Century of Progress in 1933-1934

Souvenir parasol from the 1933 Century of Progress

Hyde Park Historical Society Collection
Souvenir Travel Diary from 1933 Century of Progress

CrMs 226 v12, #13A
Postcard from the 1933 Century of Progress depicting the Illinois Host House

Ian Mueller Collection of Chicago Memorabilia

University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf6-00477, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Souvenir pillows from the 1933 Century of Progress

Ian Mueller Collection of Chicago Memorabilia
Edwin B. Frost (left), Christian T. Elvey (center), and Otto Struve (right) examine a General Electric photoelectric relay and a F.P.-54 Pliotron tube

University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf6-00477, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

Edwin B. Frost (left), Christian T. Elvey (center), and Otto Struve (right) examine a General Electric photoelectric relay and a F.P.-54 Pliotron tube that will help activate the lights of the "Century of Progress," thus opening the Chicago world fair of 1933. The process involves the Yerkes Observatory 40-inch refractor telescope which will capture light from the star Arcturus and direct it into a photocell of a photo-electric photometer. The resultant current will be transmitted over phone lines to Chicago.
A brochure with self-guided tours for the 1933 Century of Progress

CrMs 226 v12, #16c
Intimate Third-Dimension Views of a Century of Progress
American Colortype Company.

Chicago: American Colortype Company. 1933CrMs 226 v4, #9
The Magic City. John & Jane at the World's Fair

Dorothy Aldis (1896-1966)
New York: Minton, Balch and Co., 1933
Encyclopaedia Britannica Collection of Children’s Literature
Souvenir photographs from the 1933 Century of Progress

Andrew Linblad Collection
The Quaker Oats Company
Chicago: The Quaker Oats Company, 1934

CrMs 226, v13, #5CrMs 226 v4, #34
Souvenir Photo Album from the 1933 Century of Progress
Ms1352 c.1
Special Collections Codex Manuscripts
Brochure for the Sky-Ride at the 1933 Century of Progress

CrMs 226 v4, #34