1933-1934: Chicago World’s Fair - Danley on Hermitage Ave.
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Home movie of the 1933-1934 Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago. It begins with a shot of a man posing near a bustling Michigan Avenue and entering the fair. The home movie then appears to be spliced together with a silent, commercially produced film about the fair but this has yet to be verified. Highlights include an animatronic tyrannosaurus rex, a Radio Flyer sculpture and a building titled "Infant Incubators - with living babies." The home movie ends with a shot of young Danley playing on Hermitage Avenue in Chicago's Lake View neighborhood.
Credits
Uriel Hadley (filmmaker); Leonard Danley Gray Jr. (actor)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: David Gray Collection
Subjects: Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: 300 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/9489
Subjects: Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: 300 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/9489
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:12