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1933 Fair
Map of 1933 Fair
1934 Fair
Map of 1934 Fair
Greyhound Tour

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Costs for Visitors
Colors and Lights
Downtown Shopping

Exhibits and Attractions

Skyride
Hall of Science
Science Exhibits
Firestone Tires
Prehistoric Animals
Wilson & Co. Meat
Kraft Mayonnaise
International Harvester
Automobiles
Railroads
Air Travel
Mail
Foreign Exhibits
Pantheon de la Guerre
Colonial Village
Foreign Villages
Ripley's Believe-It-Or-Not

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COLONIAL VILLAGE

The Colonial Village was one of the new villages added for the 1934 fair. The village was filled with replicas of significant historical buildings and relics of the Colonial era of American history. Mt. Vernon, the home of George Washington, was at one end of the village, while the Old North Church, of Boston, was at the other end. Paul Revere's house, the House of Seven Gables, the old Boston State House, Betsy Ross's house, a Colonial Kitchen, the Pilgrim settlement, Washington's birthplace in Virginia, the Governor's Palace at Williamsburg, Virginia, and Longfellow's Wayside Inn, were along one side of the village. On the other side was the Village Smithy, Benjamin Franklin's printing shop, the Witch's house in old Salem and the pirate's gaol. Parades and ceremonies took place on the village green.

All the workers and inhabitants of the village wore Colonial costumes. The furnishings and accessories of the houses and buildings were either genuine relics or exact reproductions.

Meeting Street

The Governor's Mansion

The House of Seven Gables

Minuet on the Village Green, Mt. Vernon

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