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Chicago's its
tor
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trill's
public schools, the
Fail
oj
Fair In
93.
resigned last April
to
rumor
decided
hue
to
Hon. Edward Joseph Kelly. to
become
that
Horn
in
Chicago
May
1.
11176.
a product oj
a civil engineer after witnessing the laving out of the
resolve,
accept the mayoralty.
grounds he became chief engineer of the Sanitary District, a post he He is also president of the South Park Commissioners.
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DEEPLY
hope that they Chicago
is
-
appreciate this opportunity to extend
Chicago and the Century of Progress Exposition. cere
I
my
its
cordial greetings to all visitors to
am happy
will enjoy to the fullest the hospitality
proud that
d
and
to
welcome them, and
it is
our great
city.
facilities of
incorporation as a village and the
dawn
century of scientific and industrial achievement occurred simultaneously. cidence, of
we
human
are grateful.
To
it
we owe
the privilege of sponsoring what
is
my
sin-
of civilization's golden
For that fateful cointhe greatest exposition
progress ever assembled, an exposition charting mankind's development throughout
the world since 1833.
With every good wish whose record
it
for the success of this book, a
would preserve,
I
book worthy
of the city
and exposition
am,
Very Sincerely Yours,
Mayor
of Chicago.
oj II
mill's
veteran.
the
Chicago Association
Fair president, the)
Descended from
in
France with
In
is
tin
selected George
of II.
a distinguished line oj
13rd Division, serving as
n certified public accountant.
Commerce
sought a representative Chicagoan for their
Rossetter, business man. civic leader,
and Uarlil liar
Revolutionary forbears, Mr. Rossetter also saw service
commanding
officer of a
machine gun
unit.
By
profession,
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AS
president of the Chicago Association of
and business leaders who are
cational,
visitors to It is
members,
I
am
representative of the civic, edu-
glad of this chance to welcome
all
Chicago during the Century of Progress Exposition.
my
sincere hope, however, that those
on the lake front will remain
to see
industry being unfolded there
incorporated village
it
is
Chicago.
who come
Any
to witness the
epoch-making "show"
Greater even than the great pageant of science and
the world metropolis
commemorates.
tion's general exhibit halls applied
enough
its
Commerce and
d
visitor
to real life
whose one hundredth anniversary as an
who would
need only extend
see the miracles of that Exposihis or her visit to
Chicago long
to explore its sights.
The business men Association of
of Chicago appreciate this opportunity of extending the
Commerce
to all
World's Fair
welcome
of the
visitors.
Very Truly Yours,
Ufc President,
Chicago Association of Commerce.
it mis me instead Âť/ you!" Thus spoke Chicago's "world's fair mayor", Anion ,1. Cermak Miami. Florida, on February (>. I'Kiii. an assassin's bullet, intended for the President of the United States, Struck him down. member of its organization committee and alums one of its staunch est supporters, the martyred minor'.*, death-bed desire uus to live to see the Century of Progress Exposition.
"I'm glad
when,
in
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CURTAIN
THE ONE
ON CHICAGO
RISES
September day two hundred and
sixty years ago,
two French explorers moored their
frail
canoes in a sluggish stream, emptying into Lake Michigan, and gazed with dismay across a desolation of foul-smelling swamps.
sounds of
life
issued from the
No human
or habitation obscured their view.
wooded banks ahead where wild deer and
before the arrows of the unseen lords of these lands, moccasined red
The only
buffalo fled in panic
men who moved
silently along
the sandy portage from Lake Michigan to their hunting grounds along the Illinois River.
Yet, the stretch of water-soaked lowland across which the disappointed eyes of Father
Marquette and Robert Cavelier de La Salle roved that day was the the fourth largest city in the world
On a
that morass of black
modern Bagdad,
its
its
....
site of
what was fated
to
become
the second city of America.
mud, stagnant with water and overgrown with wild onion, has
risen
limitless horizons etched with the delicate tracery of steel skyscrapers,
and
borders a succession of garden suburbs, model industrial villages and golden beaches where
freighters
lie,
their masts aflutter with the flags of all nations.
Chicago, a 1933 Chicago of 3,475,000 people, drive their
and send
396,533 automobiles along 226 miles
their children to
360
who
live
and love
For that modern Bagdad in
is
some 400,000 dwellings,
of park-like boulevards, attend
1,800 churches,
public schools, staffed by approximately 14,000 teachers.
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Chicago's busiest cornet
Mil
in
1833 was this desolation oj log huts,
rustit
"The Forks." Here the Chicago River branched northward higan, and the great-grandfathers of the Chicago oj 1933 met
known
as
(right) taverns in toast ilnir redskin neighbors.
swamps, and sluggish
river,
isconsin unit eastward in
Lake
bridges, to in
II
WentwortKs
(left)
and
Miller's
Shimmering symbol of the Chicago of 1933 is the Chicago River, no longer a sluggish stream flowing into Lake Michigan, but a highway of world commerce. Through the skill of modern engineering, it has reversed its course so that now it empties into the Mississippi River, and is an important link in the inland waterway from the St. Lawrence River to the Gulf of Mexico.
the sky,
and boulevards i/n
os
tin
I'arl.,
downtown Chicago that curves
and includes
is
a
jade
and
silvei
diadem of parks
from the multi-colored exposition grounds the
Central Manufacturing District.
rapers of the
Loop
us
to
well
d
From Chicago
a
clot
map drawn by La
on the land
260
in the intervening
Salle
and
a portage
on the old Indian water
trail,
years became, in turn, a halting place for white and half breed
Government Indian Agency, Fort Dearborn, and
hunters, a trading post, a U. S.
a
sprawling
town that wasn't a town but a scattering of log cabins.
The
Two
little
settlement grew slowly until in
years later, thirteen of
its
its
village of Chicago.
Four years
The rumble
host's fiddle echoed pleasantly in their ears, voted to incorporate the later, the village of
prairie city, an overture
rapidly, increasing in population of
Chicago became the
city of Chicago.
of covered wagons, blending with the siren cries of steamboats,
new
sounded the
whose dominant notes quickly became the
For following the arrival of the
railroad trains.
the Illinois and Michigan Canal was opened.
twenty-eight legal voters met at the tabled Sauganash and, while
the merry scrape of
overture for the
1830
first train
from 28,000
in
1850
from the East
to
109,000
in
in
tootle of
1852, Chicago grew
1860 when
the sounds
growth were temporarily muted by a confusion of voices as Abraham Lincoln was nominated
for the presidency in Chicago's
Wigwam.
mark, since which time
But
late in
it
city.
1871 the external
plain of
It
it
had burned
smoking embers,
Then
it
War
could
population had crossed the 298,000
signs of that
itself out,
its
phenomenal growth were wiped out
in a single
broke out in Mrs. O'Leary's historied cow barn on De Koven Street,
where Hull House now stands, sweeping
When
its
has grown at the rate of 500,000 a decade.
night by the "great fire." close by
Neither that historic event nor the Civil
And by 1870,
slacken Chicago's rapid expansion.
the
like a
broom
mushroom metropolis
of flame northeastward across the of the
Middle West was
a leveled
business district reduced to cinders, 100,000 citizens without homes.
was that Chicago
first
demonstrated what since has been characterized as
its
That
vast area oj loft)
skyscrapers, millionaires' mansions, and workmen's
bungalows north of the Chicago River on of the city. line,
the Lincoln Park Zoo,
and
Ii I
known
us the
North Side
includes the Gold Coast,
ptown Chicago.
II
is
the
ilson Air-
Defying the strangle hold which are
the
attractive
residential
industry
districts
has on
extending
Jackson Park and along the Blue Island Ridge. (venue was the Mayjair of the West.
the
north
great
Smith Side
and south from
Once, however,
its
Prairie
William E. Dever, uho
teas
minor
of
Chicago when
plans for the Century oj Progress were conceived.
an John J. Coughlin with '93 medal, only alderman during both or Id's Inns. II
Robert Isham Randolph, past president oj the C. A. C.
and an indefatigable, worker jor the
Frank
.1.
t.ettnal.
Fair.
Corr, temporary minor aftei death oj Mayor
and pending the election
oj
Minor
Kelly.
On
"I Will" spirit. stantial Chicago,
The new
the ruins of the
Chicago there rose in record time a second and sub-
good red
the Chicago of
city's
first
bricks.
mounting growth was halted
for a time by the financial panic of
1873 and
the labor troubles of the 1880's, troubles which reached tragic conclusion in the Haymarket riot of
1886.
the world's set
But these proved boomerangs. first
skyscraper, the
new standards
Home
Hardly had
its
citizens ceased deploring
Insurance Building at La Salle and
for the world's architecture;
Adams
them than
Streets, rose to
and from the "new" stock yards on the South
Side the original refrigerator car started east with a consignment of unsalted meat.
1893, the rebuilt Paris of the Prairies launched
its
most ambitious enterprise
—
Then,
in
the World's
Columbian Exposition.
When itself
the
dream
city of
white and gold had faded from the lake front, Chicago found
No
the cultural center of the world.
from beneath superciliously
lifted
for the excellence of its schools
Symphony Orchestra
as for the
brows.
and
longer did visitors from the East or abroad view
And
in the years ensuing,
it
has become as famous
universities, its Art Institute, its Field
magnitude of
its
it
stock yards and steel mills,
its
Museum, and
its
industrial plants,
grain elevators, banks, hotels, theaters and major league baseball parks.
Not the
least of
morning Tribune and
modern Chicago's its
cultural achievements are
afternoon contemporary,
The Daily News;
owned Herald and Examiner and American; the popular
The
its
newspapers: the fearless
the brilliantly edited, Hearst-
Illustrated Times, tabloid successor of
Journal, "oldest daily newspaper in the Northwest"; and
The Journal
of
Commerce.
Situated at the crossroads of America, between the populous industrial sections of the north-
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Dr.
Herman
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Health oj the
William i
I.
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both
Bundesen, Commissioner oj Publt 1<\
ill
hicago.
'i!\
tton i!i'
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corporation
hicago and
M. is
counsel and a
Illinois bar.
(..
Szymczak, City Comptroller whose
paying the annual
Oscai neti
\l.
Urn
spaper,
itr.
bills oj
official task
Chicago.
once political editoi oj a Chicago
and now Commissioner
oj Public
Works.
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eastern states and the rich agricultural districts of the Mississippi Vallej and the great northwest, it
was inevitable that Chicago should become what
dle West.
Mexico,
Terminus trains
all
—
the commercial metropolis of the Mid-
for thirty railroads, radiating to all parts of the
—
like all transcontinental airplanes, buses,
Latest statistics
here.
it is
avow
that an average of
United States, Canada, and
and highways
392,500 passengers
—begin
arrive daily at
and
its six
v\\A
down-
town depots; and these do not include the additional thousands who come by bus. or who enter at
one of the
six airports within a radius of twelve miles.
Industrially as well as commercially, Chicago
only to
New York r
1.500.000
in the value of its
is
cattle are slaughtered annually,
it
is
the capital of the prairies, and
Home
manufactures.
of the
is
second
Union Stock \ards where some
the meat platter of the world, and leads the
country in the manufacture of farm machinery and implements, railroad cars and furniture.
An
ever-growing giant of towering skyscrapers, flower-girt bungalows, smoking factories,
and smart shops, the
city stretches for twenty-four miles
igan, spreading over
some 210 square
earl) builders reversed so that
Drainage Canal,
it is
it
lie
along the western shores of Lake Mich-
the Y-shaped Chicago River, whose course the
no longer empties into LakeMichigan hut flows backwards
is
a
into the
grand canyon of granite and marble, embraced by the iron
of the elevated railroad tracks,
closure
By
divided into three parts: the North Side, the West Side, and the South Side.
Directlv south of the river
arms
miles.
and known as "The Loop."
\\
i
thin
its
thunderous en-
the chief office buildings, retail stores, banks, hotels, theaters, restaurants, clubs,
and public buildings.
On
the site of the world's
Chicago's largest and most modern office structure
first
—
skyscraper there
the Field Building.
is
now being erected
Orville
J.
before
Ma)
Taylor, president of
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Board
of
Education
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John E. Ericsson. Commissioner of Buildings, has done much to facilitate II or Id's Fair construction.
A. M. Smietanka, City Attorney, ahose legal assist-
ance has been invaluable
Joseph
lo the
Grein, Inspector of
who wages
sponsors of the Fair.
Weights and Measun
a relentless campaign on offenders.
There
in the loop is the
combined City Hall and County Building, the $10,000,000 head-
quarters of Chicago's picturesque political
mayor's
when,
in
office, a
1925, the Rev. Myron T. Adams
centennial with a world's
Hale Thompson, only
to
The
by the election of Mayor Anton last
mayor
is
who
visit
is
it
the
approaching
first
suggested that Chicago celebrate
later
during the colorful mayoralty regime of William
its
J.
plans, thus resuscitated, were further accelerated in
But
Cermak.
for the assassin's bullet
February and installed Alderman Frank
Mayor Edward
swung open
gates
interest to those
be revived and expanded into a definite program for promoting Chicago's
hundredth birthday celebration.
rather than
Of chief
fair.
That suggestion was killed two years
Miami, Florida,
life.
wood-paneled suite which was occupied by the Late Mayor William E. Dever
J.
to
which
felled
Corr as mayor pro
him
tern,
at
he,
Kelly would have been Chicago's World's Fair Mayor when the
for the first time
by no means new
J.
1930
A
But Chicago's present
on Chicago's second exposition.
Century of Progress Exposition.
more intimately associated with plans
for this great
Few men,
show on the lake
in fact,
have been
front than Mr. Kelly
who, as president of the South Park Commissioners, cooperated and labored daily with the exposition executives in laying out the fair
No mere exposition.
grounds.
one hundredth anniversary as a town and
festival in praise of Chicago's
During the century
in
which
it
world metropolis, civilization has witnessed incided with the
dawn
the double event with
of
its
own
greatest evolution.
