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    • A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1933 to 1934. The fair, registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), celebrated the city's centennial. Designed largely in Art Deco style, the theme of the fair was technologic… See more

    Context

    A Century of Progress was organized as an Illinois nonprofit corporation in January 1928 for the purpose of … See more

    Exhibits

    The fair buildings were multi-colored, to create a "Rainbow City" as compared to the "White City" of Chicago's earlier World's Columbian Exposition. The buildings generally followed Moderne architecture in contrast to … See more

    BIE-classUniversal exposition
    CategoryHistorical Expo
    NameA Century of Progress International Exposition
    MottoScience Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms
    Architecture

    Planning for the design of the Exposition began over five years prior to Opening Day. According to an official resolution, decisions regarding the site layout and the architectural style of the exposition were relegated t… See more

    Later history

    From June to November 1933, there was an outbreak of amoebic dysentery associated with the fair. There were more than a thousand cases, resulting in 98 deaths. Joel Connolly of the Chicago Bureau of … See more

    Legacy

    Much of the fair site is now home to Northerly Island park (since the closing of Meigs Field) and McCormick Place. The Balbo Monument, given to Chicago by Benito Mussolini to honor General Italo Balbo's … See more

    Gallery

    • Mural Geheral Exhibit 3rd pavilion
    • One of the eagles that stood on pedestals along Lakeshore Drive and Michigan Avenue in Downtown Chicago during the World's Fair.
    • Poster for the fair by Glen C. Sheffer. … See more

     
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