Photograph 5.5	12th Street Entrance and Bridge, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 12	Postcard 1.27	“The 1934 Century of Progress, Looking North,” by H. M. Pettit, color reproduction of a painting, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.52	A Century of Progress Exposition, model of buildings and grounds, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Photograph 2017.40		A Century of Progress, panorama photograph, [1933]
Box 13	Photograph 2.3	Abraham Lincoln Group, aerial view, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.4	Abraham Lincoln Group, replica of Lincoln’s birthplace in Hodgenville, Ky., Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.1	Abraham Lincoln Group, replicas of the Lincoln-Berry store where Abraham Lincoln clerked in New Salem, Ill. and Lincoln’s boyhood home in Indiana, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.2	Abraham Lincoln Group, replicas of the Wigwam where Abraham Lincoln was nominated for the presidency, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.1	Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.2-6.3	Acrobats, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 2 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.31	Administration Building, postcard (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.10	Administration Building, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (4 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.50	Administration Building, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.7	Administration Building, east facade, north lagoon, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.6	Administration Building, east view, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.11	Administration Building, Exhibition Hall, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.5	Administration Building, front view, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.8	Administration Building, main façade, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.12	Administration Building, rear entrance, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.9	Administration Building, stairway, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.13	Admiral Byrd’s Polar Ship, “The City of New York,” Kaufman & Fabry Co. [3], 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.4	Adventureland, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.63	Aerial view, Century of Progress: 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.64	Aerial view, Century of Progress: 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, aerial view, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 14	Photograph 8.23	Aerial view, Century of Progress: 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, aerial view, photograph by Victor Siljander, 1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.14	Agricultural Building, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.29	Agricultural Building and Florida Gardens, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 13	Photograph 2.15	Agricultural Group, façade, architectural rendering, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.7	Agricultural Group and Dairy Building, night view from west side of north lagoon, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 15	Negative 6.124	Airplane, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.5	Allied Home Industries, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.54	Alpine Garden, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.8	American Radiator-Standard Sanitary Corporation exterior, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 14	Photograph 4.1	Armour Building, with employees, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.6	Avenue of Flags, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.19	Avenue of Flags, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 12	Postcard 1.32	Avenue of Flags, postcard, (5 copies), 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.10-6.14	Bagpipers, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 5 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.1	Ball Brothers Co., postcard, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.9	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.86	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.15	Belgium Village, 1933-1934
Box 14	Photograph 8.1	Belgium Village, [photograph by Victor Siljander?] (1), [1934]
Box 12	Postcard 1.33	Belgian Village, postcard, (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.126	Bicycle (?), Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.16-6.17	Black Forest Village, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 2 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.49	Black Forest Village, Old Heidelberg, postcard (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.34	Black Forest Village, postcard (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 14	Photographs 8.2-8.5	Black Forest Village, photographs by Victor Siljander (4 photographs), 1934
Box 15	Negative 6.19	Cacti garden, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.20	Casino de la Villa, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.123	Castle, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 14	Photographs 8.6-8.10	Century of Progress, night views, [photographs by Victor Sjilander] (5), 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.21	China Cafe, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.22-6.23	Chinese Village, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 2 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.95	Chinese Village, Streets of Shanghai, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.24	Christian Science Monitor Pavilion, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.25	Christian Science Monitor Pavilion, exterior, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.35	Christian Science Monitor Pavilion, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.53	Chrysler Building, model, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.25	Chrysler Motors Building, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 12	Postcard 1.36	Chrysler Building, postcard (4 copies), 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.3a	Chrysler Motor Exhibit, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 14	Photographs 8.11-8.12	City of New York (Byrd’s ship), photographs by Victor Siljander, 1933
