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6 unusual facts about Century of Progress


Amoebiasis

The most dramatic incident in the USA was the Chicago World's Fair outbreak in 1933 caused by contaminated drinking water; defective plumbing permitted sewage to contaminate water.

Antonio Pasin

In 1933 he commissioned a 45-foot art-deco statue of a boy riding a wagon above a mini 25-cent souvenir wagon store at the Chicago World's Fair.

Harry Lawrence Freeman

He was also guest conductor and composer/music director of the pageant O Sing a New Song at the Chicago World's Fair in 1933.

Hildreth Meiere

1933 Chicago World's Fair Century of Progress, 60' long x 8' high painted mural called A Century of Women's Progress Through Organization for the National Council for Women's Exhibit in the Social Science Building

Sinclair Oil Corporation

At the Chicago World's Fair of 1933-1934, Sinclair sponsored a dinosaur exhibit meant to point out the putative correlation between the formation of petroleum deposits and the time of dinosaurs, now a largely discredited misconception.

Wat Tyler Cluverius, Jr.

As such, he was the US Navy representative at the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago from 1933 to 1934.


Angus Walters

In 1933 Bluenose was invited to represent Canada at the Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago, after which he took Bluenose to Toronto where it was a popular display for two seasons.


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