A Century Of Progress!!!

                Chicago held two World Expositions, and they were in 1893 and 1933.  
            
                For this topic, I want to focus on  the 1933 Chicago World Fair because two reasons: First,it was the first Expo with a specific theme, a century of progess; second, it was the first international event held in the United States after the Great Depression in 1930.

                                                     1933 Chicago World's Fair

             Many people would have doubt that why did Chicago hold the 1933 Chicago World's Fair after the Great Depression, and the truth was also that back in that time, Chicago government did not have enough budget for the fair. Fortunately, the US government and other industrial companies signed up contracts for the sponsorships(Learned from my Chinese History Textbook)  
           
           They had three major exposition houses: the Travel and Transportation House,  the Science House, and the Company Groups House. Introducing the industries in Chicago, the Chicago people got to know more about the city they lived in, and foreigners got to understand what industries were popular during that specific time period and how the recovery was for the United States from the Great Depression.
               
              In my opinion, it was the best thing of the year for Chicago, for America to hold this huge event, because it did not only bring tons income to Chicago, but also drew the relations between countries closer and closer because people from other countries got the chance to understand the general America situation all together in an exposition. How great would that be! Artists had spaces and chances for them to show and present their works; architects got the chance to show their abilities in designing buildings for the Expo.
                  
                 "The fair buildings were multi-colored, to create a "Rainbow City" as opposed to the "White City" of the World's Columbian Exposition. The buildings generally had a Moderne design to them in contrast to the neoclassical themes used at the 1893 fair" (Wikipedia, sCentury of Progess).                              




Panoramic view of the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair

                      
              Success.!!!

                 "The fair was financed through the sale of memberships, which allowed purchases of a certain number of admissions once the park was open. More than $800,000 was raised in this manner as the country came out of the Great Depression" (Wikipedia, Century of Progress)

Poster for the fair

            Also, in the exposition houses for foreign countries attracted a lot of Chicago citizens to visit. There were a lot of countries which participated in this world fair, such as China, Itably, Japan, Sweden, etc.  What makes me remember the whole thing is that there was an award in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, and China cheong-sam got the silver medal!
   

From a Chinese Website. [1]

                  

             Over all, if I were born at that time, the 1933 Chicago World's Fair would have been my best activity for the year.