{"id":3718,"date":"2012-11-15T10:30:46","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T15:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalservices\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2012-11-15T10:30:46","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T15:30:46","slug":"chicago-worlds-fair-1933","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2012\/11\/15\/chicago-worlds-fair-1933\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago World&#8217;s Fair, 1933"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 1933 World&#8217;s Fair in Chicago, <i>A Century of Progress<\/i>, put the city in the spotlight for its centennial, while displaying the best of scientific progress as well as bringing the cultures of the world to Chicago.  <\/p>\n<p>Click on any of the images below to get a closer look.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/41070\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2009029\/0000065\/u0001_2009029_0000065_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Navy Pier, Chicago\" height=\"75%\" width=\"75%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/41068\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2009029\/0000063\/u0001_2009029_0000063_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Art Institute, Chicago\" height=\"75%\" width=\"75%\"><\/a><br \/>\n(Built for the previous World&#8217;s Fair in 1893, this museum is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artic.edu\/\">still going strong<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/41064\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2009029\/0000059\/u0001_2009029_0000059_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Adler Planetarium, Chicago\" height=\"75%\" width=\"75%\"><\/a><br \/>\n(Also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adlerplanetarium.org\">still in use<\/a>, this is the country&#8217;s oldest planetarium)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/41056\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2009029\/0000051\/u0001_2009029_0000051_2048.jpg\" alt=\"The Hall of Science, Chicago World's Fair 1933\" height=\"75%\" width=\"75%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/41053\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2009029\/0000048\/u0001_2009029_0000048_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Travel and Transport Building, Chicago World's Fair 1933\" height=\"75%\" width=\"75%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/41067\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2009029\/0000062\/u0001_2009029_0000062_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago World's Fair 1933\" height=\"75%\" width=\"75%\"><\/a><br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.msichicago.org\">Still in business, too!<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/41058\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2009029\/0000053\/u0001_2009029_0000053_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Admiral Byrd's South Pole Ship, Chicago World's Fair 1933\" height=\"75%\" width=\"75%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/41057\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2009029\/0000052\/u0001_2009029_0000052_2048.jpg\" alt=\"The Belgian Village, Chicago World's Fair 1933\" height=\"75%\" width=\"75%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/41049\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2009029\/0000044\/u0001_2009029_0000044_2048.jpg\" alt=\"The Wigwam, Chicago World's Fair 1933\" height=\"75%\" width=\"75%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/41051\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2009029\/0000046\/u0001_2009029_0000046_2048.jpg\" alt=\"The Gold Pavilion of Jehol, Chicago World's Fair 1933\" height=\"75%\" width=\"75%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/41066\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2009029\/0000061\/u0001_2009029_0000061_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Skyline at Night\" height=\"75%\" width=\"75%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These images (and others!) are from <a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/18257\">Wade Hall Photograph Collection 29<\/a>, images 41-66.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1933 World&#8217;s Fair in Chicago, A Century of Progress, put the city in the spotlight for its centennial, while displaying the best of scientific progress as well as bringing the cultures of the world to Chicago. 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