Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair: A Century of Progress

by Bill Cotter

Book Overview

The Chicago World's Fair lifted a city, state, and nation and helped visualize a lift post-Great Depression. Revisit the Fair in this visual history!

It took six years and cost $100 million, but on May 27, 1933, the gates swung open on the biggest birthday party the city of Chicago had ever seen. The Century of Progress Exposition, better known as the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair, commemorated the amazing progress that had been made...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467113689
• ISBN13: 9781467113687
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.1"