A Century of Progress
| A Century of Progress International Exposition 1933/34 |
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 Poster of the 1933 World's Fair |
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| motto | "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms" |
| General | |
| Exhibition space | 172 ha |
| Number of visitors | 38,872,000 |
| BIE recognition | Yes |
| participation | |
| countries | 21 countries |
| Place of issue | |
| place | Chicago |
| terrain | Lake Michigan Riverside Park Coordinates: 41 ° 51 ′ 38 ″ N , 87 ° 36 ′ 41 ″ W
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| calendar | |
| opening | May 27, 1933 |
| closure | November 12, 1933 |
| Continued from June 1 to October 31, 1934 | |
| Chronological order | |
| predecessor | Barcelona 1929 |
| successor | Brussels 1935 |
A Century of Progress was the name of the second world exposition to be held in Chicago , which was divided into two halves, from May 27, 1933 to November 12, 1933 and from June 1 to October 31, 1934, on the occasion of the centenary of Chicago. The exhibition motto was "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms".
history
The exhibition was held on the same site as the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, namely on Lake Michigan Riverside Park , which was connected to an artificial island by three bridges. The exhibition area was 172 hectares . The exhibition, planned at the time of the Great Depression, was intended to stimulate the city's economy and public confidence. The lighting of the world exhibition was triggered on the opening day at 9:15 p.m. local time by a beam of light captured by the star Arctur , 36.7 light years away .
The landmark of the world exhibition was the Sky Ride overhead cable car, which carried visitors over a distance of 600 meters from the artificial island to the lakeshore. Gondolas were suspended from wire ropes at a height of 70 meters from 190 meter high masts. The rocket-shaped nacelles simulated a rocket drive by emitting colored fumes. In fact, the gondola was operated electrically.
A highlight of the world exhibition was the visit of the German airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin in October 1933.
Another landmark was the Hall of Science, in which the central theme exhibition was shown. The building with a U-shaped floor plan designed by the architect Paul Philippe Cret offered a covered area of 67,000 square meters and was designed for a visitor capacity of up to 80,000 people. The southwest corner had a 53 meter high tower.
21 countries took part in the world exhibition. Seven nations had their own pavilions, three pavilions were from states or regions, thematic focal points were presented in eight pavilions and companies presented themselves in eleven. The world exhibition was visited by a total of 38,872,000 people, of whom 22,317,221 in 1933 and 16,554. 779 in the following year.
Picture gallery
Left tower of the Sky Ride suspension railway
Exhibition poster from 1933
Postcard of the Hall of Sciences
Silver Arrow , designed for the Chicago World's Fair
literature
- Andrew Garn (eds.), Paola Antonelli , Udo Kultermann, Stephen Van Dyk: World Exhibitions 1933–2005: Architektur Design Graphics , Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt 2008, ISBN 978-3-421-03696-4 , pp. 28–49.
- William Elliott Hazelgrove: Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair: The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham 2017, ISBN 978-1-4422-7227-9 .
- Erik Mattie: World's Fair . Belser, 1998, ISBN 3-7630-2358-5 .
- Monika Meyer-Künzel: Urban development of the world exhibitions and Olympic Games: urban development of the event locations . Dissertation Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina, Braunschweig 1998, p. 121–131 , urn : nbn: de: gbv: 084-120444 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Dates of the 1933 & 1934 World Exhibition in Chicago ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Colorful halls made of steel and plaster ( Memento from July 29, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
Web links
- A Century of Progress. Bureau International des Expositions. Accessed March 23, 2017 .
- World's Fair - 1934 Guide Book - the official guide to the 1933/34 World's Fair (PDF)
- The University of Chicago Library: The 1933-1934 World's Fair
- Image archive for the 1933/34 world exhibition
- conceptcarz.com: Pierce-Arrow Silver-Arrow