Century of Progress International Exposition Souvenir Serving Tray
date: label: Date made
content: 1933
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Souvenir metal serving tray from the 1933-1934 Century of Progress International Exhibition, held in Chicago, Illinois. Commonly known as The Chicago World's Fair, the Exposition was the city's second, the first being 1893's World's Columbian Exposition. The Century of Progress ran from May 1933 to October of 1934 on Northerly Island, an artificial peninsula extending into Lake Michigan.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Although the impetus of the Fair was to celebrate the midwestern metropolis's 100th anniversary, it emphasized the future, highlighting modern design and technological efficiency. Built in the throes of the Great Depression, the Exposition provided corporations an opportunity to inspire consumers, promoting prospects of a not-too-distant world filled with fantastic goods and services.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Featured on the souvenir serving tray are five buildings built for the Fair. They include the Fair's Federal Building and State Hall, the Electrical Building, Fort Dearborn, and the Hall of Science, Travel and Transport.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: Century of Progress International Exposition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0438.1345
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.1345
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
label: catalog number
content: C1933K02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tray, Serving
label: Object Name
content: tray
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 1/4 in x 12 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 43.815 cm x 31.115 cm x 1.905 cm