Century of Progress

In 1934 two entrepreneurs set up a machine at the Century of Progress at the Chicago Exposition, and they netted $200,000!

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It was an image that spoke of both the vitality and freshness of an antediluvian world and the brave new world of the Century of Progress.

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Fred's non-series work show a highly individual imagination at work: Octagon, Century of Progress, and Love Conquers All are not only very different works from the Berserker books, but are each so distinct that it's hard to believe they were all works from the same hand.

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Fred's non-series work show a highly individual imagination at work: Octagon, Century of Progress, and Love Conquers All are not only very different works from the Berserker books, but are each so distinct that it's hard to believe they were all works from the same hand.

Fred Saberhagen Walter Jon Williams 2007

A Century of Progress was described as "the crystallization of a modern creative spirit through the use of new materials and new design."

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2005

Behind a lineup of Campbell's tomato soup cans, I spotted a pillow with fringe all around it, in the middle of which it read, "A Century of Progress, Chicago, 1933."

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2005

The pillow with the words A Century of Progress printed on it.

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Doug Brinkley is a presidential historian and author most recently of "Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company and a Century of Progress."

CNN Transcript May 12, 2003 2003

It was displayed at the Century of Progress exposition held in Chicago during 1933 and 1934; subsequently, it was assembled in the Squibb Building in New York City as a private museum where, for about 10 years, it was visited by many interested in pharmacy, ceramics, and art.

History of the Division of Medical Sciences United States National Museum Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 43, 1964 Sami Khalaf Hamarneh

A stainless steel toaster, a pot of flowers, a church pew, a folding bicycle, a wine glass with a bit of red wine still in it, a spooner containing my Century of Progress souvenir spoons.

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