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1933 Fair
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1934 Fair
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Wilson & Co. Meat
Kraft Mayonnaise
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Pantheon de la Guerre
Colonial Village
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Ripley's Believe-It-Or-Not

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World's Fair Diary NEW
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LINKS

Century of Progress Exhibition 1933—The Jazz Age Chicago site has links to original news articles

Century of Progress—The University of Chicago Library's Century of Progress 1933-34 World's Fair Collection. Checklist and pamphlet collection; 350 items are digitized and viewable online as .pdf files.

World's Fair 1934 Guidebook

Expo Museum—World's Fair History and News About Current Expositions

The Legacy of Chicago's 1933 World's Fair
— Listen to Chicago Public Radio, Eight Forty-Eight Audio Program, September 23, 2004

Homes of the Future are Historic Landmarks
— Listen to Chicago Public Radio, Eight Forty-Eight Audio Program, July 21, 2004

1933 World's Fair Memorabilia Shows
— Listen to Chicago Public Radio, Eight Forty-Eight Audio Program, March 17, 2004

World's Fair Reference Guide—Facts and Links About A Century of Progress

Century of Progress Records—Chicago Public Library Special Collections

A Century of Progress International Exposition Records—University of Illinois at Chicago has many records; not viewable online.

Revisiting the World's Fairs and International Expositions Bibliography—Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Chicago Art Deco Society

Chicago's Century of Progress—American Studies Project at UVA

Panorama—Large Photographic Panorama from the Library of Congress

History Files - Century of Progress—Chicago Historical Society

Encyclopedia of Chicago—Century of Progress Exposition

Lake County Discovery Museum Digital Past—Search the Chicago Postcard Collection for Century of Progress; view over 1400 postcards online

Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair—WGN Radio audio file. Samantha Gleisten shares stories from her book, Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair: A Century of Progress in Vintage Postcards, and callers describe their memories of the fair. (:07:50) (09/06/02)

Voices From The 1933 Chicago World's Fair—Famous Quotes

Amateur film: Chicago World's Fair

Images from the 1933-34 Century of Progress Fair

An Affair to Remember—Memories and Memorabilia from Chicago's Century of Progress

Bluenose: A Canadian Icon—Canadian Schooner's Trip to the World's Fair (1933)

From Rio to Akron aboard the Graf Zeppelin, 1933—Brazil to Akron Leg of the Flight to Chicago World's Fair. As seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old girl.

World's Fair or Bust—Oldtimer's Tale of a Texas Country Boy's Visit to World's Fair

1934 Chicago World Fair Trip—Diary of Hitchhiking to the Fair from Washington State

Uinta Basin Group Trekked to the 1933 World's Fair—Future Farmers of America members from the Toyack Chapter, Roosevelt, Utah

World's Fairs and University of Northern Iowa

A Century of Progress Homes of Tomorrow—Exhibition and bibliography

House of Tomorrow Looks to Future—Restoration of this landmark

Notes from the Northwest Indiana Traveler —1933 World's Fair Homes at Beverly Shores, Indiana

General Motors Exhibit—1934 Exhibit

Chrysler at the 1934 Chicago World's Fair

Richard Leonard's Steam Locomotive Archive: Century of Progress Exposition

Streamliners—Streamliner Trains and Streamlined Design

Pioneer Zephyr - Building a Legacy—Museum of Science and Industry

The Burlington Pioneer Zephyr—In Memory of Someone Who Helped Build the Train

Sally Rand—Dancer at Century of Progress

Radio Flyer— Builder of 45-foot tall  “Coaster Boy” Exhibit

Kohler of Kohler: A Century of Progress, 1934

Rearview Mirror—The Ford Rotunda Reconstructed in Dearborn

The Century of Progress States Murals—General Motors murals donated to Lane Tech

Michigan's Natural Resources—Mural from Michigan Exhibit

The Romance of a People—Jewish Day at the 1933 World's Fair

Seminole Tribe of Florida: Seminole Tribune—Village at Fair

Czechoslovakia at the Century of Progress

Chinese at 1933 World's Fair

Chicago's 1933 World's Fair: A Ukrainian Triumph

Century of Progress Brownie Camera & The Hall of Science—A page showing some souvenirs

Chicago 1933—Scouting at the World’s Fair

A Century of Progress Souvenir Spoons

International Friendship Gardens—Gardens originated at 1934 fair. Alaska Territory Cabin was given to International Friendship Gardens following the fair.

Penland and the 1933 World's Fair—Log cabins sold weaving products

The Great Depression Escape—Article marking the 70th anniversary of U.S.News & World Report in 2003.

Mysteries of the West Virginia Building

Indiana Murals—The Murals and the Controversies

New links added 7/10/06. Please e-mail any additions or dead links.

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