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Women helped burnish Chicago’s image for Century of Progress World’s Fair 90 years ago
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIn 1929, a group of socially prominent women pledged to keep the Chicago World’s Fair scheduled for 1933 from being an embarrassing dud. No one asked them to assume that burden. To the contrary ...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893 and Century of Progress, 1933-1934
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoChicagoans didn’t have to travel far to find adventure 130 years ago this month — the world came to us. The party was so grand, we hosted it again 40 years later. The first World’s Fair here ...
Chicago cheered as Italo Balbo led a squadron of 24 Italian aircraft that splashed down in Lake...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoItalian Gen. Italo Balbo’s arrival in Chicago was a spectacular performance freighted with future...
Writer Dawn Raffel’s ‘Boundless as the Sky’ is inspired by Italo Balbo’s flight to Chicago for the...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoInspiration can strike like lightning or it can sneak up on a person. Few know that better than Dawn...
Success of the 1982 World's Fair was an example of bipartisanship at its best | Opinion
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe largest tourism event in the state's history couldn't have happened without both political...
Chicago World’s Fair topic of IUN radio play Friday
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThe Family Folklore Foundation Inc. is presenting a live radio play called “The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair: If Houses Could Talk,” at Indiana University Northwest at 11 a.m. Friday. The show ...
For fun on the fly, flock to the Windy City for bird-watching pageantry
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlong Lake Michigan, Chicago’s landmark skyline, beaches and parks not only attract millions of...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: We started baseball’s first All-Star Game — 90 years ago
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNinety years ago today, the biggest names in baseball played against each other for the first time....
Don't take Knoxville's Sunsphere for granted — here's what it could have looked like
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKnoxville's golden globe in the sky easily could have been a silver sphere on a slab. From its...
There’s a Better View in Every Direction at This "Lake House" in Indiana
Dwell via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIts vertical plan channels the progressive homes brought to Beverly Shores as an installation for...