Box 15	Negative 6.26	Colonial Village, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.37	Colonial Village, postcard (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.14	Communications Gardens and Pylons, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 13	Photograph 2.16	Communications Hall, “The Conquest of Time and Space,” relief by Gaston Lachaise above west entrance, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.8	Court of States, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 12	Postcard 1.4	Cuneo Press, Inc., exhibit, print shop, postcard 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.27	Czechoslovakia Restaurant, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.4a	Darkest Africa, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.5	Dominican Exhibit, Replica of Columbus Memorial Light, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.28-6.32	Dutch Village, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 5 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.6	Dutch Village, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.33	Egyptian Bazaars, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.18	Electrical Building, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.20	Electrical Building, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.23	Electrical Building, bas-relief panels “Light” and “Energy”, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.30	Electrical Building, night view of court and fountain, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 13	Photograph 2.22	Electrical Building, stairway, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.21	Electrical Building, twin pylons guard water gate, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.19	Electrical Building and Radio and Communications Building, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.22	Electrical Building and Radio and Communications Building, night view of west side of lagoon, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 13	Photograph 2.67	Electrical display, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.27	Electrical Group, night view from west shore of south lagoon, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 16	Photograph 5.12	Electrical Group, night view of fountain, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 15	Negatives 6.35-6.36	Enchanted Island, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 2 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.24	Enchanted Island, conceptual design for children’s playground, includes Magic Mountain, Tropical Garden, Children’s Theater, miniature railroad, and wading pool, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.38	Enchanted Island, postcard, (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.34	Enchanted Island, theater, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 14	Photograph 8.24	Fairgoers walking the grounds, photograph by Victor Siljander, 1932
Box 13	Photograph 2.35	Federal Building, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.112	Federal Building, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.127	Federal Building (?), Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.9	Federal Building, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 16	Photograph 5.13	Federal Building, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 16	Photograph 5.35	Federal Building, night view with fireworks, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 12	Postcard 1.39	Federal Building, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.53	Federal Building, three fluted towers around dome, postcard (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.53a	Federal Building, three fluted towers around dome, night view, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.2	Federal and State Buildings, night view of east sky ride tower and electrical group viewed from west side of north lagoon, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 12	Postcard 1.6a	Firestone Automatic Curing Mold, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.40	Firestone Exhibit, exterior, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.40	Firestone Factory and Exhibition Building, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.16	Firestone Garden, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 12	Postcard 1.6b	Firestone Patented Gum-Dipping Process, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.41	Ford Building, exterior, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.41	Ford Building, day and night views, 2 postcards 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.42-6.44	Ford Globe, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 3 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.45	Ford Industrialized Barn, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.46-6.47	Ford’s Symphony Gardens, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 2 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.48-6.50	Fort Dearborn, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 3 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.51	Fort Dearborn, ‘Believe it or Not’ exterior, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.28	Fort Dearborn, blockhouses and soldier barracks, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.42	Fort Dearborn, postcard (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.26	Fort Dearborn, replica of officers’ barracks, blockhouse, soldier barracks, and power magazine, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.43	Fountain, night view, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.52	Frank Buck’s Jungle Camp, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.53	Frigidaire Air Conditioning Exhibit, exterior, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.55	Garden, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.30	General Electric, “House of Magic,” Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.31	General Electric, “House of Magic” apartment house kitchenette, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.7	General Exhibits Building, 5 postcards, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.32	General Exhibits Building, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photographs 2.33	General Exhibits Building, (architectural rendering) Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.34	General Exhibits Building, (architectural rendering) Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.15	General Exhibits Court, night view of Mercury neon pylon, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 16	Photograph 5.26	General Exhibits Group and Leif Erikson Drive, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 12	Postcard 1.8	General Houses Inc., house, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.18	General Motors Building, Leif Erikson Drive facade, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 16	Photograph 5.20	General Motors Building, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 12	Postcard 1.9	General Motors Building, 4 postcards, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.9a	General Motors Building, Rainbow Research, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.62	General Motors Truck Company, visitor