Because
mankind's golden century, Chicago has claimed the right
its
lake front pageant of science and industry
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city is that
has grown from a struggling frontier village into a
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to
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own
birth co-
commemorate
of Progress.
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Stepping up from ernistit in
the
I.
tht
lagoon by means of landscaped terraces
is
the
mod
/ministration Building, Just of the great structures to rise with
Exposition
headquarters
foi
grounds. the
After
South Parh
the
l-'air.
it
Commissioners.
will
become permanent
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A
IN 1893
a smaller
and more gullible world
thrilled to the
knowledge that President Grover
Cleveland, by pressing a button, had opened the gates of the World's Columbian Exposition.
But on
May
27th,
1933
a larger
and more sophisticated world looked on with almost unbe-
lieving eyes as a star, forty light years or
240
trillion
miles away, threw the switch that started
the illuminating machinery of Chicago's second world's fair
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;A Century
of Progress.
Harnessing with their powerful telescopes a tiny beam from the remote
beam which had been
traveling through space at the rate of
opening of that other exposition, astronomers succeeded
186,000 miles
in focusing
it
star,
Arcturus, a
a second since the
on a photo
This,
cell.
amplified, they relayed by telegraph wires to the metropolis on the western shores of Lake
Michigan
No
in time for her
visitor
the realitj
ol
not believe
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
second great show.
who beheld
the
the spectacular lighting displa) that followed could longer question
1933 Babylon
arisen there.
that the enchanted city
like multi-colored jewels
among
Silently they accepted
what
at first
they could
whose chromium towers and lacquered palaces gleamed
the flowers
and
trees
had been reared
in record time
on
a
sands
waste of man-made land, wrested from the bottom of Lake Michigan. It is
not so
much
the
mod erne
architecture of those severely plain, windowless palaces that
"''"'' les, the Hall â&#x20AC;&#x17E;i Science assumes an ethereal beauty. Then, mysterious shadows soften its angular foundations, while the miles on lights within its pylons transform its uppei nulls into banners o) colored fire and its singing tower into a pillar
of flame.
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impresses those
of the
who gaze
and the use
extent,
1933
Flags,
is
for the
Exposition, as one views
in embellishing
it is
their
them.
it
its
evening comes, lights,
makes the
rises seem almost faded. its
upon the
vivid walls
effects of its gardens.
But when
lighting effects
towered buildings and the ever-changing color it
amazing
The facade
between the chromium standards of the gala Avenue of
it
day, Chicago's second world's fair depends for
and roofs of
neon
time upon this lake shore wonderland as
a blaze of exotic blues, brilliant yellows, scarlet, green, and silver that
flowering beds out of which
By
first
which colorful lacquer has been put
to
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looks to science which, abetted by millions of incandescent bulbs and miles of
transforms
it
into a fairyland of iridescent beauty.
Mushroom lamps throw
fanciful
shadows upon the buildings, and across the starlit skies giant searchlights rove like restless comets.
From
the shores of the twin lagoons, musical with the
cascade of rainbow-hued water which outlines the mainland and sharing with
A
crown of sparkling jewels,
tricity
no
it
murmurous splashing
of the
shores after dark, Northerly Island, adjoining
the Exposition's chief exhibits, assumes a breath-taking beauty.
seems
to float
on a pool of
light that mirrors all the progress elec-
has made in the past one hundred years.
While the story it is
its
its
of science's contribution to
stale tale, but a
Where former
fairs
swift-moving narrative,
have featured endless
Show, working on the premise decreed that
Thus
it
it is
that the
human
made
progress
is
the theme of the Exposition,
thus by the employment of "action" exhibits.
aisles of "still" displays, the wise sponsors of Chicago's
1933 man and woman want
to see
how
things are made,
should be a pageant of processes rather than of products. that daily rechronicled through the
and pageantry are such action
stories as
medium
how sound waves
of diorama, spectacle,
are
motion picture,
subdued and transmitted through
Rufus
Daniel
Dawes, president
(
and one
of
II.
Chicago's
of
A Century
the hardest workers for
Its
Burnham, Secretary, whose first
world's fair.
of
Prog
success.
fathet
laid out
(h<ul<s
ulmif
S.
Peterson, vice president of the Fair, who,
nil others,
George
II
kept
its
plans alive.
oodrufj, Treasurer,
ganization Committee.
and
</
member
of the Or-
tlit-
air.
gas and steam engines and refrigerator systems operate,
how
raw materials
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such
as air. water, coal, rubber,
and
oil
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
who
made paradise, extending along Lake Michigan from 12th Place
made from
being
their
own power.
less
gems; raw
silk
first
Within the
3%
in
makes
to the
man-
automo-
Street, see
hose; cattle
away under into price-
transformed into
are they at the pageant of transportation, chronologically enacted
steamships, automobiles, airplanes, and covered wagons.
mile peep-proof fence that rises like a Chinese wall around the grounds,
sped from the Land of 1,000.000 Years Ago, where mechanical dinosaurs emit eerie
noises in a setting of authentic antiquity, to the exhibit halls where are
ments
39th
diamonds recovered from blue mud and cut
spun into thread, then woven into gossamery
all-star cast of locomotives,
visitors are
way
find their
to
step of assembly until they are ready to be driven
see coal mined,
Eye witnesses
choice steaks.
by an
the
They
the chemist
serve man.
Instead of beholding rows of automobiles on display, those
biles
how
shown the
latest develop-
medical science, agriculture, and home-building.
But the great palaces of science and industry which house these exhibits are not the whole
The Midway, named
show.
27,500,000 has yet
after the plaisance of pleasure
visitors to the Exposition of '93, caters to that
stifled
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
Chicago's
which delighted and shocked the
yearning which no century of progress
the yearning for thrills and excitement.
first
But topping them
world's fair had
all,
its
Ferris
Wheel; the Paris Exposition
the spectacle of spectacles,
Two
spidery towers of steel,
625
level
by web-like strands of
steel cable,
is
feet high, set a half mile apart
proclaim
its
its
Eiffel
Tower.
the Sky Ride of the Century of Progress.
existence.
and connected
at the
200-foot
Elevators which whisk the less
intrepid to the top for lofty views of the exposition grounds pause at a landing on the cable level.
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There, sky-riders
—
Not deed,
all
know
language,
almost
that flash like meteors
400
visitors
woods
is
an underground
persons, in-
even the sign
And unseen
beneath the
city of conduits, sewers, water
capable of caring for a million persons.
utility cables,
Unique among the Century
of Progress' claims
To pay
is
that
government.
men, composing
organization committee, floated a
its
it
was financed without aid from the
way, the group of civic-minded Chicago business
federal, state, or city its
Few
Italian, Polish, Japanese,
from abroad through the grounds.
acres of velvety lawn and
cars of
to tower.
are so apparent to the eye.
German.
of the guides, speaking French,
7)
— hoard double-decked, rocket-shaped
from tower
1933 show's wonders, however,
the
who conduct
mains, and
4,800 an hour
at the rate of
and aluminum
glass
d
$10,000,000 bond
issue,
secured by
.$12,176,000 worth of pledges from wealthy individuals and corporations.
Nor its
is
grounds
the Exposition's extraordinary location something to be overlooked. lie
Not onl\ do
within walking distance of the heart of Chicago, a city within a nights ride of
60,000,000 Americans, but buildings and exhibits
—
at it-
north gate
the Field
Museum
it
ol
has a heritage of $20. 000. 000 worth of permanent Natural History. Shedd Aquarium, Adler Plane-
tarium, and Soldier Field.
Scene of most of the major sports events, Soldier Field might well he called part of the Century of Progress.
Area stage their in a
Within
realistic
its
giant amphitheater, the khaki-clad warriors of the Sixth Corps
war show, and the leading
dozen national interscholastic, collegiate, and
figures in the world of athletic- have gathered \.
A.
I
.
track and field meets.
Chicago's classic memorial in
Grant ni
I'm/.,
adjacent
the Century
seatini
nl
to tin
lu-r
II
Progress are held ins.
nrhl liar heroes
Exposition grounds. in
its
is
Soldier Field
in
The maim sports events
last amphitheater,
capable
oj
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To
see
A
Century of Progress
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d
in a single clay is impossible. Therefore, to
ings in the form of a tour through the grounds would be meaningless. classified
them
arrange the build-
For that reason we have
in the following pages according to the exhibits they house.
For instance!
Those groups, tracing the growth
of manufacture, building, transportation,
and agriculture during the golden century from 1833
to
1933
are to be found in
:
the Hall of
Science; General Exhibits Group; Electrical Group; Travel and Transportation Building; the buildings of the General Motors, Chrysler, Firestone, and American Radiator companies; the
Agriculture and Dairy buildings; and the
Home
Arts group.
Exhibits recapturing the romance and glamour as well as revealing the resources and industries of the various states States,
and foreign lands are housed
and the individual buildings
in
:
the Federal Building, the Court of
of participating countries.
Those focusing attention upon the wonders
of exploration, society,
and strange lands
are:
Admiral Byrd's polar ship; the Golden Pavilion of Jehol; Mayan Temple; old Fort Dearborn;
and the Lincoln group. Displays tracing the story of religion and education from their source are to be found in: the Hall of Social Science, Hall of Religion, Arl Institute
and Field Museum, and the Land of
1,000,000 Years Ago.
Among
those exhibits classifying as spectacles and
for Children; Spoor's
amusements
are:
The Enchanted
Spectaculum; the Midway; Hollywood; and the Midget Village.
Island
Science's contribution to civilization
moderne an
lute, tun-.
ways, broad terraces,
which
^ic/is
u)t
is
appropriately
unfolded
in
the Hall of Science, a masterpiece of
Strikingly forecasting the startling exhibits on view within
and
carillon tower.
from the lagoon
Not the
in a succession of
least distinctive of its features
landscaped terraces.
it
is
are its
its
sweeping
stair-
great inner court
THE HALL OF SCIENCE A MODERNE
palace of singing towers and sweeping terraces rises out of an Eden of (lowers
and formal courtyards, bidding miracles
oi
visitors to Chicago's
modern science on display
within.
It is
second world's
fair to
pause and peer
at
the
the Hall of Science, one of the mosl remark-
able and one of the largest buildings at the Centur) of Progress.
An enormous U-shaped
structure,
700 by 400
feet,
it
curves around a landscaped court,
capable of accommodating 80,000 persons, at the head of the colorful Avenue of Flags, and
dominates the group of buildings south of the Sky Ride on tbe mainland. occupies 9 acres Its
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acres of which form a court
exterior walls, a
symphony
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cost
of bizarre blues and
aluminum, seem
exotic melodies electrically played in the 176-foot carillon tower at also
sound the note
lor the brilliant
Approaching by
Avenue
a
With
its
terraces,
it
$1,106,000.
its
to
harmonize with the
southeast corner.
They
pageant of processes going on within.
ramp which
carries visitors quickly
of Flags to the second floor, one enters a hall
260
from the
feet
traffic
congestion of the
long where are to be found some
ninety '"moving" exhibits, portraying the wonders of the basic sciences of mathematics, physics,
chemistry, geology, and biology.
Highlighting the biological exhibit
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of medicine.
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specimens, motion pictures, and preserved animals, the earliest medicine
man, through the days
it
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unfolds the story of materia medica from
of the saddle
pack surgeon,
to the stethoscope, insulin,
radium, and the latest serums and vaccines. Its star is
"The Transparent Man",
a glassy
gentleman with
was brought specially from the Hygiene Museum
X-Ray
eyes,
lating, his
Munich
electric lighted "insides"
for this
engagement.
at
work.
A man who conceals
less
is
my
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who has
who
Without
one may see through his transparent skin, beholding his heart beating, his blood
nervous system
him may wonder afterwards, "Where
No
at
circu-
seen through
appendix?"
er
enlivening are the other exhibits housed within the blue and green and oxblood walls
of the great science hall.
To make
the story of the other basic sciences comprehensible as well as
entertaining to the unscientific layman, their narrators have borrowed from the Imperial Institute of
London and the Deutsches Museum
rama. stage
This
may be
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; modeled
of
Munich
a
unique method of display, known as the
described as a picture in three dimensions, with the foreground
in perspective
and blended
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dio-
a miniature
into a painted backdrop, thus achieving the illusion of
distance and reality.
The dioramas, though
small, are so life-like that the one showing
son, discovering lightning in their laboratory, sends thrills of pride
Benjamin Franklin and
up one's
spine.
Nor any
his less
exciting are those which portray dinosaurs of the Jurassic Age, lumbering through prehistoric tropics, or reveal
To make tions
how modern man goes about
the Hall of Science worthy of
have lent their best aid and their
extracting sulphur from the earth in Texas. its
name, leading
finest exhibits to
scientists
and
scientific organiza-
Chicago's lake-front Show.
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historical
General development and progress of out great industries come magicalh to life in the separate branch i omb shaped in plan, ii consists oj five pavilions, each one housing a
Group, oj
industry.
I
doubL decked arcade, lined with
Hull of Si iem e mi the north.
attractive
displays
and shops, connects
it
with
the
GENERAL EXHIBITS GROUP CONNECTED with the where
Hall of Science hy a curved overhead bridge
is
the General Exhibits
Group
Century of Progress may observe close-up the development of industry
visitors to the
through the successful application of science.
