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frazzled

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5. That's a poster for the 1933 Century of Progress Fair

Reply to MerryBlooms (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2015, 10:41 AM

May 2015

held near Northerly Island on Lake Michigan, not the 1893 World Columbian Exposition held in Jackson Park on the South Side (the subject of Devil in the White City).

It's an interesting book, though!

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World's Columbian Exposition [View all] MerryBlooms May 2015 OP

Apparently, Leo DiCaprio is planning a movie on this topic: Cooley Hurd May 2015 #1

I hope they do the book justice. MerryBlooms May 2015 #2

There's a documentary by NatGeo, but I couldn't find a link to it... Cooley Hurd May 2015 #3

I'll search around later for it and if I find it, I'll post it. :) MerryBlooms May 2015 #6

real page turner. mopinko May 2015 #4

So good, thanks for recommending it to me! Little did I know, MerryBlooms May 2015 #7

That's a poster for the 1933 Century of Progress Fair frazzled May 2015 #5

Thanks for pointing that out. Oops. :P edited. MerryBlooms May 2015 #8