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[CHICAGO]. SCHUTZ, Anton (1894-1977). Century of Progress. Etching depicting the Adler Planetarium in Chicago’s Grant Park as it appeared during the 1933 Century of Progress exhibition. 318 x 470 mm. SIGNED BY ARTIST. The Century of Progress International Exhibition took place in Chicago from 27 May 1933 to 31 October 1934. Three and a half miles of newly-reclaimed land along the Lake Michigan shoreline was developed for this purpose. Among the exhibition’s great attractions were Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s ship The City of New York, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited in October 1933, and the arrival of the German airship the Graf Zeppelin.