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Bessie Barnes Papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Barnes
Abstract
Photographs, newspaper reviews and miscellaneous personal items relating to Bessie Barnes, producer of nightclub theatrical reviews in Chicago and Milwaukee in the 1920s and 1930s.
Dates:
1896-1992
Century of Progress Exposition brochures and ephemera
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Century of Progress
Abstract
Brochures, programs, maps, newsclippings, souvenirs, tickets, and stamps created during the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, 1933 to 1934.
Dates:
1933-1934
Century of Progress Photographs
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-189
Abstract
Collection contains 20 photographs from the Century of Progress, the World’s Fair held in Chicago in 1933-1934. Photographs include buildings (particularly the Travel and Transit, the Chrysler, and the GM buildings). Additionally, photographs depict scenes from fair events such as Ripley’s Believe it or Not.
Dates:
1933-1934
John I. Monroe Collection of Exposition Postcards
Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Monroe Exposition
Abstract
This collection includes over 9,800 postcards and related ephemera documenting International Expositions and World's Fairs beginning in the late 19th and continuing throughout the 20th century. Both American and European expositions are well represented in addition to smaller trade shows and local fairs.
Dates:
1876-1986
Souvenir album of Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-113
Abstract
Souvenir album of commercially produced black-and-white photographs and color postcards showing buildings and scenes from A Century of Progress International Exposition, held in Chicago, 1933-1934.
Dates:
1934
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- Exposition universelle et internationale (1910 : Brussels, Belgium) 1
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