bus, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.40	Golden Pavilion of Jehol, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.39	Golden Pavilion of Jehol, Avalokitecvara detail, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.38	Golden Pavilion of Jehol, Avalokitecvara detail on right and Gautama Buddha on the left, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.37	Golden Pavilion of Jehol, ceiling detail, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.41	Golden Pavilion of Jehol, model of replica, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.36	Golden Pavilion of Jehol, replica of Chinese Lama Temple, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.56	Greyhound tour bus, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.10	Green Jade Pagoda, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.57-6.58	Haeger Pottery, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 2 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.25	Hall of Science, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.48	Hall of Science, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.44	Hall of Science, courtyard, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.43	Hall of Science, exterior and courtyard, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.42	Hall of Science, great hall, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.12	Hall of Science, great stairway, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.68	Hall of Science, architectural rendering, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.69	Hall of Science, architectural rendering, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.18	Hall of Science, McKaycraft Lounge, postcard (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.47	Hall of Science, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.28	Hall of Science, night view from east shore of south lagoon, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 16	Photograph 5.31	Hall of Science, night view of court at north entrance, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 16	Photograph 5.34	Hall of Science, night view of courtyard, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 16	Photograph 5.3	Hall of Science, night view of north entrance viewed from the Avenue of Flags, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 15	Negative 6.59	Hall of Science, North Court, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.45	Hall of Science, north entrance, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.46	Hall of Science, northern approach, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.13	Hall of Science, north façade, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.11	Hall of Science, postcard (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.44	Hall of Science, 7 postcards, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.49	Hall of Science, southern view at night, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.21	Hall of Social Science, Radio and Communications Building, night view of west side of lagoon, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 13	Photograph 2.17	Hall of States and the Federal Building, aerial view, architectural rendering, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.54	Hall of States and Federal Building, Kaufman & Fabry Co., illustration (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.60	Havoline Thermometer, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.14	Havoline Thermometer, postcard (3 copies), 1933
Box 12	Postcard 1.15	Havoline Thermometer, postcard 1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.17	Havoline Thermometer and south lagoon fountains, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 15	Negative 6.122	‘Hear the Presidents Speak,’ Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.61	‘Hollywood’ exhibit exterior, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.62	‘Hollywood,” exhibit scene, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.45	Horticultural Building, postcard (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.51	Hospital Library Service Exhibit, includes Mrs. C. Frederick Childs (Chairperson of the Women’s Board of the Presbyterian Hospital) and Miss Selma Lindem (Librarian of the Presbyterian Hospital), Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.46	Illinois Host House, postcard (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.63	Illinois State Building, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.64-6.66	Irish Village, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 3 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.119	[Irish Village?], actor, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.113	[Irish Village?], horse-drawn carriage, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.67	Italian Village, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.16	Italian Village, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.68	Japanese exhibit, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.69	Johns-Manville exterior, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.70	Kohler of Kohler exterior, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.2	Locomotive No. 5320, “President Cleveland,” postcard, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.11	Maya Temple, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 12	Postcard 1.17	Maya Temple, Nunnery of Uxmal, postcard (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.71	Maypole, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.37-6.38	Merrie Olde English Village, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 2 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.39	Merrie Olde English Village, Old Curiosity Shop, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.78	Merrie Olde English Village, Old Curiosity Shop, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.47	Merrie Olde English Village, postcard (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.72	Mexican Village, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.128	Mexican Village, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.48	Midget City, postcard (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.18	Midway, ‘Buck Rogers 500 Years from Now’, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 11933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.73	Midway, flying turns, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.76	Midway, Neptune’s Follies, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.7	Midway, racetrack, Barney Oldfield and his Drivers, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.74	Monkey exhibit, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.75	Motordrome, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.55	Music Auditorium, front elevation, architectural