Research Catalog

Title

Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair : a century of progess / Bill Cotter.

Author

Cotter, Bill,

Publication

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2015]

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Details

Description

127 pages : chiefly illustrations, map; 25 cm.

Summary

It took six years and cost $100 million, but on May 27, 1933, the gates swung open on the biggest birthday party the city of Chicago had ever seen. The Century of Progress Exposition, better known as the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair, commemorated the amazing progress that had been made since the founding of the city just 100 years earlier. Many of America's largest companies joined with countries from around the world to showcase their histories and advertise their newest products. The road to opening day was not an easy one, with the Great Depression making it look like the fair might never be built, but thousands of small investors stepped forward to help close the financial gap. The fair went on to an unprecedented second season, and when the gates finally closed after the last of the 39 million visitors went home, it had achieved something quite rare among world's fairs: earning a profit. This collection of rare photographs, previously unpublished, highlights the major attractions of the fair and the astonishing changes made between seasons.

Series Statement

Images of America

Uniform Title

Images of America.

Subjects

• History
• Century of Progress International Exposition
• Illustrated works
• Pictorial works
• Illinois > Chicago
• Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) > Pictorial works
• Chicago (Ill.) > History > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

• History.
• Illustrated works
• Illustrated works.
• Pictorial works.

Contents

The North End -- The North Lagoon -- The South Lagoon -- The center of the Fair -- The South End -- The 1934 Fair -- The Fair at night.

ISBN

• 9781467113687
• 1467113689

LCCN

2014949519

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library