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Sculptor Wilber Freece created this small statuette of a cowboy riding a bucking bronco from beef suet and rinds.
No full textSculptor Wilber Freece created this small statuette of George Washington from beef suet and rinds.
No full textModel of boring machine invented by John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson, an eighteenth-century British industrialist.
No full textHarvey Firestone presents a farmer with a complete set of tractor wheels and tires at the Fair
No full text"Harvey Firestone, tire magnate, presents Virgil A. Cullberg, farmer, of Near Paton, Iowa, with complete set of tractor wheels and tires when the latter signs as the two millionth visitor to the Firestone exhibit at the World's Fair."Firestone exhibi
Life-like prehistoric animals
No full textLife-like in form and action, and with a look of evil intent, these prehistoric animals aren't good for your eyesight unless you are in command of all your faculties! We should be glad we did not live during the age of these huge beasts…what a chance would mere man have…however, the Sinclair exhibit proved to be very clever.Sinclai
One of the entrances to the Electrical Group exhibition at A Century of Progress. The sculpture of the man above was dedicated to "The conquest of time and space."
No full textView of the grand stairway inside the Electrical Group building exhibition at the Chicago World's Fair
No full textThe photo was taken in March of 1933 while the building was being prepared for the grand opening in May
Enchanted Island during construction
No full textConstruction of large wooden figures for the Enchanted Island exhibit at the Century of Progress International Exhibition. Photo was taken in April of 1933, one month before the grand opening of the Fair