A
comb-shaped structure lacquered
southward for 1,030
feet, the
symmetry
feet long, stretching their bright blue
each of these pavilions like terraces that
Within tries
this
is
a great hall
a turquoise blue, the
of
its
General Exhibits building extends
eastern wall broken by three tooth-like pavilions,
and yellow and orange facades toward the lagoon.
from which ramps lead
to
an upper
level,
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Within
opening onto deck-
overlook the flowering courtyards below.
unique building, those industries not provided for by special buildings
whose successes
in every instance are traceable to scientific roots
past century of progress.
—
Here one may see machines, without the help
—
indus-
reveal the secrets of their of
man. transform skeins
of multi-colored yarn into sweaters of intricate design, or count the steps in the evolution of crude
petroleum from a hole
in the earth to the
hardly believe the stories displayed office
—
the success stories, as
equipment, jewelry, cosmetics, the
Each pavilion
is
roadside filling station. In a less exotic setting one would it
were, of the graphic arts, furniture,
textile industry.
dedicated to a separate branch of industry.
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to the
Hall of
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Another view of the General Exhibits Group, an outstanding example oj the Exposition's modernistic architecture. II ith its ski terraces and flowcourtyards, overlooking the lagoon, and its gaily painted nulls, u is one of the most bizarre buildings m the Fair.
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Science
is
devoted to the story of jewelry, a story illustrated with replicas of such fabled gems as
Hope Diamond, and
the Kohinoor,
one "dug" through three
"Diamond Syndicate Entering the
nean corridors
to
far
from
And nearby
it is
is
streets, lined
From
the Star of India.
floors of the pavilion
Its
climax
of the exhibit, Exposition visitors tunnel their
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the historied
where
is
way through
in a full-sized
subterra-
Kimberley hoist
to
a native kraal, peopled by ebon natives, dwelling in thatched shacks.
a typical mill
where raw diamonds are recovered from the rough "blue ground."
Amsterdam, the
so-called
diamond center
of the world, a criss-cross of
with quaint shops through whose windows one
may
see
diamond
the underground aisles of Africa and the side streets of Holland,
to the gates of a
diamond mine,
a replica of a
by the Diamond Corporation, Ltd.
watch the underground operations; then ascend
old
is
of South Africa."
first floor
the top of the shaft
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make-believe steel plant
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and
it is
narrow
cutters at work.
but a brief walk
the spectacle of steel in the making.
While one
looks on, what appears to be hot molten metal flows from open-hearth blast furnaces into bessemer converters, a wizardry of light giving one the illusion of eye-witnessing the whole operation. Still
other tales of industry are to be read with the eyes in this encyclopaedic group of build-
ings, but they are too
helping to
tell
numerous
to narrate here.
At that they are only part of the whole
the tale of basic industry are the exhibits housed in their exhibitors'
Directly north of the General Exhibits group
is
the Firestone Tire and
building, a completely equipped tire factory where crude rubber
wbile one waits.
And beyond
it
are the
and Chrysler companies, inside which
is
own
tale.
For
buildings.
Rubber Company
transformed into balloon
tires
model assembly plants of both the General Motors
visitors
may
see automobiles completely assembled.
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most imposing structures on \ortherly Island is the Electrical C,r â&#x20AC;˘nun. beautifully landscaped <md centered by a fountain that spn
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circulai
myriad shades and shapes.
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Building,
by
itself,
Dominating colorful columns Hanked
open
ail
rotunda are the som
two bas-reliefs,
hii\
feet
square
.
Il
curves about a semi-
not lcatiT but lights, in
pylons of the Electrical
THE ELECTRICAL GROUP IN 1893, when Chicago's novelty.
But
only lighted
in
world's fair flung wide
its
Electrical
its
its
gates, the incandescent bulb
was
still a
second international exposition came into being, electricity not
buildings and supplied the energy for
its
vided the motif for one of
The
first
1933, when
its
spectacular night illumination, but pro-
most striking groups of buildings.
Group, a jeweled diadem which stretches for a quarter of
a mile along the
white shores of Northerly Island, directly across the sapphire lagoon from the Hall of Science, as remarkable for
Not even
its
beauty as for
its size
and the great industry
ol the
twin bas-reliefs,
circular courtway of the Electrical Building al the south end. is
a sculptured figure, symbolic ol Light,
resents Energy,
"The substance
ol all
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One
"The beginning
Communications,
feet square, that
of the
adorn the
two lacquered green
of all things"; the other rep-
things."
Crossing that courtway, one enters a great semi-circular hall from which ramps ascend the exhibits on the second floor.
is
represents.
a brief description ol the group, which consists of the Electrical,
and Radio buildings, should omit mention
panels
it
The
to
"Electric Eye", the thyratron organ, the grid-glow tube,
methods of communicating sound by means
of light
beams, the "House of Magic"
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these are
but a few of the marvels of electricitv on parade there.
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precious stone with
mum
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its
day,
makes un impressive
it
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views
its
you
see,
that
facets
is
the Electrical Group.
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is
with
its
sight
sweeping stairways.
mes u minor, doubling
its
circular
Hut when evening its
beauty.
Which-
most beautiful one. court, <
its
By
towering
nines, the lagoon
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The
exhibits range all the
way from
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the lowly curling iron and toaster to fever-making ma-
chines and sodium lights, the latest illuminants developed by research experts.
machine
is
sicians in
a device for increasing a patient's temperature at will
combating certain diseases.
hand, are expected
to eclipse in
The
the complete
rama ever made" craftsmen,
who
Sharing
is
the
a
diorama 90
its
making, describe
spotlight are smaller dioramas of
to
be used only by phy-
sodium
light,
on the other
ultra violet lights.
feet long, portraying in miniature
from mountainside
way the more than 100 engineers,
spent months in
its
is
is
red and
popular favor the somber infra
Central feature of this exhibit, however, projection of electrical utility
and
brilliant yellow rays of the
The fever-making
to metropolis.
architects,
"The
largest dio-
model makers, and
skilled
it.
model farms,
stores, factories, offices, school
rooms, hospital operating rooms, beauty parlors, homes, and gardens: they illustrate advanced and efficient
methods
of electric illumination.
Vying with them are countless
workshops, equipped with electrical appliances and lighting
f nil-sized
effects heretofore
rooms and
unknown
to the
everyday man. Creating a landscaped background for the entire Electrical (iron]) of the
the
famous gardens
of the Villa D'Este at Tivoli, near
Thomas Edison Memorial,
a
museum
Rome.
And
is
a
appropriately adjoining
HIS beloved garden
at
it is
of the electrical wizard's greatest inventions that nestles
close to the edge of the lagoon in a garden, planted with flowering shrubs
transplanted from
modern reproduction
Orange,
New
Jersey.
and shaded by a
tree
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formal gardens, hedged with golden willows and laved 6) the a are oj
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towers the General
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visitors
an ai
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automobiles completely
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From
the unique observation deck of the futuristic Chryslei Building, ex-
position
Ihiie.
visitors
ma\
and watch
fur demonstration
the
ami
view cars
the ever-changing l>cin^
driven
panorama
around
its
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outdoor track below
list.
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Travel and Transport Building,
to latest
huge dome grcutei than St. and is known as "the breathing dome."
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all
farms of land and sea
models of amphibian planes are dramatically exhibPeter's or that of the Capitol at Washington is "hung" by giant
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TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT BUILDING TRANSPORTATION
unfolds
its
port Building, whose "breathing
epic story in
dome"
is,
and around the
in itself, a
truly
amazing Travel and Trans-
whole century of progress.
Spurred by the demands of the Exposition's sponsors for unobstructed display space, builders applied the principle of suspension to something other than bridges. the lofty canopy of steel, roofing
its
As
its
a result,
upon supports from
central portion, instead of resting
below, swings by a dozen ropes of steel from a circle of "sky hooks" or towers overhead.
Nor
is
that all of
cables supporting
it
to
its
extraordinary story.
expand and contract, the dome has been constructed
held together by expansion joints.
een inches
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and has been
Beneath is
this
Since variations in atmosphere cause the steel
So
it
rises
christened "the
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as
steel plates,
much
as eight-
that breathes."
sky-hung dome from which dangles the
of palatial ocean liners; the first
movable
and sinks with the temperature
dome
a rare exhibit of vehicles, past and present.
of
latest in
Prairie schooners
modern transport
compete
for favor with
locomotive to run out of Chicago and the
first
planes,
models
automobile to
operate in America yield not an inch to the crack expresses of two continents. Here, too, the
"Rocket", grandfather of the 1933 steam engine, hobnobs with a resplendent presidential train
from Mexico and "The Royal Scot", pride and joy of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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the least unusual feature of the is
the barrel-shaped root oj
the leading steamship companies I
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tell
amazing Travel and Transport Ruiltl Hall. Under this curving dome
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the always fascinating story of trans-
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To make in the
pageant
this
more moving, the Standard
still
mammoth
upper recesses of the "breathing dome'"' a
equipped "movie" projection room. story in
From
it,
Opening out
of the
and dioramas
their
Dome Room
many
own
it
North of
to
in the
red crown, inside which
installed
is
a fully
realm of transportation.
another great hall, and beneath
of America's great railroads.
its
unique barrel-shaped
These dramatize with the aid of models
Unique among
parts in the expansion of America.
original "Atlantic"' locomotive of
then caused
is
Company (Indiana) has
onto screens about the walls, flows a continuous
motion picture of the growth of petroleum
roof are the exhibits of
Oil
their displays
is
the
1832, a gangling engine whose spidery connecting rods even
be nicknamed "The Spider."
this hall is a third
one wherein the principal aviation and steamship companies
mankind's conquest of the sky and
vividly tell the story of
vast outdoor exhibition area.
On
sea,
and southward from
it
stretches a
standard railroad tracks in this open air arena are model trains,
equipped with every convenience, including a post
office
where
visitors
may
post letters with
Century of Progress postmarks.
But for many the interest of the Travel and Transport group avenue.
For
in a modernistic
gan, the marvels of
hundred
its
lies
across the broad-lined
Creek theater, overlooking the shimmering waters of Lake Michi-
exhibit halls are succinctly
actors, seventy horses, several
huge
summarized
trail
in
wagons, ten
"The Pageant trains, a
of Travel."
Two
complete series of auto-
mobiles since their invention, a clipper ship, river steamboat, a reproduction of Fulton's fabled
Clermont, and a model of the Wright brothers" Kitty
Hawk compose
they enact the six major epochs of American transportation.
its cast.
Chronologically,
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Standing guard above the west entrance Building tion."
is
this
From
a
sculptured
dynamo he
man rises,
to the Radio and Communications "The <,enius of Electrical Communicahis arms outstretched, encompassing the
world of radio, telephone, and telegraph.
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RADIO AND COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING BASKING its
in the fantastic
god-children
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shadows of the Hall of Electricity are the twin brother buildings of
Radio and Communications.
dazzling walls, they step
up from a flowering
A
miniature Bagdad of gleaming towers and
court, overlooking
Lake Michigan and the lagoon
on Northerly Island, and connect the Hall of Electricity with that of Social Science.
Over the entrance which they share on
man
of heroic proportions
and bearing the
their lagoon side
inscription,
is
a
massive bas-relief, depicting a
"The Conquest
of
Time and Space."
Within the Communications Building, the great telephone and telegraph companies unfold their three-fold story of discovery, invention
and acres
of switch
By means
and operations.
and control boards, they combine
to
demonstrate
of miles of cable
and wire
how mankind's most
casual
words today may be relayed around the globe within a few minutes.
How
a
two-way wire communication method, intended originally as an aerial avenue
for
emergency messages, has become the favorite entertainer of some 60,000,000 American people the keynote of the Radio Building. station, a lavish
that fateful
Chief
among
its
November evening
radio program started
its
in
1920 when, from
a
model broadcasting
in the
United States since
uncounted exhibits
symbol of the 650 stations that have come into being Station
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eventful journey through the ether.
in
is
is
East Pittsburgh, the
first
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the
modernistii
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model homes which centers about Viennese
in
building materials.
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HOME AND INDUSTRIAL ARTS GROUP NOWHERE
the contrast between
is
1833 and 1933 more
Industrial Arts Group, a small city of side of Leif Eriksen Drive
Although tical
all of
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moderne
static.
the
in architecture
home
and have
its
of
Tomorrow,
is
of its occupants.
House
a matchless
For the House of Tomorrow
moods
And
as different from
is
its
neighbor as
outside walls.
thing, for instance, that the
House
for their interior motif the prac-
furnishing and decoration, lighting, labor saving
and combination heating and air-cooling plants, each
The only
bizarre, futuristic design,
the goals of most feminine visitors to Chicago's centennial celebration.
the houses are
the material used in constructing
bor, the
H-shaped structure of
Hall, a vast
demonstration of the latest trends in
devices,
Home and
southward from old Fort Dearborn.
Grouped about Home Planning are eleven model houses
vividly illustrated than in the
charming homes and gala pavilions, stretching along either
is
built
of Glass has in
common
with
view across Lake Michigan.
upon
a turntable so that its
the enamel, the steel,
common
its
next door neigh-
But even that view
is
may change
not
with
brick, synthetic stone, ordinary
lumber, Florida stucco, cypress, and fabric houses have not even view in common.
Whether to eliminate
or not the
neighbors
new century
who throw
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for
which these truly new homes are designed
rocks, those
who
dwell in
<jlass
will
be able
houses similar to the one on
dis-
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In
striking contrast
with the spacious
pact bungalows of today ture built entirel\
garage,
and sky
PAOK FIFTY. BIZ
is
of Steel
terrace.
The House and glass.
homes of yesterday and the comTomorrow, a twelve sided strucIt boasts its own hangar, built-in
of
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play need not worry.
blown so
that there
is
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vacuum
a
of
in the center
d
rainbow-hued glass blocks composing
its
walls are
which makes them impregnable against the stones of
Topping these walls
one's enemies as well as the attacks of heat and cold.
is
a roof that rests on
cantilevers, extending from the column of concrete that rises in the middle of the house.
