Century of Progress Collection
INV-2621Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, IL.)
c.1920s-1980 (bulk 1931-1934)
archival material
Date
c.1920s-1980 (bulk 1931-1934)
Medium
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.
Dimensions
13 boxes, 1 portfolio, 2 oversize portfolios, and flatfile materials: W.: 213.4 cm (84 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of various contemporary sources. Additional purchases by the Ryerson and Burnham Archives. See finding aid for details.
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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