1933 World's Fair Memorabilia Box 1

Name/Title

1933 World's Fair Memorabilia Box 1

Scope and Content

Collection of items and memorabilia from the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. Objects include photobooks, postcards, advertisement pamphlets, history books (atlas, history of music, etc.), magazines, guidebooks and posters, original photos, and assorted pamphlets.

Context

The collection was originally put together for Lyle Sucher a long time resident of Glenview.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Matthew Sucher

Archive Items Details

Title

Folder 1

Description

- Original official World's Fair Guidebook - Poster from the 1933 World's Fair. Poster was created with a Mimeograph and Mimeoscope machine, which are proto printers.

Subjects

World's fairs, Book & magazine posters

Title

Folder 2

Description

- World's fair advertisement booklet for The Royal Scot Railway. - World's Fair Advertisement booklet for Firestone. The booklet describes how Gum - Dipped Tires are made. - World's Fair advertisement booklet for the American Colortype Company Exhibit. The booklet is about "Color Progress." Includes a loose sheet that has a color wheel. - World's Fair advertisement booklet for Chrysler. The booklet advertises them and mentions their exhibit. - Recipe book titled "The Wonder Book of Good Meals: World's Fair edition." Advertisement from the Continental Baking Company. - Recipe book titled "Durkee Famous Foods Recipes." Recipe book was created for the 1933 World's Fair. - Recipe book titled "108 World's Fair Recipes from Borden's!" Recipe book was created for the 1933 World's Fair.

Subjects

World's fairs, Advertisements, Souvenir booklets

Title

Folder 3

Description

- Collection of postcards from he 1933 World's Fair. Post cards are all signed and are from a myriad of people and sent to different places with little overlap. One postcard book is included.

Subjects

World's fairs, Post cards

Title

Folder 4

Description

- Postcards from the 1933 World's Fair. All postcards are blank. one post card book is included.

Subjects

World's fairs, Post cards

Title

Folder 5

Description

- Original Issue of the World's Fair Weekly magazine for the week of June 10th. - July 1933 issue of Popular Science magazine. This issue includes a Review of the 1933 Worlds Fair written by Edwin Teale beginning on page 23. - Original issue of the World's Fair Weekly magazine for the week of August 19th. Subtitle is "How to Enjoy this Week at the World's Fair." - Original June 3, 1933 issue of Literary Digest magazine. Page 29 has an article about the 1933 World's Fair.

Subjects

World's fairs, Magazines

Title

Folder 6

Description

- Book titled "A Century of Progress in American Songs" by Marx and Anne Oberndorfer. Book was created for the 1933 World's Fair. - Book titled "Art Masterpieces of the 1933 World's Fair, Exhibited" for the Art Institute of Chicago. - Book titled "Century of Progress Atlas of the World: Souvenir Edition of the World's Fair" by Lloyd Edwin Smit, B.S. and edited by Frederick K. Branom, B.E., M.S.,P.H.D. - Book titled "The Romance of Exploration and First-Aid from Stanley to Byrd." The book was made for the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition 1934.

Subjects

World's fairs, History

Title

Folder 7

Description

- Three small souvenir pocket bibles. all three are different parts of the bible. Included are "The Gospel of Mark," "Galatians to Thessalonians," and "The Gospel of St. Luke."

Subjects

World's fairs, Bibles

Title

Folder 8

Description

- Photobook titled Snapshots: Chicago World's Fair 1933, Tower of water. inside cover has a card with Miss Lily M. Uppala pasted to it. Some pages are missing pictures. - Two photobooks from the 1933 World's Fair with Happy Hours on the front cover. First page has "Impressions of a Century of Progress. Each picture is labeled in the book. - 1933 World's Fair Souvenir photobook. Title is "A Century of Progress World Fair's Souvenir Photobook." The photos are from Kaufman & Fabry Co. Chicago and published by The Regensteiner Corporation Chicago. Each photo has a small blurb for explanations of each photo. - 1933 World's Fair Souvenir photobook. Title is "Souvenir Book - 1934." Inside cover has "Souvenir Views Chicago World's Fair" with photographs from Kaufman & Fabry Co. Chicago and copyright from Curt Teich & Company Inc. - 1933 World's fair photobook. Title is "Official Pictures in Color." Photobook is copyrighted 1934 and uses pictures from Kaufman & Fabry Co. Chicago and printed by Neely Printing Company, Chicago. - 1933 World's Fair Souvenir photobook. Title is "Century of Progress Chicago World's Fair Souvenir." The book is covered in handwritten notes and annotations on the cover and all pages. The note on the cover is "Memories of Wednesday and Thursday August 23 and 24, 1933.

Subjects

Photographs, Souvenir viewbooks, World's fairs

Title

Folder 9

Description

- Nine reprints of original photos from 1933 Chicago World's Fair. No other information on photos.

Subjects

Photographs, World's fairs

Title

Folder 10

Description

- World's Fair advertisement booklet titled "Our Trip though Field's" by Hamilton Hull. Advertisement for Marshal Field & Company Retail Store. - World's Fair advertisement pamphlet titled "What we saw in the General Motors Exhibit Building at a Century of Progress." Advertisement for General Motors exhibit. - World's Fair advertisement pamphlet titled "Smart Tips for Smart People." Advertisement for The Stevens Hotel Shop of Chas. A. Stevens & Co. - World's Fair advertisement pamphlet titled "The New World's Fair of 1934." Advertisement is for the 1934 continuation of the World's Fair. - World's Fair advertisement pamphlet titled "Florida in the Court of States." Advertisement is for the Florida Exhibit. - World's Fair advertisement pamphlet titled "Don't Fail to visit Ritter Health Exhibit Hall of Science. - World's Fair advertisement pamphlet titled "Seeing Chicago and the World's Fair; The Gray Line." Advertisement is for the Gray Line." World's Fair advertisement pamphlet titled "Sky Ride: see the fair from the air." Advertisement is for the Sky Ride attraction at the worlds fair. - World's Fair advertisement titled "See the World's Fair: The biggest 50 cents worth you've ever had." Advertisement is for the World's Fair itself.

Subjects

World's fairs, Advertisements