Featured in the house next door, The House of Tomorrow, visited the Electrical Building
enter the thieves' cave
all
have come
he had
to say
future need not exert even that energy. close
to
know
is
what those who already have
as the "electric eye."
When
Ali
Baba wanted
to
was "Open sesame." But the mistress of the home of the For
its
doors mysteriously open at your approach, and
when you have passed through. In each of the eleven model houses, science has transformed what, in the century closing, was
the kitchen into a laboratory of domestic science. tion, self-regulating electric or gas ovens,
Not the
in
equipped with automatic
faraway factories, simply being assembled on the Exposition grounds, and
Few
of
them
Supplementing these exhibits are those
to
be found in the
them are
tailored for
modest purses.
located in the north wing of the
a colonnade,
composed
the south wing
is
to electric toasters,
refrigera-
sample homes, however, are that many of them
smaller buildings around them. Further displays of
to
is
dish-washing machines and electric mixers.
least interesting features of these
were fabricated of
Each
Home
of galleries of
cost
home
Planning Hall.
modern
illustrated the story of
more than $5,000
Home
Planning Hall and the
furnishings and interior decorations are It is
connected with the south wing by
china, glass, wall paper,
home
all
to erect.
and other furnishings.
In
construction and equipment from refrigerators
from heating and air-cooling plants
to
egg beaters, and from kitchen cupboards
medicine cabinets, automatically controlled faucets, and the
last
word
in furnaces.
The
unofficial meeting place of the Fail
modernistu building, south Drive.
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is
equipped with
In emergency
hospital
is
oj the rest
is
Sears,
Roebuck and
Administration Building
and writing rooms
anothei oj
its
features.
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ompany's
Leij Eriksen
foi Exposition
visitors.
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nlike anything else at the Fair
jmll mill, carts over
its
across the seas loiter before the of the Pigeon
Tower.
is
the picturesque Belgian Village.
Dogs
cobbled pavement while rosy-cheeked lassies from
(harming old church or
in
the
shadow
Liki is
tin-
of
its
a giant ship
m
anchor
in
n green
sea rippled with
low-lying Agricultural Building on attractions
feet long,
is
its
roof
tvrrurt:
equipped as a lounge.
an
Sortherl)
waves of flowers Not the least
Island.
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AGRICULTURAL AND DAIRY BUILDINGS THE evolution of agriculture from the clays of the cradle and flail to farm-combines
is
theatrically charted in the Agricultural Building,
ously on Northerly Island, adjacent to the
A
nave,
625
uriously fitted
up
feet long,
and
form
its
billowing outlines seem to suggest the rolling prairies whence its
its
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;an
exterior
lux-
exterior
whose
came the products one may view
great corridor provides the stage for the leading food producers
Their exhibits, like a continued story,
must go today on
its
Off this Pantry
ment
and
be-
silver roof.
The country.
of States.
most apparent features. But these are external
ones like the bizarre blues and browns and hennas that lacquer
neath
which stands out conspicu-
more sombre Federal Building and the Hall
a roof terrace, extending the full length of the building
as an outdoor lounge,
and
the present age of tractors
complicated journey from
Promenade open three
of agriculture during the last one
tell
and
distributors of the
of the varied processes through which food
field or
garden
to
pantry shelf and dinner table.
pavilions, the chief exhibit halls, wherein the develop-
hundred years
is
depicted.
No
dull portrayal
bundles of golden wheat, neatly tied with blue ribbons, or prize-winning plows
showmanship, characterizing the entire Exposition, here reaches
its
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;under
is
this of
glass.
The
greatest height.
In one of these three chapels of agriculture, the live stock and meat industry have joined
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the
the Duir\
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tgricultural Building on
Vortherl)
Island.
the onlj uncolored ones inside the Exposition grounds
story
ni
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foster
mother
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gether and produced a unified exhibit, representing in a vivid, realistic way. their
own century
of
Entering their community exhibit, visitors feel themselves transported to the sun-
progress.
swept open spaces of the great West, thence conducted by an orderly sequence of scenes to the ultimate goal of the cattle seen grazing on those golden Western ranges
From
—
interior as well as exterior
derne buildings of the Exposition.
On
promenade
the north end of the Agricultural Building, a
Building, whose design
view within
its
—
is
—
a
model meat market. one into the Dairy
carries
unique even among the distinctive mo-
Appropriately enough,
its
predominating color
engineering to the production, handling, manufacture, and distribution of milk pasteurized,
One
and
of the
play, presented
certified
—
butter, cheese, ice cream,
by the Century Dairy Exhibit,
three billion dollar dairy industry. is
Inc.,
is
staged here.
composed
It is
and
— condensed,
a collective dis-
of representatives of America's
Chairman of the Organization Committee and Directorate,
H. E. Van Norman, of Chicago.
Graphically and dramatically, the great dairy companies portray the progress
own industry during
white.
and various milky beverages.
most impressive shows on the entire ground
in charge of this exhibit,
is
colorless walls are exhibits portraying the contributions of science
the century closing in 1933.
made
in their
Entering the main auditorium of the Dairj
Building, scene of their unusual exhibit, visitors proceed along one of three runways which over-
look a stage, studded by a fountain of milk and in civilization's stories high
forward march.
and 90
set
with sculpture, symbolizing the place of milk
Behind and above the stage,
feet long, unfolds the story of the
days of the cow, producing barely enough milk production exceeds fifteen tons of milk a year.
a giant
mural
in
mobile color, two
development of the milk industry, from the
to sustain
her
own
calf, to the
modern cow whose
Symbolic of the three divisions of the government are the three gold and white pylons which soar blue
skyward above the gold-domed Federal Building. Forming a background for it is the V-shaped Court the only building at the Exposition
of States.
It is
finding
architectural precedent in classic forms.
its
FEDERAL
THE SHARPLY
silhouetted against the gleaming white Dairy Building and the colorful Agricultural
Group on Northerly Island long and
BUILDING
300
is
the Federal Building, a striking white and hlue structure,
feet wide, that centers
Three towering shafts
620
feet
about a circular rotunda, domed with gold.
rise in triangular
formation around this dome, symbolizing the three
branches of the government which appropriated SI. 000.000 for the Federal Building and the exhibits
it
houses.
By the magic
of an electrician's touch, these towers
night, glittering like cold stalagmites against the
Represented by exhibits here are In addition, are displays of the
all
shadowy star-dusted
become pylons
of silver
by
skies.
the important departments of the Federal Government.
Smithsonian Institution, the U.
S.
Mint, Committee of Aeronautics,
Congressional Library, the Veteran's Bureau and the U. S. Shipping Board.
On
the west front of the Federal Building
is
a plaza, extending to the lagoon which connects
by means of a 40-foot gangway with an embarcadere or curved sions, guests of the
To
Here, upon
official
in barges,
and the
offices oi the
occa-
and landed.
entertain properly such guests of state, the Federal Building, in addition to
halls, contains a large reception ters,
island.
government and foreign representatives are brought
its
exhibit
room, magnificently furnished, a model kitchen, caterer's quar-
United States Commissioner who acts as Uncle Sam's agent
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States,
the official exhibits of the stairs and territories participating in ress.
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THE
IN the great American expositions dividual building. ipating have
But
merged
at
A
oi the past,
it
their official exhibits in
of the
has heen customary for each state to have
it
V
states
and three
its in-
territories partic-
one great building, known as the Hall of States. Con-
looks respectfully towards the Federal Building, thus symbol-
izing the attitude of the states toward the central
The two arms
STATES
OF
Century of Progress the forty-four
structed in the shape of a giant V,
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government.
embrace a court, pleasingly landscaped with sunken gardens and a
triangular pool, from which entrances open into the different exhibits. Distinguishing one of these
entrances from another in the colors of
The
is
the seal on the flag unfurling over
its
doorway;
its
facade
is
also painted
the state.
various states and territories, in planning their exhibits, observed a
common theme
the portrayal of their undeveloped natural resources and their historical, recreational, features.
For
Nevertheless, few exhibits within the Exposition grounds are visitors
who would
Century of Progress
tour.
see
"America
From
first'",
more
the Hall of States should be the
it is
first
roaring Niagara and the fantastic Adirondacks in
but a minute's walk to a Florida orange grove or to San Francisco in miniature.
and scenic
diversified.
stop on their
New York, it is And from here
only a few more steps to the fabled Barking Sands of Hawaii, or a trout stream in Michigan.
Distinguished visitors hi the
to
aluminum-towered i
which contain a
noli
::
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Centur)
Illinois
mi
halis
oj
Progress
make
theii
headquarters
Host Building, facing Lei) Eriksen Drive.
and auditorium are Lii
o
niana.
its
Lincoln
Rooms
"MEET me the gold
at the Illinois
Building!"
is
the slogan of distinguished visitors to the Exposition, for
and white palace low-lying beneath
was designed
BUILDING
HOST
ILLINOIS
a lofty
aluminum tower
central section
is
a
Grand Hall, the walls
of
knowledge available
to all.
and the
But the chief interest of the
Illinois
Illinois' greatest son,
the immortal
own Century
Host Building
Abraham
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the opposite direction.
lies in
manuscripts, and curios,
it
are three
North-
rooms dedicated
to
On
the walls are painted the three most fa-
the Gettysburg Address, the Second Inaugural Address, and his Fare-
well Address to the citizens of Springfield, of President Lincoln's
of Progress commission.
In one of these rooms a replica of Lorado
Lincoln.
Taft's statue of Lincoln forms the central exhibit. of Lincoln's addresses
Its
Here are information counters with card-indexed
offices of Illinois'
ward from the Grand Hall, beyond the vast auditorium adjoining
room
main entrance
which are paneled with murals, depicting the most
significant episodes in the history of Illinois.
mous
close to the
for the reception of official guests, foreign commissioners, or other notables.
home
many
of
111.
Another room
in Springfield,
and the
which were loaned
is
third
furnished exactly like the living
room
to the Illinois
National Life Foundation of Fort Wayne. Ind.. where the largest of
is filled
with Lincoln
relics,
Host Building by the Lincoln all
private collections of Lin-
cohiiana are housed. Other documents were loaned by other famous Lincoln collectors.
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tour p\lons.
like
calling attention
sculptured banners, unfurl skyward from the north wall of the Hull of Social Science, to
the dramatic story of anthropology being unfolded inside.
union between man and science
on the mainland.
is
the bridge across the lagoon which connects
it
Symbolic of the close with the Hall of Science
Like the Tin Soldier and the Scarecrow, the
Enchanted Island a wonderland
the
toy
elephant
one of the fantastic figures that makes Even the guards and em-
Fair fairyland are clad as characters out of the favorite story hooks of childhood, to
ployees in
this
create
further the illusion of magic make-believe.
still
is
for youthful visitors to the Exposition.
Reminiscent
struggles are the rude fort and scattered cabins, rising within a log of Chicago's early stockade on the shores of Lake Michigan Old Fort Dear!, am. a replica of the city's first settlement. Ii was built according to the specifications of the original fort, borrowed from the archives of the U. 5. II at Department in Washington. The flag of 1812 floats oier it.
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Within the hand-hewn enclosures of the Lincoln Croup are replicas of several buildings intimately asso dated with the life of the Great Emancipator. The Kentucky cabin of his birth, the house his family occupied in Indiana, the Illinois store where he sold calico and read law, Rutledge Tavern, and the Chicago Wigwam where he was nominated for the presidency comprise the group.
Happy hunting ground York, at anchor
off
jor
Exposition
the grounds.
pedition to Antarctica are aboard to
mi vieu
in
its
hold.
adventurers
Members
is
the
City oj
Seu
Admiral Byrd's recent exexplain the exhibit oj Little America oj
At the front door
of
A
Century of Progress stands the Field Museum of museums. It; ,\ in a white marble palace, erected
\atiiral History, one of the nor/d's greatest scientific
hibits â&#x20AC;&#x201D; valued at $45,000,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are housed at a cost of $7,000,000.
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colorful
untwist In the ultra-modern
i
buildings
Exposition
the
of
is
the
Golden Pavilion of Jehol, a reproduction o)
'
hina's
residence
the
o)
years
o^o.
vieu
o)
which
1 01
the
Hedin.
\ianchu Emperors, 165
This
brought from
'j\
Lama Temple. The in Jehol. the summer
finest
was erected
i>n filial
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replica, is
hina
no mi
here in
an
interior
shown,
mis
211.000 different
Bendix of Chicago
famous Swedish explorer, Sven
HALL THE
story of
SCIENCE
SOCIAL
OF
mankind, from the stone age
to the present skyscraper era,
comes
to life with
amaz-
ing reality in the Hall of Social Science, a rainbow-hued pavilion, stretching from the lagoon
to
Lake Michigan opposite the Hall of States on Northerly Island. Obeying the command
of the sculptured pylons, upthrust like policemen's
end, visitors enter a vast exhibit hall, the focal point of which three-act drama, entitled
"The American
is
hands
a revolving stage.
Family'", continuously reenacted on
it,
at its
The
north
thrilling
keynotes the
entire social science display.
Supplementing the extremely variegated displays of education, psychology, sociology,
statistics,
social work, child welfare,
economics, and political science on view within the Hall of Sofia!
Science are a series of outdoor displays.
Their exhibit hall
is
a tract of land directly north of the
Thirty-first Street Entrance.
No who
stage spectacles are these, but living exhibits,
composed
of red-skinned
men and maidens
are temporarily living within the landscaped Exposition grounds exactly as their grandfathers
lived in the
woods and on the plains
of
North America a century ago.
Casting their shadows upon this synthetic Indian Reservation are some striking examples of the earth works of the early tion of the fabled
Nunnery
Mound
of the
n
Builders.
