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Caption: "Chicago Fair Grounds, View of Lagoon from Sky Ride. No 1 Agricultural Building. No2 Government Building. Sept. 17, 1934." Bird's eye view of a portion of the fair grounds for Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition. Two of the fair's structures have been labeled in this photograph, including the Agriculture Building, a long low structure, and the Federal Building, featuring three towers representing the three branches of the federal government. The Exposition, a world fair attended by thirty-nine million people, celebrated Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. Originally planned to only run from May to November in 1933, it was such a success that its organizers decided to keep it running for a second season from May through October the following year. The central theme of the Exposition was technological innovation, with a motto of "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms." None of the buildings constructed for the fair are still extant today, having been built as temporary facilities.

Date: 9/17/1934

Caption: "Office buildings and stores at the Zocalo - Mexico City."

Date: 1938

Small group of people gathered between two trains

Date: Undated

Snow Flake Patent Roller Flour

Date: 1886

Robert Mantell

Date: 1894

Stockton Short-Hand and Type Writing Institute

Date: 1892

Champion Brand

Date: 1897

Honey Rye Whiskey

Date: 1900

Dr. La Croix's Preventive

Date: 1881

White Navy

Date: 1895