Century of Progress Collection
c.1920s-1980 (bulk 1931-1934)
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, IL.)
The Century of Progress, Chicago’s world’s fair of 1933–1934, brought international modernism to the country’s heartland. The foreign government buildings and the progressive designs for contemporary residences and corporate exhibits introduced many Americans to the new style. Buildings of the fair are documented in building and exhibit brochures, photographs, souvenir memorabilia, and newspaper and magazine articles.
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Printed papers, postcards, black and white photographic prints, an orotone photographic print, black and white photomechanical prints, color photomechanical prints, carbon typescript papers, correspondence, offset lithographs, postage stamps, maps, realia and a DVD.