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3 days ago · The 1933 World’s Fair opened in Chicago, Illinois, on May 27, 1933. By the late 1920s, the city of Chicago was looking toward 1933 as it’s 100th anniversary. A nonprofit corporation, A Century of Progress, was founded in 1928 to plan and host the upcoming World’s Fair to be held there.
5 days ago · In a blog on Fashion and the Fair, Croft found articles by Los Angeles Times reporter Lida Rose McCabe who wrote a month before the Fair: “Everybody is going to the World’s Fair . . . We all desire to look our best there, and to be at our best.” Women’s Fashion at the Chicago World’s Fair, Chicago History Museum, ICHi-170162
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3 days ago · Each star represents a landmark event in Chicago history: Fort Dearborn, the Great Chicago Fire, the 1893 World's Fair, and the 1933 World's Fair. Other names considered were Progress, Towers, Union, Blues, 1871, and Wind. "Red Stars" was chosen by popular vote in a two-month fan poll. 2009 season
3 days ago · Dr Anthony Swift, review of World’s Fairs: A Global History of Exhibitions, (review no. 2150) DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/2150 Date accessed: 27 May, 2024
3 days ago · Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. He was a member of the Democratic Party and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms.
1 day ago · Theodor Seuss Geisel (/ s uː s ˈ ɡ aɪ z əl, z ɔɪ s-/ ⓘ sooss GHY-zəl, zoyss -; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American children's author and cartoonist.He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss (/ s uː s, z uː s / sooss, zooss).
1 day ago · Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly as the 34th vice president in 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
