ANTIQUE 1915 - 1921 CHICAGO, IL SOUVENIR PICTURE FOLDER depicting the Post Office & Federal Building on the front, the Municipal Pier on the back.

Rare Green US Postage 1 Cent Washington Stamp with a date stamp CHICAGO, ILL. of August 5, 7pm 1922, and Pageant of Progress advertising the coming exhibition. (More info on that below)

Made by Curt Teich & Co. Chicago, ILL

Other colorized prints inside include:

*THE FIELDS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

*UNION STOCK YARDS

*ILLINOIS CENTRAL DEPOT

*MICHIGAN AVENUE, NORTH BLACKSTONE HOTEL

*LA SALLE STREET STATION

*COLISEUM

*STATE AND MADISON STREETS, "BUSIEST CORNER IN THE WORLD"

*PUBLIC LIBRARY

*NORTHWESTERN PASSENGER STATION

*MARSHALL FIELD & CO'S RETAIL STORE, RANDOLPH, STATE, WASHINGTON STS, AND WABASH AVE.

*CITY HALL AND COUNTY BUILDING

*POST OFFICE AND FEDERAL BUILDING

*MICHIGAN AVENUE, LOOKING NORTH FROM THE ART INSTITUTE

*MASONIC TEMPLE

*THE DRAKE,  CHICAGO'S WONDERFUL NEW HOTEL

*THE WRIGLEY BUILDING

*THE ART INSTITUTE AND FERGUSON FOUNTAIN

*MICHIGAN BOULEVARD, LOOKING NORTH, SEEN FROM AEROPLANE- THE DRAKE- THE BLACKSTONE

(Copyright by Underwood & Underwood,  Chicago)

Chicagology website for pageantofprogress1922:

"Chicago's Pageant of Progress is now in readiness for the second annual Pagent of Progress Exposition which will open july 29 for 17 days. The construction of a new auditorium with seating capacity of 2,000, the building of booths and platforms, and the arranging of special decorations and lighting effects have been in progress on the Municipal Pier for many weeks. Now, with the work completed, the pier has been transformed into a gigantic stage for an exposition even greater than last year’s from the view-point of size, trade influence and the educational value of the displays. Railroads are offering special rates from points throughout the country to Chicago. Attendance is expected to approximate 2,000,000."

The following article appeared in Fort Dearborn Magazine, July, 1922 following the the first dayof the Pageants exhibition:

"In 1921 and 1922, Municipal Pier (Navy Pier, today) hosted the Pageant of Progress, billed as the “greatest collection of business and industrial exhibits this city has seen” since the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. The two-week summer pageants drew hundreds of thousands of visitors who were wowed by such disparate entertainment as mock pirate attacks, sky-diving stunts, speedboat races, the advance of firefighting equipment through time, a typing contest (126 words per minute was good enough to win) and, of course, Dental Day."

Souvenir Folder from:

T. E. Dexter

to:

Mrs. G. Frank Barber

Hope Valley, Rhode Island

Box 141

Condition as seen in photos.

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