Mayas
And overshadowing them
or Central
American Indians
d
at
is
a colorful reproduc-
Uxmal, Yucatan.
This mural in the l>\
David Leavitt.
tustralian
oak,
It
tdministration Building depicting Industry Irs
decorations an
ncan walnut,
w/Mr maple, teakwood,
and ebony.
oj
oriental
flexwood
oj the
primavera.
was designed
following woods:
plain
oak.
quartered
wood, holly, birch, mahogany, ayous
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HALL
THE UNIQUE among sen Drive,
the pavilions and towers of the Fair
midway between
Not only do
its
RELIGION
OF is
the Hall of Religion, situated on Leif Erik
the Twelfth Street Entrance and the Twenty-Third Street Gate.
sheared walls and striking set-back steeple sound a new, a modernistic note
mere existence
for ecclesiastical architecture, but its
is
in itself a
phenomenon.
Hitherto, at the
great expositions of the world, the different religious groups participating have sheltered then exhibits in halls or buildings of their own. spiritual elements at
To
work during the
last
But here
all faiths
have joined together
to portray the
century of progress.
provide this united display, the Fair's committee on Progress Through Religion issued
more than 700
invitations to the Boards
ligious organizations.
Each
and agencies
of as
many church denominations and
invitation contained a request to
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;by means â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
show
education, health, social service, world peace, recreation, and civics
the part
its
re-
of exhibits of
recipient had
played in the advancement of civilization from 1833 to 1933.
Adjacent
to the general exhibit hall is the
main auditorium
in
which conferences are held
almost daily, conferences which stress church unity rather than sectarian propaganda. Their aim, like that of the
they
may
Hall of Religion,
is
not
how churches may enlarge
their congregations but
co-operate with other Christian organizations to serve mankind.
how
In in!
ion in fact as well as theory
Building
at
Tomorrow."
Fair
"the
of steel
ami
the
entirely
world's glass,
it
must
is
this
beautiful
view of the Walgreen
drug store."
Built
might well be called "The Store
of
The S7o.000.000 "hum exhibit" lion,
is
on
rieu
important purl oj
in it
the is
of paintings
and sculpture, assembled
Art Institute. Chicago's permanent Art its Art School.
jor the Century nl I'm^ress Expusi
Museum, on Michigan Boulevard.
An
Sharing honors with the tin Its
is
>/.i
Spool's Spectaculum.
Ride as the Exposition's spectacle of specin this ultra-modern place oj pleasure on
Northerly Island, natural vision pictures ing
shown
lor the first time tu the
world.
known
as
spectoramas
are be-
SPOOR SPECTACULUM
THE NOTHING
on the Exposition grounds expresses with greater dramatic
effect the
hand-in-hand
progress of science and industry than the natural vision spectacle in sound being unreeled within the Spoor Spectaculum at the southerly tip of Northerly Island. Inside this windowless auditorium, an amphitheater, without supporting columns to obscure
the view of those occupying
given
world premiere.
its
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
Cataracts"
a sight
its
It is
1.250 the
and sound film
seats, the latest
new dimension
to
development in motion pictures
picture, "Niagara, Spectacle of the
which has been added the dimension
For years Hollywood engineers have been seeking screen.
being
Mighty
of distance.
to create the illusion of
depths on the
But, coincidentally enough, Chicago, the cradle of the motion picture industry, was
birthplace. in
is
cinema
For the inventor of the spectorama
circles as the father of the
Spoor remained California.
in
George K. Spoor, a resident Chicagoan known
motion picture industry.
the famous Essanay Studios on Argyle Street, son, Wallace Beery
is
and some seventy other
who
its
first
It
was Mr. Spoor,
as president of
introduced Charley Chaplin, Gloria Swan-
of today's brightest stars to the film public.
Mr.
Chicago when the other leaders in the picture industry moved their studios
to
Instead of joining in the trek, he turned his studio into a vast experimentorium where
he devoted his time and picture
profits to perfecting natural vision pictures.
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The fanciful land Its
of
childhood unfolds upon a 5-acre tract on
landscaped paths invite
little
visitors
a sand beach and merr) go-round. Children's
Vot
to
a
the
Theater and miniature railroad.
wading pool and least
of
its
lure
Island- tin- Enchanted Island. model playground, a miniature farm. the young is its Magic Mountain,
\ortherl) a
for
ENCHANTED
THE
DEDICATED to all the happy children who wander through little folks"
A
land of make-believe at
during
it
the Scarecrow,
it
is
is tin-
the Enchanted Island.
slide.
the Children's Theater where plays are given for, by, and ol chil-
dren under the supervision of the Junior League of Chicago. of the miniature railway in
From
And
adjacent to
it is
the terminus
whose pocket-sized coaches children may climb mysterious
and out of shadowy caves, and
thrills.
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centers about a miniature mountain that rises out of an artificial
and down whose synthetic slopes children may Close by this mountain
in
A Century of Progress
the southerly end of Northerly Island
veritable wonderland, peopled with the giant figures of such story-book heroes as the Tin
Woodman and sea
ISLAND
hills,
wind
travel along the shores of a seemingly big sea.
the center of this enchanting island, landscaped paths radiate to a hundred other
One
leads to a miniature farm, stocked with the babes of the animal kingdom, baby chicks
and goslings, a
calf,
lamb,
colt,
even a young burro.
Others carry youthful visitors to Tony Sarg's
marionette show, a house built of marbles, the crayon shop, an 8-track electric train, a merry-go-
round, and a giant swing, a wading pool, and a beach with plenty of sand for digging.
Not the their
young
least of the Island's attractions are its
checking
facilities;
here parents
may
leave
in the care of a trained nurse, confident of their safety as well as entertainment.
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As
bizarre
the
low-lying
many
and
exotit
as
Igricultural
the Exposition itself
Building.
of the Fair buildings.
is
this
gargoyle-like horse which
Architectural details, similar in spirit
if
prances in stone atop
not in design, ornament
Wonderland and Fairyland for children of all ages Mothers ma) leave their children in Found Bureau for children lost on an) part oj the
erly Island.
is
the
Enchanted Island
the care oj nurses fair
grounds
is
on
end of Northmodern playground, and a
at the southerly
this
another feature.
Cascades, pools, rock gardens, forma/ and informal flower heds. and unusual water effects combine to on it
make
the extensive Horticultural Building
Northerly Island and the spacious 5-acre outdoor gardens surrounding places of rare charm and riotous beauty.
building,
itself,
model gardens.
The
icings of the
1.
-shaped
enclose a courtyard 100 feet square, composed entirely
o)
Queer
fish i
of
its
fish.
from the Seven Seas, together with unique exhibits of aquatic [quarium in (-rant Park. Others
on display at the John G. Shedd
outstanding features are
its
hatcher) anil
museum
of rare preserved
Against a backdrop of loitering skyscrapers, rises
built
in
the heart of Grant Park
Buckingham Fountain, ''the largest fountain in the world." It was by Miss Kate Buckingham at a cost of a million dollars as a memo-
rial to
her brother.
filling nil of the
tllied
Nations, the largest painting in the world
hung in the Pantheon. Painted In ,'t more than one hundred others, ran a is
presented
in
Exposition
visitors
.'."
famous
the canvas, 0}
the
II
<niist\.
which
orld
II
at
is
with the assistanci is
Hi-
and
through Panorama, Inc.
its
feet
long
heroes,
fcj
and
Theater ui
oj
the skies
the northernmost
tors
is lift
the Adler Planetarium oj Northerly Island.
may see the sun and moon, the
an artificial shy.
stars
and
and Astronomical Museum In its
still
darkness, specta-
planets, pas-, in review across
Elks National Memorial Headquarters Building. Erected by the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks of the U. S. I- this magnificent structure and bronze is a tribute to the memory of 70.000 members
oj stone, marble
who served lic,
their country in the
from 10:00 A. M.
to
II
orld
5:00 P. M.
II
ar.
Open
daily, free to the pub-
An enduring monument to the classic beauty oj Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park. Palace of Fine Arts of nical
museum.
'93, it lias
worlds The fabled
first
fair is the
recently rebuilt to house the
new
tech-
Towering
office
buildings rear a wall of steel
side of Michigan Boulciard. Chicago's most
Road
Randolph Street, and overlooking Lake Michigan. Rooscielt
to
it
and stone along the nest From
famous thoroughfare.
edges the Loop, facing Grant Park
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THE FORMING
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7)
TODAY
OF
backdrop for the gleaming towers and rainbow-hued palaces of the Century of
Progress are the soaring skyscrapers of Michigan Boulevard, a glittering facade of steel and stone that stretches for
more than
a mile
up and down the west
side of Chicago's
most glamorous high-
way, facing Grant Park and overlooking Lake Michigan.
The
lofty office buildings
and department
stores of the
back of them, tbe hinterland of America's second
Loop
tween fansticks that are multi-colored vistas of flowers and extremely variegated Chicago that opens little
rise directly
city unfurls like a gigantic
to the north, south,
trees.
behind
it.
And
in
smoke-gray fan be-
For the clamorous, bustling,
and west
is
composed of uncounted
Chicagos, each one bound to the other by one of the most truly remarkable park and boule-
vard systems in the world.
No happy accident
is
centers with the Loop, and
sprung up about them with
this long
chain of sylvan green which links
its
score of outlying business
connects the widely separated industrial sectors Little Italy
and residential
and Chinatown and other foreign settlements.
gral part of the most deliberate plan lor self-improvement ever undertaken
l>\
It is
districts
an
Following the World's Columbian Exposition, a group of civic-minded Chicagoans,
under the
spell of
its
man-made
inte-
a great metropolis. still
beauty, met to consider what could be done permanently to im-
and Chicago, its Lake Shore Drue. That part its Mayfair; New Yorh its Park Avenue: Oak Street, thence north to North ttending from the lake at the 1000 block north, westward to homes Here are the imposing residences and sumptuous skyscraper Ivenue, is the "Gold Coast."
London has ,
-
it
,
of the city's most prominent business
and pleasure
leaders.
prove the appearance of their
uneven
swampy
of the railroad
For Chicago
in
1893 was an
shores of Lake Michigan,
town of narrow,
whose tracks formed
a
view eternally darkened by the smoking engines
its
many-mile
trestle across the sands.
ing was the drafting of a definite program of heautification,
The major years.
ugly, overgrown
and cheap and shoddy structures, which sprawled without architectural reason
streets
along the
city.
known
The
result of this meet-
as the Chicago Plan.
provisions of this plan have been carried out with scenic success in the past forty
Not only have narrow
streets
been widened into tree-lined boulevards and slum areas
evacuated into flowering parks, but, to accelerate
many
it,
of the railroads entering Chicago
have
remodeled their avenues of approach and replaced their ancient depots with modern palaces.
Where
the Illinois Central Railroad's engines once switched and smoked,
the entire length of the city
now unwinds
for miles along
Lake Michigan.
And
reclaimed shores are a succession of golden bathing beaches, each set with pavilion
and bath-house where the public may swim
South Water merly rattled
in
Street,
the
it
expense of the city's fruit
studding its
and connecting boulevards
merges with Michigan Boulevard
But beneath
Side.
Its
upper
is
of the
level
this sophisticated surface is a
is
man-
city.
and vegetable merchants
West Side with those
the Michigan
its
own charming
clamorous disorder, has become Wacker Drive, a two-level esplanade of
Loop with the near North
evard.
at the
where trucks and wagons of the
buildings, flanking the river
Where
Buckingham Foun-
A shrub-hedged drive that some day will stretch
tain today rears its towers of multi-colored water.
for-
tall office
of the North.
Avenue Link Bridge, which
unites
merely a continuation of Michigan Boul-
subterranean thoroughfare for the trucks and
heavy vehicles, prohibited from mingling with the stream of sleek, shining automobiles overhead.
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lit,
at its
i
hicago Historical Society recently moved to
the south
end
souvenirs oj
oj
Lincoln Park.
early
Chicago and
Lincoln died in Washington.
Founded Illinois
in
the
its
bed
new home among which ibraham
lmn<ls<>mc
IH.'uk
it
in
contains
\n need
to
be a book lover to admire the Chicago Public Library, the
interior walls of
which are earrara marble, inlaid with rare mosaics and
semi-precious stones.
Erected
some 1,773,000 volumes.
in
1897
at a east of $2.IWtl.tHH).
it
contains
Cathedral oj the heart oj
office <
buildings
is
new Field Building, being erected by
the
hicago's financial district.
facing
La
Home
Insurance Building, built
Salle,
Adams, and Clark in
II
hen completed,
it
will
the Estate of Marshall Field in
tower for 42 floors above the half block,
Streets, on the site of the world's first sk\
1884.
scraperâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; the old
12-stor)
Rivalling
it
for Chicago's traffic honors
finest bascule bridges.
what the American
Untrue
to its
name,
it
is
the
Wabash Avenue
Bridge, one of the world's
carries State Street across the river, transports
Institute of Steel Construction voted
was "the most beautiful
it
on
steel bridge, cost-
ing over a million dollars, erected in 1930."
Worthy
of such bridges
is
the shimmering artery of world
modern engineering genius reversed the current in straightening its tortuous south branch.
commerce they span.
of the Chicago River, but recently
Like the
Wabash Avenue
Not only has it
succeeded
Bridge, this miracle of
engineering was performed under the supervision of Loren D. Gayton, one of America's foremost engineers who, for chief
from 1927
to
20
years, has been associated with the city's engineering
1931.
ing in the zigzag course
The south branch
It
it
was accomplished by carving out
a
new channel
bureau and was
for the river
and
its
fill-
previously had followed.
of the
Chicago River forms the western boundary of the Loop, that clamor-
ous, glamorous sector of soaring office buildings, vast department stores, banks, hotels, theaters, clubs,
and restaurants.
