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1933 CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR FESTIVALS EXPOS 5 FEET CENTURY OF PROGRESS TAPESTRY

$ 472.56

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Modified Item: No
  • California Prop 65 Warning: NA
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
  • Year: 1933
  • Condition: VINTAGE BUT, LIKE NEW

    Description

    THE BEST & LARGEST TAPESTRY
    VINTAGE, RARE
    COLLECTIBLE
    CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR
    1933/1934
    "A CENTURY OF PROGRESS INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
    "
    ART DECO AT IT'S FINEST
    FESTIVALS, SHOWS, EXPOS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, INDUSTRY, AUTOMOTIVE,
    SKY RIDS, CARNIVALS, SIDE SHOW, EXOTIC DANCE, BEAUTIES, DINOSAURS, FAMOUS AMERICAN FEATHER DANCER SALLY RAND,  FEATURES THE TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT BUILDING
    & MUCH MORE
    MEASURES 55" X 19" NOT INCLUDING THE FRAME. 63"X 27" X 1 1/4" WITH FRAME UNDER PLEXIGLASS
    THIS HISTORIC EVENT IS WHERE WALT DISNEY ACTUALLY GOT THE IDEA FOR DISNEYLAND.
    CONDITION IS LIKE NEW AND VERY NICELY FRAMED. PICK UP IN TUCSON OR WILL SHIP WITH OR WITHOUT THE FRAME. SHIPPING COST WITH FRAME WILL BE HIGH.
    THANKS FOR LOOKING.
    Sally Rand was arrested four times for indecent exposure on the first day she appeared at the 1933
    World's Fair
    in
    Chicago
    because she appeared to be
    dancing
    nude behind
    feather
    fans. Actually, it was an illusion; she wore a flesh colored body suit that only made her look nude. PICTURE OF SALLY IS FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY AND NOT INCLUDED WITH TAPESTRY.
    ______________
    A Century of Progress International Exposition was a World's Fair, which was held in Chicago, as The Chicago World's Fair, from 1933 to 1934 to celebrate the city's centennial. The theme of the fair was technological innovation. The fair's motto was "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Adapts", giving out a message that science and American life were wedded. Its architectural symbol was the Sky Ride, a transporter bridge perpendicular to the shore on which one could ride from one side of the fair to the other.
    One description of the fair noted that the world, "then still mired in the malaise of the Great Depression, could glimpse a happier not-too-distant future, all driven by innovation in science and technology." Fair visitors saw the latest wonders in rail travel, automobiles, architecture and cigarette-smoking robots. The exposition "emphasized technology and progress, a utopia, or perfect world, founded on democracy and manufacturing.
    This Tapestry takes you through the Fair, beginning at the Travel and Transportation Building in the center of it all. This is a rare piece and it is an original vintage piece which I'm told may have been made in Belgium.
    Thanks for looking.
    PICTURE LIGHT IS NOT INCLUDED
    THE FRAME IS TOO BIG TO SHIP INTERNATIONALLY BUT WILL SHIP WITHOUT FRAME FOR AROUND .00-ISH. EMAIL IF INTERESTED
    Please email with questions on shipping if interested.