rendering, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.19	Nash Automobile, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.19a	Nash Tower of Value, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.20	National Cash Register Company, postcard (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.77	Netherlands Cafe, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.32	Northerly Island, night view from east side of south lagoon, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 15	Negative 6.79	Northern Pacific Railroad, Minnetonka, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.80	Organ grinder and monkey, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.81-6.82	Oriental Bazaar, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 2 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.83	Oriental Village, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.25	Pictorial Views postcard book includes: The Stevens Hotel, Buckingham Fountain, aerial view of Chicago, Fort Dearborn, Main Exhibition Building, Tower of Water & Light, Babylon Court, Exhibition Buildings, Hall of States, Administration Building, aerial view of fairgrounds, The Stevens Hotel, aerial view of Soldiers Field, High-ho Golf Club, various views of the Stephens Hotel, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.26	Postcard book includes Fort Dearborn, Administration Building, Admiral Byrd’s Polar Ship, Administration Building, Electrical Group, Oriental Village, Golden Pavilion of Jehol, Fort Dearborn, Lincoln Group, “Enchanted Island,” Hall of Science, aerial view of Fairgrounds, Hall of Science by night, Travel Building, Sky Ride, Hall of States and Federal Buildings, Golden Temple of Jehol, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.84	‘Pioneer’ train car, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.85	Punch and Judy Show, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.23	Radio and Communications Building, night view of west facade, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 14	Photograph 7.1	Rand, Sally, ‘Spirit of World’s Fair,’ photo by Herald Examiner, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.87-6.89	Red Crown Animal Show, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 3 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.90	Scientific Instruments Exhibit, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.6	Scintillator fan, night view from 31st Street entrance, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 12	Postcard 1.22	Sinclair Dinosaur Exhibit, entrance, postcard (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.21	Sinclair Dinosaur Exhibit, postcard (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.91-6.93	Sinclair Refining Exhibit, ‘The World a Million Years Ago,’ Kaufman & Fabry Co., 3 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.50	Sky Ride, postcard (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.56	Sky Ride, architectural rendering, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.51	Sky Ride, from observation platform, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.22a	Sky Ride, Otis Elevator Exhibit, postcard (4 copies), 1933-1934
Box 14	Photographs 8.13-8.19	Sky Ride, tower, photographs by Victor Siljander (7, 2 photographs are hand-colored), 1933
Box 16	Photograph 9.1	Sky Ride, view looking at Lake Michigan from Sky Ride (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.94	Spanish Village, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.4	States Court, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 12	Postcard 1.52	Streets of Paris, postcard (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.96	Sweden Exhibit, exterior, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.97	Swift Bridge, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.98	Swift Shell, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.99-6.102	Swiss Village, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 4 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.104	“Thomas Jefferson,” train, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.103	Thompsons’ Restaurant, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.57	Travel and Transport Building, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.59	Travel and Transport Building, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.61	Travel and Transport Building, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.105	Travel and Transport Building, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.3	Travel and Transport Building, Chicago and North Western Lines, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.58	Travel and Transport Building, east entrance, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 5.10	Travel and Transport Building, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 16	Photograph 5.33	Travel and Transport Building, night view, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933
Box 12	Postcard 1.54	Travel and Transport Building, postcard (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.60	Travel and Transport Building, Steamship Hall, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.23	Travel and Transport Building, Studebaker Land Cruiser, postcard (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.24	Travel Building, nigh view, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 14	Photograph 8.20-8.22	Unidentified, [photographs by Victor Siljander?], 1933-1934
Box 15	Negatives 6.114-6.118, 6.120-6.121, 6.125	Unidentified village, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 8 negatives, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.129	Unidentified village, dancing couple, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.106	Walgreen’s Drugs exterior, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.107	William Tell Inn, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.28	Wilson & Co., Certified Bacon Slicing Exhibit in operation, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.30	Wilson & Co., Champion Six-Horse Team, meat packers, postcard, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.108	Wilson & Co., exterior, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 12	Postcard 1.29	Wilson & Co., Terrace and Roof Garden Restaurants and Soda Fountains overlooking the Midway and Lake Michigan, postcard (3 copies), 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.109	‘Wings of a Century’ exterior, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.110	Windmill, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 15	Negative 6.111	Witches Cave, Kaufman & Fabry Co., negative, 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.65	World’s Fair Building, architectural rendering, Kaufman & Fabry Co. (2 copies), 1933-1934
Box 13	Photograph 2.66	World’s Fair Building, interior hall, Kaufman & Fabry Co., 1933-1934