Within
its
boisterous borders, however, are the sedater Chicago Public
and Crerar libraries, the Civic Opera House and the "old Auditorium, where Patti sang", Orchestra Hall, and Chicago's
While La Salle
first
skyscraper church
Street, oft-called the
nate the Loop, they are overshadowed by the
up
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
Wall Street
new
for forty-two floors
the Methodist Temple.
of the West,
and State Street
Field Building. Recognized as Chicago's largest
from the half-block formed by La
office building,
it
Adams
and boasts, not one or two, but four basements. The world's
Streets,
old 12-story
steps
Home
Salle, Clark,
first
d
and
skyscraper, the
Insurance Building, erected in 1884, was razed to make room for
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jointly domi-
it.
d
.-It
the foot of
Board
oj
La Salle
Street,
Trade Building now
faceless statue oj
(
Board has grown
to a
eres,
where cows pastured a century ago, the towering nails of the new Chicago Rising forty-four stories above the street, they are surmounted by the
.soar.
goddess of the harvest.
membership of
1,550.
From
a handful of local flour merchants in IS4S, the
Sweeping
from atop one of the city's loftiest buildings is the world's most powerful revolving Lindbergh Heat on. whose blazing jiath. under proper atmospherii conditions, extends It crowns the Palmolive Building on \orth Michigan Aienae. one of Chicago's most
the sky
aerial ii^ht
the
500 miles. admired examples of modernistic architecture. for
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Dominating the mirth Hitler's
ing
th,
hank of the Chicago River, on the spot where
Tavern stood a century ago, today stands the world's largest build-
Chicago
Merchandise Mart.
True
to
its
place for some 1,500 wholesalers and manufacturers.
name,
it
is
In addition,
a market it
houses
the largest restaurant in the world and the local studios of N. B. C.
.OR
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From
the Loop, street cars, elevated and suburban trains and buses whisk visitors in three
which the river has
directions, to the three districts into
West
Side,
Side,
To many
and South
arbitrarily divided Chicago: the
North
Side.
out-of-towners, the North Side
is
simply that fabulous stretch of palatial mansions
and apartment homes along Lake Shore Drive, known
"Gold Coast"; the zoo
as the
Park, or the den of Chicago's baseball bruins, Cubs Park.
But
to those
who know
at
Lincoln
their city,
it
also
includes the vaster region, extending from the Loop to the southern borders of the north shore
suburb of Evantson. It
was along the southern fringe of what today
settlers built their log river.
homes
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;homes
is
they abandoned
the North Side that the city's
when Chicago moved westward
white
across the
Their places were taken by a horde of vice lords from the East who heralded their arrival
by erecting on the brothels.
sites of
those crude
Most notorious
Tribune now rears Within the
its
homes
a
colony of ramshackle saloons, gambling halls, and
was The Den of the Sans which stood where the Chicago
of these
magnificent Gothic tower.
filigreed
shadows of
notable structures, including
Navy
that tower today, however, rise
Pier, the
however, continues
to
along Lake Michigan.
town units of
its
be in Evanston, where
Only
its
some
of Chicago's most
Merchandise Mart, the Palmolive building, and the
towering halls of Northwestern University's downtown campus.
istic
first
its
tree-shaded
Medical and Dental schools,
The
real
home
campus extends its
of Northwestern,
for almost a mile
College of Law, and the down-
departments of commerce and journalism are housed in the strikingly modern-
skyscrapers, dominating
McKinlock
Along the northern borders
ot
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
this
its
downtown
campus
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;campus.
stretches Chicago
Avenue.
Despite the pic-
Sorth
nl
the
Boulevard
tower the two snow white the Great
adapted
to
Bridge, II
Michigan
rigley Buildings.
To the left here Avenue widens into Tribune Square. Uop the southernmost one is the loftiest mariner's li^lu on
al.es. To the n'^lii is the famous Tribune Toner, a skyscraper, Gothic modern business. Beyond it looms the minareted Medinah Temple.
I.
in
architecture, but
The modernistic home of the Chicago Dail) Vews, flanking the south branch of the Chicago River at Madison street, was recently voted "the most beautiful building in Chicago" by fifi\ leading American architects in a coast to coast poll.
history of newspaper-making.
On
the ceiling of
its
<
oni ours,
is
a series of paintings, portraying the
\..
than
man
in
genial,
the political lime-light
white-haired
is
recanted with greater admiration by parly joes as well as friends president of the Cook (Hunt*, Hoard. Chicago horn and
Emmet Whealan,
educated, his untiring activity on behalf of the Forest Preserves has a system of county as well as city parks.
is
one of the ehiej reasons why Chicago
9
turesque water tower that marks tion lies,
unseen
pleted,
it
will
its
union with Michigan Boulevard,
to the eyes of pedestrians,
nue Water Tunnel, another
d
I
beneath
of Gayton's projects.
its
its
major claim for
atten-
pavements where flows the Chicago Aveunder construction, but, when com-
It is still
extend for thirteen miles, and be "the longest water main in the world."
With the dawn
of the fabulous '40's
and
'50's, Chicago's first residents
North Side, establishing a veritable Mayfair west of the
river.
But the
moved from
the
U, formed by Wash-
traffic
ington, Ashland, and Jackson boulevards where they rode in their shining victorias,
is
traveled
today by trucks and buses, or motorists speeding to their homes in the western suburbs.
much
Despite the fact that time has stripped the "old" West Side of
Chicago Stadium, situated
in its heart,
publican national conventions.
of
glamour, the
its
provided the setting for the recent Democratic and Re-
This section of the city
still
may
boast of being the world's
medical center.
West
of
Ashland Boulevard
is
more than
a region
hospitals, medical schools, clinics, free dispensaries,
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
a half mile square,
and
laboratories.
composed
Its
vortex
entirely of
is
the
Cook
County Hospital, one
of
3,000 beds are
maintained thus by Cook County whose benevolences also include the
free,
if
not actually
Forest Preserves (about which
The
affairs of the
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;more
to
become mayor
later),
and
Its
more than
a score of charitable institutions.
county are administered by the Board of Cook County Commissioners, a
popularly elected body of fifteen native Chicagoan, Mr.
the largest hospitals in the world.
men and women, whose
Whealan succeeded
of Chicago.
the late
Anton
Treasurer of the county
is
J.
able chief
is
Emmett Whealan.
Cermak who resigned
Joseph B. McDonough.
L
OE
ONE
its
A
presidency
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classical
Station,
monument
admitted cross-roads
p
H B
in
transportation
is
the
new and
beautiful
I
nion
/Âť" great buildings that face each othei across Canal Street at Terminus of four iiri'al railroads, il is one of the
II
IV
of
the world.
Largest and costliest federal structure ever erected outside of Washingneu post office on Harrison Street. Costing $21,000,000
ton, D. C. is the
and covering two
city
blocks,
ii
is
capable of handling 19.000.000 letter,
a day.
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It
T E E N
Pride oj the Chicago oj 1867
square
at
urns in the
is
the turreted limestone structure that rises out of a shrub-embowered
Michigan Boulevard and Chicago
ivenue pumping station path of the
U R T E E N
fire
at
the
oj '71.
close
of
ivenue the
<
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the old watei tuner.
Built as part of the Chicago
only
building standing today that
liar,
it
is
the
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$20,000,000 monument to the futile efforts of Samuel Instill to put grand opera in Chicago on a paying and permanent basis is the towering edifice on II est Madison Street at the River, known as the > hicago Opera Building. In addition to the opera auditorium itself, it contains a smaller one known as the .-/
Civic Theater.
/
monument
modern engineering genius
to
f'l.tinn.iint).
filled in
and
is
the
south
branch of the
ÂŤÂŤ zigzag course was straightened in 1930 at a cost of
Chicago R In Âť
/in, din,
m
u
one
this i
ut.
phenomenon
"I
si
ience,
its
old channel was
d
Without returning
to the
Loop,
visitors to the
d
West Side may continue by boulevard
to the
South Side, the home of the most of Chicago's major industries, including the Stock Yards.
While the Stock Yards have permeated large sections south
Loop with
of the
their
own
not always
pleasant aroma, they have played a vital role in Chicago's progress, and are an unfailing magnet for visitors
from
world, and
it is
market each
Not only are 'The Yards' the meat packing center
afar.
estimated that
clay
of
America hut of the
requires the equivalent of a train seven miles long to bring to
it
the 12,000,000 cattle, sheep, and hogs slaughtered annually within
its
476
acre enclosure.
The Stock Yards,
abetted by the smoking steel mills at the extreme southeastern limits.
Pullman and International Har-
the tank villages of the great oil refining companies, the vast
and several hundred smaller concerns, have secured
vester works,
extensive South Side.
clings picturesquely to the flowering slopes of the
unwinds along the golden shores Jackson Park was the of the caravel in still
rides at
of
in its
yacht harbor.
spectator's eye at Fifty-Seventh street inally as a
temporary structure,
manent home
of the
upon the
it
new Museum
(and many of those now on view
One
and the other
Lake Michigan, centering around Jackson Park.
Chicago's
site of
Blue
Island ridge, southwest,
first
world's
fair.
which Columbus crossed the Atlantic and one
anchor
a throttling clasp
Nevertheless, two important residential sections have survived.
is
And
The oJ
battered Santa Maria, replica
the exhibits al that exposition,
the great graystone structure which delights the
the old Palace of Fine Arts
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
restored.
was completely rebuilt a few years ago, and of Science
at the
and Industry.
When
Century of Progress are
to
its
is
Erected origto
be the per-
exhibits are assembled
become
pari of
its
permanent
display), they with the building, will represent an outlay in excess of thirty million dollars.
Meeting place for students from far places is the new International House, an impressive Gothic skyscraper, affiliated with the I nipersity of Chicago ami situated at the eastern end of its Midway front. A gift from John Its purpose is to enable foreign, D. Rockefeller, Jr. made it possible. 'ally
Oriental, students to dwell amidst surroundings of culture, often
denied them
in
the
I
.
S.
I.
^JtSJ,
One
of the beauty spots of
Northwestern
University
is the downtown campus of Evanston's McKinlock Campus, just west of Lake
Chicago
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the
Michigan on Chicago Avenue.
It
is
impressive Gothic walls are located
nulled with skyscrapers within whose
Medical School and and the Law School.
its
vant Hospital, the School of Dentistry
.
a e
one
h un
:
clinics, Passa-
NINETEEN
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orth)
Pier,
"I
an
Chicago's ambitions
out into the lake at
and open
P A G K
O N K
to
become a great inland
v<"i
is
Navy
imposing length of wharves and warehouses that stretches
ohm
air restaurant.
HUNDRED
T
'
Street.
It
the
end
of the pier
is
a
far
dance hall
Vo ordinary span but one oj the world's dollar
Wabash Avenue Bridge, erected
the most beautiful
steel bridges in
first
in
bascule bridges
l'^il.
America.
Ii
is
is
the million
considered one of
A
magic glimpse of the Forest Preserves with the Des Plaines River unit. II hen Cook County's ambitious plan to preserve her
winding through
surviving forest traits
is
complete, Chicago will he surrounded by a wall
of natural woods, 35.000 acres in extent.
acquired, thousands of people dailf
swim, picnic, or ramp.
On
the 33.000 aires already
gather to /day golf or tennis, hike.
d
9
The
tree-lined plaisance
naughty Midway of '93.
which connects Jackson Park with Washington Park was the
But today
it is
the University of Chicago's 110-acre campus, studded
An
with some eighty-five graystone buildings.
lumbian Exposition opened,
No of
citizens, its
it
is
measure of success would be of these
of life in Chicago than
its
trails,
Board's program
is
universities
when
the World's Co-
S108.000.000.
far to
activities
to the
county whose seat
promote the health and well-being
far less but for the
supplementary
supplementary
have added more
activities of
to the pleasure
of its
Cook
and beauty
extensive system of forest jireserves.
At present, some 33,000 acres by old Indian
among
complete without reference
Though Chicago has gone
is.
And none
infant
assets today exceed
account of Chicago, however,
government
County.
its
d
have been
of natural forests, threaded
set aside for the
by woodland streams and crossed
But when the County
people of Cook County.
completed, the forest preserves will total 35,000 acres and be connected by a
continuous highway,
itself a
wooded boulevard, more than
a
hundred miles long.
Already these
county parks contain golf courses and baseball diamonds, tennis courts, football grounds, bridle paths,
swimming
pools, outdoor playgrounds,
also include a Zoological
No
part of
Garden and
and camp-sites for
tourists.
Eventually they will
a Botanical Preserve.
Cook County's broad program
of public help
is
being pushed with greater enthu-
siasm by President Whealan and his fellow board members than that which seeks to preserve as a
permanent playground door.
for the people of
Chicago the natural forests
Symbolic of the happy union existing between county and
still
in existence at their
city is this
with which one of the greatest counties in the world seeks to surround
Chicago
....
the
home
of the
Century of Progress.
its
back
broad band of green seat of government,
M.
/..
Rosinia,
public enemies,
Thomas
J.
Attorney.
whose is
silver
tongue
Chicago's (ii\
is
a
lash
for
Prosecutor.
Courtney, Cook County's youthful Stati
Richard ice
J.
Collins, president of Chicago's Civil Serv-
Commission,
Edward
J.
is
Kaindl
to collect the
a leader in Democratic party circles.
is
City Collector, whose job
enormous
ta\ bill
it
is
doc Chicago annually.
Daniel
J.
Carmody,
as
Acting Fin-
heads Chicago's army of some 2J>71
Mrs. Elizabeth Conkey, 7/1.71/
I
.
oj Public
II
Commissioner
the
ommissioner,
o) the Depart-
elfare.
