Century of Progress (1933)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:attendance 39 million
gptkbp:commemorates 100th anniversary of the founding of Chicago
gptkbp:currency Century of Progress souvenir coins
gptkbp:endDate 1934-10-31
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Brussels_International_Exposition_(1935)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Century of Progress (1933)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:logo Rainbow Arc
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Hall_of_Science
gptkb:Travel_and_Transport_Building
gptkb:Homes_of_Tomorrow_Exhibition
gptkb:Sky_Ride
gptkb:Ford_Rotunda
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:first_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game
arrival of the German airship Graf Zeppelin
demonstration of the Dymaxion Car
gptkbp:notableExhibit gptkb:Enchanted_Island
gptkb:Hall_of_Science
gptkb:Travel_and_Transport_Building
gptkb:Homes_of_Tomorrow_Exhibition
gptkb:Midget_City
gptkb:Sky_Ride
gptkb:General_Motors_Futurama
gptkb:Ford_Rotunda
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Walter_Dorwin_Teague
gptkb:Buckminster_Fuller
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:Louis_Skidmore
gptkb:Raymond_Hood
gptkb:Paul_Philippe_Cret
gptkb:Bertram_Goodhue
gptkb:Albert_Kahn
gptkb:Rufus_C._Dawes
gptkb:Nathaniel_A._Owings
gptkb:George_Fred_Keck
gptkb:John_Wellborn_Root_Jr.
gptkb:Norman_Bel_Geddes
John O. Merrill
William A. Holabird
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:A_Century_of_Progress_International_Exposition
gptkbp:opened gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:precededBy Exposition Universelle (Paris, 1931)
gptkbp:slogan gptkb:Science_Finds,_Industry_Applies,_Man_Conforms
gptkbp:startDate 1933-05-27
gptkbp:theme Science and Industry
gptkbp:venue gptkb:Northerly_Island
gptkb:Burnham_Park
gptkbp:website https://centuryofprogress.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:New_York_World's_Fair_(1939)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8