Czechoslovakia At A Century of Progress
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Introduction to A Century of Progress
What Are the Czechoslovaks by Ales Hrdlicka - Curator, division of Physical Anthropology, U.S. National Museum
Anton J. Cermak - Mayor of Chicago 1931-1933 by R. A. Ginsburg
Czech and Slovak Press in America - by Josef Jiri Kral
Economic Relations of Czechoslovakia and the U.S. - by the Czechoslovak Minister of Commerce, Dr. Josef Matousek
America and Czechoslovakia - by Dr. Ferdinand Veverk - A Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Czechoslovak Republic at Washington, D. C.
A Century of Progress was organized as an
Illinois not-for-profit corporation in January of 1928, having for its charter purpose the
holding of a World's Fair in Chicago in 1933.
The theme of the exposition was to be the progress of civilization during the century of Chicago's corporate existence.
Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago had his ancestral roots in the relatively new country of Czechoslovakia, and Czechoslovakia had an active presence at the Century of Progress. Czechoslovakia was only 15 years old at the time and was eager to educate Americans about the country.
A Century of Progress drew 39,000,000 visitors (it was repeated in 1934) and for the first time in American history an international fair paid for itself.
We will be presenting a series of articles written for the special book produced by the Czechoslovak Group for the exposition.
The articles are a great window into the thinking of Czechoslovak-Americans in 1933.