A. Jackson has icon aide admiration as
lioner oj
(
fire-fighters.
Department
of (-as
and
Elect)
Commis-
Holder oj one oj Chicago's most coveted posts Peter
.1.
Brady,
its
popularly-elected City
Clerk.
is
A mecca
for old as ivell as
largest zoos in the uorld, in
\
*
.
i:
young
is
â&#x20AC;˘
\
plenty of riials.
the extensive Zoological
Garden
in
Lincoln
Park.
One
of the
spreads out over .some fifteen acres and occupies four modern animal houses
addition to numerous outside cages.
have
1-
it
Three of
its
most popular guests are these three hears
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but
they
Main
artery of Chicago's vast underground water supply system
now under
construction.
When
completed,
it
will
extend
is
for
the Chicago
Avenue
approximately
13
II
ater
miles
Tunnel,
and
cost
destined to become the chief link in the city's 65 miles of underground channels through which more than a billion gallons of water are pumped annually from Lake Michigan into Chicago.
$13,000,000.
It is
â&#x20AC;˘age
<>
/,.
sizeable <ih
that s
known
us
the
oj I
progress.
The packing centei
ters oj the
Âť
mid.
fenced-in enclosures,
abattoirs,
nion
Stock of
Yards,
Imerica,
and
Chicago traces it
vast
much
also supplies the
packing of
meat
hei plat-
One the
of Lincoln Park's major attractions brilliant
great flower house in the world.
is
to
is
its
massive conservatory and
gardens out of which it rises. [f'ithin the he found one of the finest collections of orchids
horticultural
Shown here claimed lake trolled
l>\
ns
one
is
life
and
of the
short-.
Paid
ten golden playgrounds that stud Chicago's refoi
out
guards, and many
hot/i
houses.
o\
of
tin
them,
city's
in
purse,
addition,
each boast
one
is
pa-
charming
-J*.
London has
its
Mi
Croydon and Paris
Municipal Airport, a modern
city
twelve miles southwest of the Loop. arrive,
and take
off.
its
of
Le Bourget, but Chicago has
its
hangars and waiting rooms, some
Here
mail, as well as transport planes
Vo table among Chicago's protestant houses oj worship is the fashionable North Michigan Avenue. It is an im-
Fourth Presbyterian Church on
Gothic structure, connected by a picturesque cloister uith the church house and parsonage adjoining it. pressive
Blending the architecture of today with that of old Byzantine is the Temple Sholom, north of Lincoln Park- on Sheridan Road. It is said to be one of the finest synagogues, built by a congregation of Reformed Hebrews, in the
I
'nited States.
thuee
the Cathedral, the chief Roman Cathohc church,,, Within the magnificent confines of the Holy Name mass on Easter and Christmas. Ofmterest^ His Eminence George Cardinal Mundelein celebrates
city,
outsiders
,„ It
,
;sx
,ni
the
is i
its
,,„„,,
, t0 ne,
athedral sirps.
scarred In
bullets
iron,
the machine gun
that
gang-murdered
Ihnue
Southward from Twenty-Second Street on Wentwonh centers about the handsome Chinese 'Cit) Hall,' where which houses the only Buddhist
altar
Avenue the
east of the Pacific
I
is
Chicago's
picturesque Chinatown.
On Leong Tong have oast.
their headquarters
It
and
Cross-roads o) the steerage the
south
i'i
Man, Street
Roosevelt
oj
Road
trail t
on
and melting pot
eithei
tide
of
fish
to brass antiquities
America
Hoisted Street,
gala impasse oj peddlers' carts mi Saturdays.
anything from fresh
o\
is
Maxwell
Located u block and u halj
hicago's Ghetto.
it
becomes a
From them one maj Inn
from
<>hl
Russia.
//
ithin the
seat
Chicago Stadium, whose giant amphitheater (shown hen thousand persons, are held many boxing and wrestling
twenty-five
matches and indoor hockey and football games. the great Republican
It
also was the
and Democratic Conventions ni 1932.
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— June
— Kentucky
IK Me, heal Week. June is to 24 Riwanis International Assembly, Court of the Hall of Science. 2:00 to
Soldier Field
Oklahoma High School Band
El Reno.
mi
::
P.
M.
University of Cincinnati Glee Club, also June 19 Lutheran Assembly, 2:00 to r>:30 P. M., Soldier Field Outboard Motorboat Regatta, North Lagoon. 11:00 A.M.
Day. Court of States
Army Show, evening
— 1933
October Mm. June
Sun. Junr 4 Kc.tiv.il Churns. Choral Din-dors' timid, 3 30 P M. Gulf Driving Contest. Soldier Field, 10:00 A. M. to 8:00 P. M. Massed Orchestra Concert El Reno. Oklahoma High School Band Mini. .lime 5
-
Mini.
—Swedish A
June 10
to 4:00
I'
M.
Day. Court of the Hall of States, day and evening,
9:00 M. to P. M. Science Congress, June 19 to 30, June 19, Court of the Hall ence, Terrace, and Great Hall. 7:00 to 12:00 P. M. University oi Cincinnati Glee Club Springlield. (lino High School Band, aftcri and night 1
i
oi
Sei
i
Soldier Field Reserved
— Oregon
Day. Court of States Electric Association Day. Court of the Electrical Group Y. M. C. A. Hotel Chorus Concert. 8:30 to 9:30 P. M. East St. Louis High School Choir, evening
Wed. .lime
7
Army Show, Thu. June 8
evening,
June 9
Soldier Field
Ensembles,
Guard Day
June 32 Joint Scandinavian Day. P. II. to 6:00 P. M. Wisconsin Day. Court of States Medical Day
10— Gaelic Football, Irish Champions vs. noon. Soldier Field evening. Soldier Field and About Chicago Club Concert, evening
Sun. June 11
— Soccer
U.
S.
Team,
Canada
vs.
U.
S.
Soldier Field,
Soldier
1:00
Field.
Fri.
June 23— Finnish Day, Court of the Hall of Science National Fencing Championships. June 23 and 24 National Association of Credit Men, Court of the Hall ol
Sat.
June 24 Paulist Choir. 2:45 to 3:30 P. M. French Canadian Day. Court of the Hall of Science, 6:00 to 10:00 P. M. American Institute of Interior Decorators Assembly Court of States Hamilton Club Assembly, Court of the Hall of Science, 2:00 to 3:30,
1:00 to
Science,
—
Band Asso-
Concerts, National High School ciation. Soldier Field. 7:00 P. M. Cleveland Heights High School Choir, afternoon
Mon. June 13— Arizona Day, Court of States American Institute of Banking Chicago Elementary School Cantata, afternoon Chicago Senior High School Orchestra Festival, night
.-lull
—
Tue. June 13 Chicago Senior High School Orchestra Festival, afternoon Chicago Senior High School Choral Music Festival, evening
Iowa Kami Bureau Day Southern Iowa Farm Bureau Band, S00 pieces, evening Lecture Series, National Council of Women. 11:00 A. M.
—
Wed. June 14 Connecticut Day Daughters of the American Revolution Meeting Chicago Elementary School Festival, afternoon Chicago Junior High School Cantata. "Children- Crusade." evening Southern Iowa Farm Bureau Band, afternoon Thu. June 15 -Arkansas Day, Court of stales Evanston Celebration Chicago Junior High School Bands, afternoon All Chicago High School Orchestra, Dr. Frederick Stock, Guest Conductor, evening United Mothers' Chorus. Parent-Teachers Association. 2:30 to 3:30. Court of the Hall of Science, afternoon, (See also July 15 and
Sun. June 23- William Randolph Hearst Gold Cup Regatta. North Lagoon, 10:30 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. Czecho-Slovak Sokol. afternoon. Soldier Field. 12:00 to 6 00 P M Pasadena Junior College Band. "Official Tournament oi Roses Band," June 25 July 1 Heroes of 76 Assembly, Fort Dearborn, 11:00 P. M.
—
Mon. June 26 Virginia Day. Court of States Western Section Championship Finals oi the National Marbles Tour nament, June 26-29, Soldier Field. 10:00 A. M. to 12:'ui noon American Furniture Mart Assembly Pasadena Junior College Band Consolidated Chicago Chorus of Y. M. C. A.. 8:00 to 9 30 P. M.
It
iou.,1
nereiai
15)
illege
Marbles Ton
W:
16
afternoon.
morning Football,
M. National Massed Band
.inn
to
after-
5:30 P.
Sept.
—
Thu.
June
A M
Day, Court of the Hall of Science. 11:00
M.
Day. Court of States Circle Association Assembly La Porte. Indiana High School Choir, afternoon Soldier Field Reserved
Army Show, In
— Danish
4:30 P.
New Hampshire Protected Home
Genera] Society of Colonial Wars Assembly McPherson, Kansas High School Band Sports Event, afternoon. Soldier Field Army Show, evening. Soldier Field Sat.
Wed. June 21
evening, Soldier Field
— Columbian
noon
12:00
Women
Lecture Series. National Council of Soldier Field Reserved
—
Army Show,
Day. Court of the Hall of Science,
to 9:00 P. M. West Virginia Day, Court of States
Tennessee Day. Court of States Tennessee State Ten, -hers College Band, Glee Club, and afternoon and evening Gary, Indiana Eroebel High School Orchestra, afternoon
l-'ri.
20— Norwegian
Tue. June
it.
comeii
oi
Women,
Schools Contest
u
(also
oi
the Hall "1
A. M. 28
I
Band 10:00 A. M. to
Soldier Field.
12:00
i
Morgan Park Mi the Hall of Sei Estate il
National Soldier
Intercollegiate Field
Track
and
Field
chaminniisiu,,.
afternoon,
National Interseholastic Track and Field Championship, evening, Soldier Field .
June
-Massachusetts Day. Court of States Day, National Coal Association r and Junior High School Band and Festival, afterni Chicago Se and evening National Intercollegiate Track and Field, (see 6 L6), Soldier Field National Interseholastic Track and Field, (see 6 10) Coal
i;
June 2S A M to
Engineers Celebration. Soldier Field, north end. 2 loon Society oi American Military Engineers, Assembly Amen, -an Electro Platers Associal Assembly Marbles Tournament, Soldier Field. 10:00 A. M. to 12:00 noon end Internationa] Commercial Schools Contest (see 271
Wed.
Real
Pasadena Jul N.ii
.11
a
a
a
south
Band r. Gymnastic Championships Colli
re
Thu. June ;:i Gary Hay, Court of the 1933-Forty-Fourth Annua] Grotto Building ,ii Nat a
1
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oi Science Assembly, Court
11. ill
Track and Field Meet
tor
P
30 oi the t
Field
Marbles Tournament. Soldier Field.
1
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a,
M.
Blectrica]
Men, afternoon, Soldiet
M
to
12
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1
1
MEMORANDA
Kri.
—
June XII Nebraska Day. Court ol States Advertising Federation Assembly Loyal Order of Moose Assembly, Court of the Hall of Science. 11:30 A, M. to 1:00 P. M. National A. A. O. Track and Field Meet for Men. afternoon and eve-
Tue. July
—
Soldier Field
ning,
Kan-a- Day. Court of States.
IX
July 19 Indiana Kiwanis Clubs' Assembly Sports Event. Soldier Field, afternoon Soldier Field Reserved, 6:00 P. M. to 12:00 midnight
Weil.
— International
Thu. July 20
Congress of Women, day and evening,
S
Field
Japan
I—Armenian Day. Court of the Hall of Science, afternoon and evening, 2:30 to 10:00 P. M. National A. A. U. Track and Field for Women. Soldier Field. 2:30 to
Sat. July
Kri.
—
July 2 Jugo-Slavia 7:00 P M.
Day.
afternoon.
Soldier Field.
noon to
12:00
Outboard Motorboat Regatta. North Lagoon, 12:00 noon to 5:00 Army Show, evening, Soldier Field. July 2 to 15 except July 3
P.
Jr.
— National
and
A. A. U. Track and Field Championships for men. Relay and Decathalon. July 4-6, afternoon and night.
Sr.
5— Idaho
—
'Ice House Quartette." Toledo, Ohio Utah Day, Court of States
A
M
Tue.
Soldier Field
—
July 25 "Ice House Quartette." Toledo. Ohio Bremen. Indiana Assembly. High School Band. 1-8 P. M. Lecture Series. National Council of Women. 11 A. M. Soldier Field Reserved
evening. Soldier Field
— New
Weil. July 26
Day. Court of States, program 3:00 P. M. Pa.-i fie Coast Band and Orchestra Army Show, evening. Soldier Field
Sat.
July 8 Michigan Day, Court of States International Chess Congress. Tournament, and Pageant. July Lawson Y. M. C. A. Glee Club Concert. 8:30 P. M. Army Show, evening. Soldier Field
P. M. Pacific Coast
Mon. July 10
to 23
to 4:30 P.
9
to
States,
2:00 to 7:00 P. M.
Court of the Hall of Science, 3:30
M.
Chicago Osteopathic Association, Court of the Hall of Science, 10:30 to 11 :30 A. M. National A. A. U. Swimming and Diving for Women Wisconsin All-State High School Band Concerts Soldier Field Reserved
Falcons, afternoon, Soldier Field, 9:00 A. M. to 6:00
Band and Orchestra. July evening. Soldier Field
— Latvian Day, Court of — Mystic Shrine,
Medinah Temple 8
16
— Bulgarian
Sun. July 30 P.
— Wyoming Day
Day, Court of the Hall of Science. 2:00 to 6:00
M.
Swimming and Diving
Pacific Coast
Band and Orchestra
Army Show,
evening.
for
Women
Soldier Field
—
11 National Negro Musical Audition, Band and Orchestra Lecture Series, National Council of Women evening. Soldier Field
evening.
