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Great Lakes Exposition of 1936 and 1937 -- Postcards
Show moreThe Great Lakes Exposition features as its main attraction an International Village know as "Streets of the World!" This project occupies 7 1/2 acres and contains more than 100 structures. The entrance is built along the lines of a quaint European Castle, and inside is found the transplanted life, color, gay activities of about two-score nationality groups from Continental Countries, the Orient, and the Tropics. Each nationality occupies its own individual village "6A-H606" imprinted bottom right corner, front of card. Lighter colors than duplicate card Front and back of postcards have been scanned. The front side can be determined by the letter 'a' appended to the filename. Those files with the letters 'ac' have been color corrected.
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Show moredaytime view of winding street with lake front along right hand side; visitors along street and in cafes Front and back of postcards have been scanned. The front side can be determined by the letter 'a' appended to the filename. Those files with the letters 'ac' have been color corrected.
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Show moredaytime oblique view close-up of portion of Streets of the World with visitors Front and back of postcards have been scanned. The front side can be determined by the letter 'a' appended to the filename. Those files with the letters 'ac' have been color corrected.
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Show moreSubway constructed to connect two sections of the grounds of the Great Lakes Exposition on Cleveland's Downtown Lake Front. The Subway has three traffic lanes, each twenty feet wide, the center for vehicles, the outside for pedestrians. It is surmounted by a superstructure bearing likenesses of imaginative animals and people Preservation note: Penciled on back "Rossen 86-A". "6A-H605" imprinted bottom right corner, front of card. Front and back of postcards have been scanned. The front side can be determined by the letter 'a' appended to the filename. Those files with the letters 'ac' have been color corrected.
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Show more[daytime view most likely from roof of Stadium] Preservation note: "Acc #521" penciled on back. Front and back of postcards have been scanned. The front side can be determined by the letter 'a' appended to the filename. Those files with the letters 'ac' have been color corrected.
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Show moreVaried Industries Building, Great Lakes Exposition, Cleveland, Ohio Similar printed description used for postcard No. GL2 Automotive Building. Preservation notes: "7A-H1218" imprinted right bottom corner on front of card. Front and back of postcards have been scanned. The front side can be determined by the letter 'a' appended to the filename. Those files with the letters 'ac' have been color corrected.
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Show more[daytime view with visitors on roadway in foreground] Front and back of postcards have been scanned. The front side can be determined by the letter 'a' appended to the filename. Those files with the letters 'ac' have been color corrected.
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Show moreSouvenir Great Lakes Exposition Cleveland. The World's Greatest Exhibit of streamlined trucks and busses, styled by Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky, is presented by the White Motor Company, in the Automotive Building at the Great Lakes Exposition. Included in the exhibit are: the first White Steam Car, loaned by the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.; The Dream Coach of 1950-the world's first air-conditioned coach; the White 12-cylinder "pancake" engine; and many other interesting and instructive mechanical exhibits. Superimposed rectangle on left top corner, front of card printed "Great Lakes Exposition Cleveland Centennial. June 27 to Oct 4 Cleveland 1936" also image of "White 12 Cylinder Horizontally Opposed Pancake Engine." next to image of bus (on left). Preservation Notes: corners and edges missing small amounts of emulsion. Penciled on back of card "12810028" and "4.50" Front and back of postcards have been scanned. The front side can be determined by the letter 'a' appended to the filename. Those files with the letters 'ac' have been color corrected.
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Show moreSouvenir Great Lakes Exposition Cleveland. The World's Greatest Exhibit of streamlined trucks and busses, styled by Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky, is presented by the White Motor Company, in the Automotive Building at the Great Lakes Exposition. Included in the exhibit are: the first White Steam Car, loaned by the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.; The Dream Coach of 1950-the world's first air-conditioned coach; the White 12-cylinder "pancake" engine; and many other interesting and instructive mechanical exhibits. Superimposed rectangle on left top corner, front of card printed "Great Lakes Exposition Cleveland Centennial. June 27 to Oct 4 Cleveland 1936". Preservation notes: "12810028" and "2.00" penciled on back of card. Some small amounts of emulsion missing on bottom edge of image. Front and back of postcards have been scanned. The front side can be determined by the letter 'a' appended to the filename. Those files with the letters 'ac' have been color corrected.
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