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Sultan and Sultana of Johore, first royal visitors to the 1934 World's Fair
No full textThe Sultan and Sultana of Johore, first royal visitors to the 1934 World's Fair, take their first view of the Exposition from the Court of Honor as Rufus C. Dawes, president of the Fair, and Col. Morris Keck, commander of the troops at Camp F.D. Roosevelt, greet the royal Fair-goers. The Sultan came to the Chicago expressly to see the Fair. He is an independent ruler in the Malay states
International commercial schools contest award recipients
No full textE.W. Harrison, teacher in the school received the award from Col. Robert Isham Randolph. To the right is Violet Molner, Cleveland, who won first place in the amateur shorthand event for high schools.John Jay high school, Cleveland, Ohio, was awarded the Century of Progress trophy given to the school which won the greatest number of individual awards in the International commercial schools contest concluded at the World's Fair Thursday night (June 28th). E.W. Harrison, teacher in the school received the award from Col. Robert Isham Randolph, assistant to the general manager of the Fair. To the right is Violet Molner, Cleveland, who won first place in the amateur shorthand event for high schools
Edward H. Whyte
No full textSuperintendent of the California Parole Department, at the Central States Parole conference which was convened at Illinois Host House at the Century of Progress International Exposition in 1934
Member of the Central States Parole conference.
No full textA participant in the Central States Parole conference which was held at Illinois Host House at the Century of Progress International Exposition in 1934
First Lady Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, speaks to honored guests at the Century of Progress International Exposition in July of 1934.
No full textWorld's largest automobile at the Studebaker exhibit
No full text"Eighty feet long, 39 feet high, with 12-foot wheels, this is the 'World's Largest Automobile.' It has been built for the Studebaker exhibit at the World's Fair of 1934 in Chicago. Inside is a complete motion picture theatre seating 80 people where the story of the automobile is told, especially the story of the Studebaker automobile."Studebake
Federal Judge Edgar S. Vought visits the Fair
No full text"Federal Judge Edgar S. Vought, of Oklahoma City, who sentenced "Machine Gun" Kelly to life imprisonment in the sensational Bailey kidnapping case at Oklahoma City, last summer, visits the new World's Fair in Chicago, and is here shown at lunch with Harry E. Snodgrass, managing director of Wilson and company, in the dining room of the Wilson exhibit."Wilson and Compan
Sculpture of 'Man Combating Ignorance' on the North approach of the Hall of Science
No full textSculpture of 'Man Combating Ignorance' is a dominating figure of the North approach of the Hall of Science
Pueblo Indian woman with a 1934 Council Fire medal
No full textMarie Martinez, Pueblo Indian woman, with a 1934 Council Fire medal presented to her last night (Friday, September 7) during Indian day ceremonies at the World's Fair, for the 'outstanding achievement of an Indian.' She is considered the most artistic maker of Indian pottery