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Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Julia Augusta Grassinger Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2012.019
Scope and Contents For access to the digitized diary see "Digital Material" menu below.One diary of Julia Augusta Grassinger documenting her trip with her friend Billie from New York to attend the Chicago World's Fair, "Century of Progress International Exposition", in Illinois, 1934. The diary contains a typed account of Grassinger's trip to Chicago by train, photographs of Niagara Falls, photographs with captions of Chicago buildings and scenes from the exposition, pamphlets from the exposition,...
Dates: 1934 July

World's Fairs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2004.046, Mss. Acc. 2012.240
Scope and Contents

Mss. Acc. 2004.046 consists of a scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings from the Chicago World's Fair in 1933.

Mss. Acc. 2012.240 contains the 1933 and 1934 Chicago World's Fair guidebooks, which provide maps and detailed information about the various exhibitions at the fair. The Theme of the fair was "A Century of Progress."

Dates: 1933-1934