Sky View Looking South on Midway, Chicago World's Fair, 1933

Subjects: Aerial Views & Panoramas Amusement Parks Crowds & Gatherings World's Fairs & Expositions
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1933 (Linen)

Back of Sky View Looking South on Midway, Chicago World's Fair, 1933, c. 1933 linen postcard — Back

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A high vantage looks south along the Midway, the Century of Progress amusement strip, where a large circular pavilion, a roller coaster, and dense crowds line the thoroughfare. The 1933–34 fair ran along Chicago's lakefront south of downtown, and its Midway collected rides, sideshows, and concession buildings in the modernistic style of the moment. The card's own text sells the strip hard, promising "bizarre and startling entertainment features," historic pageants, military maneuvers, and sporting events, all pitched to outdo anything done before. Such spectacle was welcome in Depression-era Chicago, and the fair drew millions of visitors across its two seasons.

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PublisherGerson Bros.

Sky View Looking South on Midway, Chicago World's Fair. SKY VIEW LOOKING SOUTH ON MIDWAY CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR What thrills await the visitor on the Midway! If you have been places and seen things, you'll find that the Midway starts where you left off. Here are bizarre and startling entertainment features. Attrac- tions unheard of to satisfy the thrill seeker, His- toric pageants, military maneuvers, sporting events, thrilling masses of color, lighting effects and music. Everything designed to outdo anything ever done before.

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Publisher	Gerson Bros.
Series	365 1933 CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1933 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Chicago World's Fair, Chicago, IL
Publisher	Gerson Bros., Chicago, IL
Notes	White border; linen-textured stock; series number 365 printed at top. No postmark; divided back; white border; glossy; 1933 Century of Progress / Chicago World's Fair imprint; printer's monogram in circle at base of address-side divider.

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Sky View Looking South on Midway, Chicago World's Fair, 1933, postcard, c. 1933. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sky-view-looking-south-on-midway-chicago-worlds-fair-1933. Accessed November 2, 2026.