13— Woodmen of the World Assembly. Science. 3 :00 P. M. Pacific Coast Band and Orchestra Army Show, evening. Soldier Field
Court of the Hall of
Tue. July
—
July 2S National A. A. U. Swimming and Diving Championships for Women. July 29 and 30. Lagoon Wisconsin All-State High School Band Concerts, also July 29. Soldier Field Reserved
Sat. July 29
Army Show,
of States of States
Kri.
—
»— Polish
York Da
after-
7— California
Kri.
Sun. July
Lagoon
—
Mon. July 24
Day. Court of States
Thu. July 6— Nevada Day, Court of States Rotary Assembly. Court and Terrace of the Hall of Science, noon and evening Erie. Pennsylvania High School Choir, evening Army Show, evening. Soldier Field July
22.
Soldier Field Reserved
National A. A. D. Track and Field. Men. afterr
Army Show,
and
21
20,
23— Belgian Dav, Court of the Hall of Science Outboard Motorboat Regatta, 12:00 noon to 5:00 P. M. Soldier Field Reserved
Soldier Field evening.
«e<l. July
July
Meet,
Sun. July
Army Show,
Soldier Field Iowa Rural School Chorus of 600 Lecture Scries, National Council of Women. 11
Swimming
Polish Day. afternoon and evening. Soldier Field Milwaukee Day. Court of the Hall of Science Japan vs. U. S. Swimming Meet. July 20, 21, 22, Lagoon Horace Mann High School Concert Band, afternoon Kappa Sigma. Fraternity Assembly
—
Tue. July 4
S.
—
Sat. July 22
M.
Mon. July 3 Palestine Day. Jewish Agency for Palestine. Soldier Field, day and evening Outboard Motorboat Regatta. North Lagoon. 11:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
TJ.
Elks Assembly. Court of the Hall of Science July 21 Ceremonies. Soldier Field. 2:00 to 4:30 P. M. Soldier Field Reserved, 6:00 to 12:00 midnight Japan vs. U. S. Swimming Meet. July 20, 21 and 22. Lagoon
Army
5:00 P. M.
Sun.
vs.
Soldier
Field
Pacific Coast
Army Show, Wed. July
—Indiana
Thu. July 13
Choir.
Paulisl
8:15
Central States
Day, Court to
of States 9:00 P. M.
2— Oklahoma Day. Court of States Culver Military Academy Assembly
Wed. Aug.
Hobart, Indiana High School Band Army Show. Soldier Field, evening
—French
Frl. July 14 0:00 P.
International
Bastille Day, Court of the Hall of Science,
M.
Army Show,
for
Lion- Internal
..I
i
ber
Mothers Chorus.
Army
Illinois
2:30
to
Parent-Teachers
Hall of Science. 8:15 to 9:30.
In-
Association. Court (Also June 15 and Septem-
Kri.
Swimming and Diving
Show, evening. Soldier Field
IB— Lithuanian
Day, Court of the Hall of Science, afternoon, P. M. Lutheran Century of Progress and International Waltber League, afternoon, Soldier Field National A. A. U. Swimming and Diving for Men 2:00
to
9:iiil
—
Soldier
vs. Ireland.
S,
Mini. July 17 Walther League Assembly and Conceit. of Science. 8:00 to 9:30 P. M. Sports Event, Soldier Field, afternoon Polish Hospitality Week. July 17 to 23 Soldier Field Reserved, 6 to 9:00 P. M.
-
Aug. 4
— North
Carolina Day,
Conn
Rowing Championships,
:l
ol i
States
dash
mile
in
Lagoon.
August
".
Soldier Field Reserved
for .Men Sat.
sun. July
Court of the Hall of
—
National 4 and
15)
National A. A. U.
TJ.
Italian Day. afternoon. Court of the Hall of Science Central States Rowing Regatta, Lagoons Soldier Field Reserved
Thu. Aug. 3 Day. Court of States .1 Assembly, Court of the Hall of Science,
4:30 P. M.
United
Police,
Central States Bowing Regatta, Lag American Protective League Assembly
men,
evening, Soldier Field
— Ohio
Association of Chiefs ol
Science. 2:00 to 4:00 P. M. Tribune International Golden Gloves Boxing.
2:00 to
Field.
National A, A. TJ. Swimming and Diving Championships July 14, 15 and 16, Lagoon
Sal. July 15
—
1 Colorado Day, Court of States Rowing Regatta. Lagoons. Aug. 1, 2. 3 United Veterans of America Lecture Series. National Council of Women. 11 A. M. Soldier Field Reserved
Tue. Aug.
Court
ol
the Hall
—
Aug. 5 National Rowing Championships National Canoeing Championships, August Soldier Fold Reserved until midnight
5
and
6
Sun. Aug. 6— Swi>s Day. Courl of the H.dl of Science, National Canoeing Championships, Lagoon Soldier Field Reserved, evening
—
1-6
P.
Mon. Aug. 7 The Essex Scottish Regiment, Windsor, Canada Bag Pipe Band Dental Week, August 7 to 12 Soldier Field
Reserved, evening
M.
MEMORANDA
Auk
!.
Festival of Student Sinking, Covin ol (he Hal] of
A
X
Science c\ Scottish Regiment and Bag Pipe Band The Essex
National Coi il Soldier Field Reserved, evening Series,
0—American
Wed. Auk oi
Festival
of
Women,
oi
11
A
M
Studenl
Courl
Singing,
Auk- SO— Brick Manufacturers Association Assembly North Dakota Day. Court of States n and evening. Soldier Field Rodeo, after
Wert.
Reserved, evening
Missouri Day. Coui. of States Association Assembly Day, Cour
Tim. Aim.
10
Iinit.il
he
Hill
Science,
oi
Thu. Aug. 31
Soldier
Field 11
SEPTEMBER
The
1—
.Sept.
Aug. 12 -Chicago Day Outboard Motorboat Regatta, North Lagoon, Soldier Field Unserved, evening
1
to 5:00
in
L'
ins
Court
Foil]
Illuminating Engineering Society Assembly, Court of the Electrical Building, evening Meeting of the Art Extension Committee of the University ..I IIP
M
I'
and
afterno
Congr.-ss.
rnal
Natioi of the Hall ..
Fri.
The Paper Sat.
Day. afternoon, Court of the Hall of Science.
M.
Reserved, evening
— 93'rs
Association Assembly Assembly International Baby (Turk Associat Scottish Regiment ami Bag Pipe Band Soldier Field Reserved, evi nan:
Aug.
P.
u ..f Automotive Engineers Assembly Rodeo, afternoon and evening Soldier Field
The Essex Fri,
—Netherlands
6
t..
2
minute program Scottish Regiment ami Bag Pipe Kami
thirts
States
.,1
n
Hall
the
ol
Science Field
('..nil
National Council ..t Women .ml evening. Soliln-r Field
Lecture Series, Rodeo, nl.ri
The Rssex Scottish Regiment and Bag Pipe Kami Soldier
Washington State Day.
Tue.* Aug. 29
September
nois.
1.
2
and
3
Rodeo, afternoon and evening. Soldier Field Race International Air Races and the Gordon Bennett Balloon ami 4. sponsored by tic- Chicago Curtiss-Reynolds Airport, Sept. -. Daily News T. Building George M. Pullman Day. T. & ::
—
Rhode Island Day. Court oi StateSoldier n, National Archery Tournament, after 15 ami l'l Soldier Field Reserved, even us
Mun. Aug. 14
Tue. Aim. oi
Fort Dearborn Day. Junior the Hall of Science, to 1
Archery Tournament,
National
l
I.
Sat.
Commerce, Courl
jation oi
I.".
August
Field,
1
Solider
afteri
August
Field,
14,
—
Welsh Day. International Festival, Court of the Hall ,,i Sept. 2 Science. 1:00 to 9:00 1'. M. Veterans of Foreign War- Assembly, ami V F W. Military Band of Warren. Ohio, 2:30 P. 5:30, Court of States. Outboard Motorboat Regatta. North Lagoon, 1 2 to h Rodeo, afternoon and evening. Soldier Field International Air Race- ami Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, Curtiss Reynolds Airport, sponsored by The Chicago Daily New- Sept. 2. and 4 1, :;
—
Vermont Day. Courl of StateIB National irchery Tournament, al .rma.ii. Soldier Field, Augusl and 16 Soldier Field Reserved, evening
Wed Aug.
el'ts. Aug. 17. IS. 13 and 20 National Music Camp C 17, Nat al Fly and Ball Casting Tournament, Aug National Archery Tournament, afternoon. Soldier Field Iowa. Day, Court of States
Fri.
Sat.
n
t;
Day, Court of the Hall of Science, afternoon Bandmaster- \— ... i.il ion Concert, Court of the Hall ol 8:15 to 10:30 P. M. Delta Phi Fraternity Assembly Rodeo, afternoon and evening, Soldier Field International Air Races, and Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, Curtiss Reynolds Airport, sponsored by The Chicago Daily News Sept
American
Science,
Tau
1.
Is,
111
ami
211
—Chicago
1:00
P.
M.
to
Rodeo, afternoon and evening. Soldier Field International Air Races and Gordon Bennett Balloon Race. Curtiss Reynolds Airport, sponsored by The Chicago Daily News, Sept 1,
2,
and
3
4
Tribune Must,- Festival, day and evening, Soldier
erts Music Camp C ami Bait Casting Tournament
National National
4
—
It*
Aug;. 19 Field
and
3
2.
Mon. Sept. 4 Pennsylvania Day, Court of States Labor Day Program. Court ol the Hall of Science, 5:00; Soldier Field 9:00 to 12:00 noon
National Musi.' Camp Concerts National Fly ami Bait Soulier Field Reserved, evening
Aug.
8—Roumanian
Sun. Sept.
Fly
Post Office Clerks. 6— National Fed. rati. 10 P. M. on to Hall ol Science, 12 Rodeo, afternoon and evening. Soldier Field
Wed. Sept.
I
Court
ol
the
I
Sun.
Aug.
20 P.
t
Czecho-Slovak Day. afierin M., Court of the Hall of Science
Soldier
National Music Camp Concerts National Fly and Bait Casting Tournament Outboard Motorboat Regatta. Nor h Lagoon. P.
Field
to
Thu. Sept.
M
A
11:00
to
I
7
—Rodeo,
afternoon and
Sol. her
is
Ficl.l
00
M
Soldier Field Reserved, evening
Mon. Aug. at— Montana Day, Court of States American Legion Junior Baseball, Aug. L'l Field Chi. .ago Daughter-, to 4:00 P. M.
Tue. Auk. 22
— Georgia
Sept. 9
S.tt.
to
23,
after
n.
Assembly, Court of the Hall
..I
Science
2
to
10
Lecture Series, National Council of
Women.
11
P.
6
Day, Court
p. g.
the
..I
Soldier Field
Hall
ol
North Lagoon, p. M. Fine Arts Glee Club, evening Rodeo, afternoon and .Minus, Soldier Field
Field
A. M.
afterno
s.i.-i...
M.
Perry's Victory Memorial Day Outboard Motorboat Regatta,
Day. Court of States
American Legion Junior Baseball, afternoon. Soldier
ami
afterno
10— Greek
Sun. Sept. in,-
— Rodeo,
Soldier
12:
1
cut,
M.
1
Sepl
Tur Sept. 12 Maryland Day. Court of States National Amateur Baseball Tournament, afternoon, Soldier Field I
Wert. Fri.
"... Texas Day, Court ,,1 States afterno. ,11 ami evening, August Soldier Field
s.,t.
\„g.
20—Rodeo,
Sun. Aug. 27
Austrian Hay, Court
25
through
Septe
,.l
the Hall
Outboard Motorboat Regatta. 12:00 noon
..1
to
Rodeo, afternoon and evening. Soldier Field
Scienci I'
M
National Council
..1
Women, n A
I'ri.
Ain.it. in
[nspectors Assembly Soldier Field in, Baseball, alter
u—
Sept. 15
United ,,i
.\i
— Electrical
American Chemical Society Assembly, the Hall of Science National Amateur Baseball Tournament, altera
Thu. Sept.
ing, Soldier Field
aft
in
National
Aug.
Rodeo,
Sen.-.
tur,-
Sept.
—
evening, ,
Court
of
Soldier Field
s. September to 24, Soldier Field Army Show eve Mothers Chorus. Illinois Parent Tea. her- Association, Court
the Hall oi
i
Science,
8
I
i
to
B
10
P
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M.
Vil.
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Soldi,
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to
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afternoon leld n. gatta N01 th
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Mnn. Sept, Maine State Day, Court ..1 States Grand Army .,1 the Republic Aseemblj Das •;.">
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Lai
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1
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00
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Science,
Hi
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Soldier
nine
.
Wed. Sept.
Show,
Field
s«-pt.
.\
Lecture Sen.-
Wed. Sept.
.
him-
ri.
Sept.
s.ot.li Day. Court
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Mem. (let. 1 South Dakota Day, Court of States Outboard Motorboat Regatta, North Lagoon. 1'. M.
M.
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American Legion Assembly, Soldier 6:00 P. M. American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Tue. Oct. 3
Soldier Field
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Sports Event, aftern
Field
Outboard Championship
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Football Game, Soldier Field
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Sept. :ill to 5:00
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Field
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Association oi Etetail Druggists Assembly S..I.I.. Field National Council ..1 Women, 11 A. M.
National
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Eungarian Day. Court
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the Hull oi Science. 7:00
Lecture
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Oct.
All
National Council of
10:00
Field,
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10:00
Women
National Outboard Championship Regatta, North Lagoon, 10:00 A. M. 1
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Show, Final Night, Soldier Field
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