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The official title of the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago was A Century of Progress International Exposition. The Fair was organized to mark Chicago's one hundred year anniversary. The mission of the Fair was to demonstrate the significance of scientific and technological discoveries to industry and modern society and how those discoveries were being made. The Fair also showcased modern advancements in art, literature, and architecture from across the globe. Exhibits from all over the world included new automobile designs, houses of the future, and babies living in incubators. There was also an abundance of international carnival entertainment at the Fair, including the Skyride, a cable-suspended people mover higher than any building in Chicago. The midway provided games, a roller coaster, shows, and food. (encyclopedia.com) These are the Electrical Court buildings facing Lake Michigan. The engraved image in the middle (figure with hands above his head) ""represents Atomic Energy, bearing the inscription, Energy is the substance of all things the cycles of the atoms, the play of the elements are in forms cast as by a mighty hand to become the world�s foundations. (https://chicagology.com/centuryprogress/1933fair12/) The sculptor was Ulric H. Ellerhusen. The two towers are the Water Gate, each tower is more than 100 ft. tall. They represent Light and Sound, are vaguely Aztec, and were done by sculptor Lee Lawrie.

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