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Caption: "The Lagoon with the Sky Ride in the distance. Chicago Fair. Sept. 18, 1934." Dominating this photograph is one of the 628-foot towers making up the Sky Ride, an aerial tramway which carried fair goers in small gondolas or trams (visible just to the left of the tower) over the harbor around which the Century of Progress Exposition was held. Over 4.5 million passengers enjoyed the views from the Sky Ride before it was demolished after the conclusion of the exposition in 1934. 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."

Date: 9/18/1934

Caption: "Studebaker Factory. South Bend, Indiana. Sept. 13, 1934." Two buildings of the Studebaker Factory in South Bend are visible in this photograph. The Studebaker brothers started operations in South Bend in 1852, when they established a blacksmith shop and foundry. They soon began building wagons and carriages, demand for which soared with the advent of the Civil War and an increase in migration toward and into the American West. The company gradually phased out wagon production in favor of automobile manufacture in the early twentieth century. Sales declined after World War II, leading to the eventual closure of the factory in 1963.

Date: 9/13/1934

Caption: "Strawberry," c. 1920. Small buildings nestled among trees, with automobiles parked at left.

Date: 1920

No Caption: c. 1910. Grace McCarthy posing in a garden with an armful of flowers.

Date: 1910

Caption: "State St. Chicago.," c. 1925. A busy street scene with people, cars and trollies.

Date: 1925

Caption: "Benicia Cal," c. 1905-1906. Grace McCarthy posing in garden with an armful of flowers.

Date: 1906

No caption, c. 1915-1920. Photograph taken from plane, with an unidentified lake below.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Young Hostler, Harrold," c. 1906, with two horses on the McCarthy property in Watsonville.

Date: 1906

No Caption: Court of the Universe with collonnades and arch, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Court of Palms," with reflecting pool, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Date: 1915