Editing Century of Progress (section)

==Legacy==
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[[File:Flag of Chicago, Illinois (1933–1939).svg|thumb|Flag of Chicago from 1933 to 1939, with the third star added to commemorate the Exposition]]
Much of the fair site is now home to [[Northerly Island]] park (since the closing of [[Meigs Field]]) and [[McCormick Place]]. The [[Balbo Monument]], given to Chicago by [[Benito Mussolini]] to honor General [[Italo Balbo]]'s 1933 trans-Atlantic flight, still stands near [[Soldier Field]]. The city added a third red star to its [[Flag of Chicago|flag]] in 1933 to commemorate the Century of Progress Exposition (the Fair is now represented by the fourth of four stars on the flag).<ref>{{cite web| title=Municipal Flag of Chicago| publisher=Chicago Public Library| year=2009| url=http://www.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/cplarchive/symbols/flag.php| access-date=March 4, 2009| archive-date=June 15, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615003832/http://www.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/cplarchive/symbols/flag.php| url-status=live}}</ref> In conjunction with the fair, Chicago's Italian-American community raised funds and [[Statue of Christopher Columbus (Chicago)|donated a statue]] of [[Genoa|Genoese]] navigator and explorer [[Christopher Columbus]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Christopher Columbus| url=http://www.cpdit01.com/resources/planning-and-development.fountains-monuments-and-sculptures/Grant%20Park/Christopher%20Columbus.pdf| publisher=Chicago Park District| access-date=July 1, 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006170834/http://www.cpdit01.com/resources/planning-and-development.fountains-monuments-and-sculptures/Grant%20Park/Christopher%20Columbus.pdf| archive-date=October 6, 2011| df=mdy-all}}</ref>  It was placed at the south end of Grant Park, near the site of the fair.

The [[Polish Museum of America]] possesses the painting of ''Pulaski at Savannah'' by [[Stanisław Kaczor-Batowski]], which was exhibited at the Century of Progress fair and where it won first place. After the close of the fair, the painting went on display at [[The Art Institute of Chicago]] where it was unveiled by [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] on July 10, 1934. The painting was on display at the Art Institute until its purchase by the Polish Women's Alliance on the museum's behalf.<ref>''The Polish Museum of America – History and Collections'' – Guide, p.31 Argraf, Warsaw, 2003</ref>

The U.S. Post Office Department issued a special fifty-cent Air Mail postage stamp, ([[Scott catalogue]] number C-18) to commemorate the visit of the German airship depicting <small>''(l to r)''</small> the fair's Federal Building, the ''Graf Zeppelin'' in flight, and its home hangar in [[Friedrichshafen]], Germany.  This stamp is informally known as the ''Baby Zep'' to distinguish it from the much more valuable [[1930 Graf Zeppelin stamps]] (C13–15).  Separate from this issue, for the Fair the Post Office also printed 1 and 3 cent [[commemorative postage stamp]]s, showing respectively [[Fort Dearborn]] and the modernistic Federal Building.  These were also printed in separate [[souvenir sheet]]s as blocks of 25 (catalog listings 728–31). In 1935 the sheets were reprinted (Scott 766–67).

From October 2010 through September 2011, the [[National Building Museum]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] opened an exhibition titled ''Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s''.<ref>{{cite web| title=Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s| date=February 7, 2017| url=https://www.nbm.org/exhibition/designing-tomorrow-americas-worlds-fairs-1930s/| publisher=National Building Museum| access-date=January 31, 2018| archive-date=February 1, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201020130/https://www.nbm.org/exhibition/designing-tomorrow-americas-worlds-fairs-1930s/| url-status=live}}</ref> This exhibition prominently featured the Century of Progress fair in Chicago.

