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University of Illinois at Chicago - Richard J. Daley Library

801 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
United States

312-996-2716

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Join us in celebrating the publication of Cover for Ganz: The 1933 Chicago World's Fair: A Century of Progress. The 1933 Chicago World's Fair A Century of Progress Cheryl Ganz (October 20 at 3:00pm)
Cheryl Ganz signs The 1933 Chicago World's Fair: A Century of Progress.
A reception hosted by University Librarian Mary Case will follow a presentation and book signing by Cheryl Ganz.

For travel directions, see http://www.uic.edu/homeindex/maps_dir...

Chicago's 1933 world's fair set a new direction for international expositions. Earlier fairs had exhibited ... (more)technological advances, but Chicago's fair organizers used the very idea of progress to buoy national optimism during the Depression's darkest years. In this engaging social and cultural history, Cheryl R. Ganz examines Chicago's second world's fair through the lenses of technology, ethnicity, and gender. From fan dancers to fan belts, The 1933 Chicago World's Fair: A Century of Progress offers the compelling, untold stories of fair planners and participants who showcased education, industry, and entertainment to sell optimism during the depths of the Great Depression.

Cheryl R. Ganz is the chief curator of philately at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, Washington, D.C. She was the curator and designer of the "Pots of Promise" exhibition for the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, and is the coeditor of Pots of Promise: Mexicans and Pottery at Hull-House, 1920-40.
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