Century of Progress

Posters of World Expo 1933

A Century of Progress was the name of the second to be held in Chicago World's Fair, which split into two halves, was held on 27 May 1933 to 12 November 1933 and from 1 June to 31 October 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 already the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, namely on the shores of Lake Michigan park, which was connected by three bridges with an artificial island. The exhibition area was 172 hectares.

The time of the Great Depression exhibition planned should boost the city's economy and the confidence of the population. Her trademark was the monorail Sky Ride, visitors carried on a bridge construction over the exhibition grounds. A highlight of the World's Fair was the visit of the German airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin in October 1933. Illumination of the World's Fair was triggered Arcturus by a trapped beam of 36.7 light years distant star on the opening day at 21:15 local time clock. Another landmark was the Hall of Science, in which the central theme exhibition was shown. Designed by the architect Paul Philippe Cret building with a U-shaped floor plan offering 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.

At the World's Fair was attended by 21 countries. Seven nations had their own pavilions, three pavilions were from countries or regions in eight pavilion main topics were presented and in eleven confront companies represents the World's Fair, a total of 38.872 million people attended, of which 22,317,221 in 1933 and 16,554. 779 the following year.