Century of Progress (1933)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Century_of_Progress_(1933)

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Predicate	Object
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