Series 7: Photographs, 1933-1934, undated

Subseries B: Leonard S. Florsheim Photograph Album, 1933-1934

Biographical/Historical

Leonard S. Florsheim was a Chicago industrialist and civic pioneer who founded a variety of transportation and tool businesses including Chicago Yellow Cab company, Chicago Motor Coach company, Omnibus corporation (later Hertz) and Independent Pneumatic Tool company (later Thor Power Tool).

Scope and Contents

Subseries B contains a photograph album with images presented to Leonard S. Florsheim. The inscription reads: “A Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1933-1934, Presents this Collection of Official Photographs to Leonard S. Florsheim in Grateful Acknowledgment of Valuable Support.” The photographs in the album are sepia-toned platinum prints.

Arrangement

The photographs in Subseries B are listed in the order of album appearance.

Box 10	Plate 1	12th Street Entrance, circle, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 2	Grand Fountain, night view, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 3	Grand Fountain from the Planetarium Building, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 4	Avenue of Flags, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 5	Sky Ride, West Tower, looking north, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 6	Lagoon Theatre, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 7	Hall of Science, north facade, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 8	Hall of Science, Court, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 9	Hall of Science, Great Hall, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 10	Administration Building, Trustees Room, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 11	Administration Building, east facade, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 12	Sky Ride, West Tower, looking east, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 13	Golden Temple of Jehol, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 14	General Exhibits Group, looking south, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 15	Good Housekeeping Pavilion and Tower of Hall of Religion, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 16	Swiss Village, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 17	Aerial view, 23rd Street area, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 18	Aerial view, looking north, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 19	Village Area, looking north, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 20	Mexican Village, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 21	Belgian Village, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 22	Italian Village, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 23	Colonial Village, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 24	Village Plaza, looking south, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 25	English Village, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 26	Fort Dearborn, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 27	Black Forest Village, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 28	Black Forest Village, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 29	Transportation Building, night view, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 30	Transportation Building, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 31	Chrysler Motors Building, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 32	Aerial View, 31st Street, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 33	Indian Village and General Motors Building, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 34	Wings of a Century, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 35	Aerial view, looking north, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 36	Food and Agriculture Building, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 37	U.S. Government Building and State Group, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 38	U.S. Government Building, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 39	Electrical Building, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 40	Electrical Building, Circular Court, night view, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 41	Horticultural Gardens, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 42	States of Shanghai, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 43	Dutch Village, 1933-1934
Box 10	Plate 44	Balbo Aeroplane Squadron 15, 1933-1934

Series 7: Photographs, 1933-1934, undated

Subseries C: Fairgoer Snapshots, 1933-1934

Scope and Contents

Subseries C contains snapshots taken by unidentified fairgoers. These two sets of experiences have been kept distinct. Snapshot Set 1 (Photographs 3.1-3.36) was taken by one photographer and Snapshot Set 2 (Photographs 3.37-3.60) record a family’s Chicago trip to the Fair. This latter set was originally housed in a small pocket photo album.

Arrangement

Subseries C is arranged by fairgoer set and alphabetically by exhibit or subject within.