===In popular culture===
* [[Nelson Algren]]'s 1935 novel ''[[Somebody in Boots]]'' features the Chicago World's Fair of 1933–34, with the Century of Progress being described as "the brief city sprung out of the prairie and falling again into dust."<ref>{{cite news| last=Blades| first=John| title=Nelson Algren's 'Boots' Still Has A Powerful Kick| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/05/10/nelson-algrens-boots-still-has-a-powerful-kick/| work=Chicago Tribune| access-date=September 7, 2011| date=May 10, 1987| archive-date=August 8, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808174040/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-05-10/entertainment/8702040939_1_nelson-algren-boots-uneven| url-status=live}}</ref>
* In [[Tennessee Williams]]'s 1944 play, [[The Glass Menagerie]], set during the final years of the [[Great Depression]], Laura Wingfield's "gentleman caller", Jim O'Conner, recalls his recent trip to the Century of Progress and how the Hall of Science exhibit gave its attendees a vision of a better America that was just around the corner. 
* [[Jean Shepherd]] wrote about attending the Century of Progress as a boy in the 1966 book ''[[In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title=In God We Trust by Jean Shepherd: 9780385021746 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/165721/in-god-we-trust-by-jean-shepherd/|access-date=June 4, 2020|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|language=en-US|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604092327/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/165721/in-god-we-trust-by-jean-shepherd/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Roy J. Snell, author of books for boys and girls, used Chicago, the building of the Fair site, the Fair itself -including the Sky Ride – and then certain portions of the Fair after it closed in several of his books.  Publisher, Reilly & Lee.  Books now in Public Domain.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
* ''[[Beverly Gray#Beverly Gray at the World's Fair|Beverly Gray at the World's Fair]]'', originally the sixth book in Clair Blank's ''Beverly Gray'' series, was published in 1935 and is set at the Century of Progress. The book was dropped when the series changed publishers due to fears that readers would find it dated, and has since become a sought after volume by collectors of the series.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
* In ''True Detective'', the 1983 private eye novel by [[Max Allan Collins]], and the first to feature his long-running character Nate Heller, Heller is hired as a security consultant by the Fair, and a good deal of the novel is set there.  The suspenseful action climax takes place at the Fair. The novel went on to win the [[Shamus Award|Shamus]] from the Private Eye Writers of America for Best Novel.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Randisi|first=Robert J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g8G3BgAAQBAJ&pg=PT216|title=Fifty Shades of Grey Fedora: The Private Eye Writers of America Presents|date=February 10, 2015|publisher=Riverdale Avenue Books LLC|isbn=978-1-62601-153-3|language=en|access-date=July 21, 2020|archive-date=October 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020073509/https://books.google.com/books?id=g8G3BgAAQBAJ&pg=PT216|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Brief footage of the fairground sideshows is used in the 1933 film ''[[Hoop-La]]'', the plot of which revolves around the fair. It was the last film made by [[Clara Bow]]. Also shown is a panorama of the Century of Progress concourse.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
* In her novel ''[[The Fountainhead]]'', [[Ayn Rand]] describes a world fair named ''The March of the Centuries''. Despite having taken place in 1936, ''The March of the Centuries'' bears a striking similarity to the Century of Progress exposition: it, too, is designed by a group of architects; architect Howard Roark was initially invited but later denied opportunity to participate in planning (as his prototype Frank Lloyd Wright was left off the commission), the fair opened in May. Rand described the fair as "a ghastly flop" and mentioned that its only attraction was "somebody named Juanita Fay who danced with a live peacock as sole garment" (a description clearly based on Sally Rand's performance).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rand |first=Ayn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7_1XJgAACAAJ |title=The Fountainhead |date=1994 |publisher=HarperCollinsPublishers |isbn=978-0-586-01264-2 |language=en}}</ref>
* In [[Neal Stephenson]]'s 2024 novel [[Polostan]], the main character works as a shoe model and salesperson for a shop on the fairway that fits shoes using an [[X-ray]] machine. She sees the arrival of the [[Decennial Air Cruise]] and events in Soldier's Field.

===Resources===
The major archive for the Century of Progress International Exposition, including the official records from the event and the papers of Lenox Lohr, general manager of the fair, are housed in Special Collections at the [[University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Illinois, Chicago]]. A collection of materials including images is held by the [[Ryerson & Burnham|Ryerson & Burnham Libraries]] at the [[Art Institute of Chicago]].  The Century of Progress Collection includes photographs, guidebooks, brochures, maps, [[architectural drawing]]s, and souvenir items. Specific collections with material include the Chicago Architects Oral History Project; the Daniel H. Burnham Jr. and Hubert Burnham Papers; Edward H. Bennett Collection; Voorhees, Gmelin, and Walker photographs.