1933 Chicago World's Fair

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Briefly alluding to the 1933 Chicago world’s fair also known as the “Century of Progress” exposition in celebration of the centennial anniversary of Chicago’s. The 1933 fair’s concept was to create a rainbow city in contrast to the 1893 World Columbian Exposition’s view of an idealized “white city”. The amusement zone followed a similar concept to its predecessor, and within the midway, one of it most popular attractions included a “Midget City” (fig.13). The midget city was filled with sixty Lilliputians in a miniature scale replica of a Bavarian walled city in Europe. The miniature city was comprised of forty-five buildings, including municipal offices, a fire and police department, and shops and restaurants were viewers could purchase

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