| #2065400 in Books | 2002-06-17 | 2002-06-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x.31 x6.50l,.65 | File type: PDF | 128 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| The other world"s Fair in the 1930"s|By Glenn1104|Put on at the height of the depression the world"s Fair in Chicago. This fair is not as famous as the 39 fair in New York. Many interesting pictures of the area and the prices charged for many attractions. Even in this hard time in America the fair was a place to go and forget your troubles for a day or two for millions of peo|About the Author|Through postcards and ephemera from the Century of Progress World's Fair, this book celebrates the incredible advancements made by industry and the world famous hospitality of the great host city. Author Samantha Gleisten, a writer, researcher,
"You will enter A Century of Progress for the first time perhaps like an explorer-curious and eager-penetrating an amazingly rumored domain in search of treasure."
-Official Guide Book to the Fair, 1933
One century after Chicago's incorporation, the city hosted the 1933 World's Fair, which was so successful it was held over for 1934. Aptly named "A Century of Progress," the fair confirmed Chicago's emergence as a major American city. Like the phoenix from the ashes, ...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair: A Century of Progress (IL) (Postcard History Series) | Samantha Gleisten. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