Box 16	Photographs 3.1-3.2	Snapshot Set 1 - Avenue of Flags (2 photographs), 1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.3	Snapshot Set 1 - Belgian Village, 1934
Box 16	Photographs 3.4-3.6	Snapshot Set 1 - Century of Progress (3 photographs), 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.7	Snapshot Set 1 - Chinese Village, 1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.8	Snapshot Set 1 - Chrysler Building, [1934]
Box 16	Photographs 3.9-3.12	Snapshot Set 1 - Colonial Village (4 photographs), 1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.13	Snapshot Set 1 - Cypress Hut and Garden, 1934
Box 16	Photographs 3.14-3.16	Snapshot Set 1 - Electrical Building (3 photographs), 1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.17	Snapshot Set 1 - Firestone Building and Garden, 1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.18	Snapshot Set 1 - Florida Tropical Home, 1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.19	Snapshot Set 1 - Fountain, 1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.20	Snapshot Set 1 - General Motors Building, [1934]
Box 16	Photograph 3.21	Snapshot Set 1 - Government Building, 1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.22	Snapshot Set 1 - Havoline Oil Thermometer, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.23	Snapshot Set 1 - Home of Tomorrow, 1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.24	Snapshot Set 1 - Kohler of Kohler Exhibit, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photographs 3.25-3.26	Snapshot Set 1 - Midget Village (2 photographs), 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.27	Snapshot Set 1 - Nash Exhibit, largest locomotive, 1933
Box 16	Photograph 3.28	Snapshot Set 1 - Northerly Island, [1934]
Box 16	Photograph 3.29	Snapshot Set 1 - Sinclair Oil Exhibit, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photographs 3.30-3.33	Snapshot Set 1 - Sky Ride (4 photographs), 1933-[1934]
Box 16	Photograph 3.34	Snapshot Set 1 - Spanish Village, 1934
Box 16	Photographs 3.35-3.36	Snapshot Set 1 - Travel and Transportation Building (2 photographs), 1933-1934
Box 16	Photographs 3.37-3.48	Snapshot Set 2 - family group at the Fair, Alice [?], Jane [?] and Viola [?] (12 photographs), 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.49	Snapshot Set 2 - family group at the Fair, Peter T. Manos, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.50	Snapshot Set 2 - Christian Science Building, 1933
Box 16	Photographs 3.51-3.52	Snapshot Set 2 - Chrysler Building (2 photographs), 1934
Box 14	Photograph 3.53	Snapshot Set 2 - Fort Dearborn, 1933
Box 16	Photograph 3.54	Snapshot Set 2 - General Motors Building, 1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.55	Snapshot Set 2 - Greyhound Bus, 1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.56	Snapshot Set 2 - Hall of Science, 1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.57	Snapshot Set 2 - Havoline Oil Thermometer, 1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.58	Snapshot Set 2 - Nash Auto Lift, 1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.59	Snapshot Set 2 - Sky Ride, 1934
Box 16	Photograph 3.60	Snapshot Set 2 - Time and Fortune Building, 1934
Box 16	Photograph 9.2	Loose Snapshots - Avenue of Flags with fairgoer, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 9.3	Loose Snapshots - General Motors, 1933-1934
Box 16	Photograph 9.4	Loose Snapshots - Unidentified exhibit, 1933-1934

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Series 1: Planning Materials, 1928-1934

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Series 2: Publications, 1932-1934

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Series 3: Exhibits and Programs, 1932-1934

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Series 4: Ephemera and Souvenirs, 1932-1934

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Arrangement Series 4 is arranged is two subseries:

Subseries A: Printed Souvenirs, 1932-1934

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Series 4: Ephemera and Souvenirs, 1932-1934

Subseries B: Artifacts, 1933-1934

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Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1933-1934

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Series 6: Photographs and Graphic Materials, 1933-1934

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Subseries A: Exhibits and Views, 1933-1934

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Series 7: Photographs, 1933-1934, undated

Subseries B: Leonard S. Florsheim Photograph Album, 1933-1934

Biographical/Historical

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Series 7: Photographs, 1933-1934, undated

Subseries C: Fairgoer Snapshots, 1933-1934

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Arrangement
Series 4 is arranged is two subseries: