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Exterior view of the Federal Building on Northerly Island adjacent to the Court of States exhibit.
No full textThe Federal Building featured an art-deco design that included a rotunda and three tower-pylons representing the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the U.S. government.Court of State
Interior view of the Italian Pavilion at the Century of Progress International Exposition.
No full textThe Pavilion's giant airplane design celebrated Italo Balbo's transatlantic flight to the Century of Progress in 1933. Balbo was an Italian fascist, a leader of the Blackshirts, and a minister in Benito Mussolini's government. The front of the building also resembled the bundled fasces, an ancient symbol of the Roman Republic that was adopted by Italian and German fascists in the 20th century. Seen here is one of the stairways leading up to the Pavilion's auditorium room
Birthday of the Infanta performance
No full textA church pageant of Oscar Wilde's fairy tale The Birthday of the Infanta at Ford's Symphony Garden.Ford's Symphony Garde
First Plymouth car turned in for one millionth Plymouth car
No full textThe grand-daddy of all Plymouth cars meets its latest descendant at the Chicago World's Fair test track of the Chrysler corporation as Mrs. Ethel Miller of Turlock, California, turns in the first Plymouth ever built and in return receives title to the one millionth car from J.B. Wagstaff, director of advertising for the company. City and Fair officials welcomed Mrs. Miller at ceremony held yesterday (Saturday) at the Fair. Left to Right are Jeffrey A. O'Connor, Chicago commissioner of public service, Rufus C. Dawes, president of the Century of Progress, Mrs. Miller, Lenox R. Lohr, general manager of the Fair, George Kennedy, deputy commissioner, and J.B. Wagstaff
Purdue University students receiving instruction on combustion engines in the Chevrolet division of the General Motors exhibit
No full textThis group of students from Purdue University are particularly interested in combustion engines, and came to the World's Fair for first-hand information concerning them, which they are receiving from Tom Britton in the Chevrolet division of the General Motors exhibit.General Motor
Members of the Coca-Cola team celebrate after winning the Century of Progress rickshaw race. They are, from left to right: Bob Milow, George Nelson, and Jane Fite.
No full textPublic officials view the 1934 World's Fair
No full textDaniel C. Roper, Secretary of Commerce, and other public officials on an informal visit.Left to right - Mrs. Chester McCall, Mr. McCall, assistant secretary of commerce; Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, Secretary of Commerce Roper, Robert Sevey, Chicago manager of the Department of Commerce, and Rufus C. Dawes, president of the Century of Progress viewing the 1934 World's Fair from the veranda of the Trustees' lounge in the Hall of Science today when Mr. Roper and his party paid the fair an informal visit