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World's Fair(s) photo exhibit at the Harold Washington Library
Posted by:
daveg
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Date: January 12, 2014 01:34PM
For those interested, there's an exhibit at the Harold Washington Library entitled "Official and Unofficial Photographs" from both the 1893 and 1933 Chicago World's Fairs. It's located in the Special Collections Exhibit Hall on the 9th floor and runs through March 2, 2014. The CPL has an extensive collection of World's Fair material with over 2,000 photos of the 1983 Exposition. I visited yesterday and gave it 2 thumbs up.
Here's a CPL link to their events offerings.
http://www.chipublib.org/eventsprog/programs/exhibits.php
Here's a CPL link to their events offerings.
http://www.chipublib.org/eventsprog/programs/exhibits.php
Re: World's Fair(s) photo exhibit at the Harold Washington Library
Posted by:
Mr Downtown
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Date: January 12, 2014 06:18PM
I remember the last time they displayed them, the organizer titled them "The White City of 1893" and "The Gray City of 1933," apparently just looking at the black-and-white photos and doing no further research. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. The Century of Progress was a stunning display of vivid paint colors, carefully chosen for effect by designer Joseph Urban and revised for 1934, that gave interest to the simple inexpensive Masonite and plasterboard buildings.
