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Balbo arrives in Chicago
Photographer: Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County
Taken: 1933
Caption: Balbo arrives in Chicago
Additional Description: Italo Balbo's squadron of 24 planes arrives in Chicago during 1933's Century of Progress. The parts of the fairgrounds in the background of the photo include the Electrical Group (the large semi-circle on the left), the Children's Theatre, Enchanted Island and Magic Mountain. The area today is parkland.
Submitted: October 10, 2023, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
Database Locator Identification Number: p754129
File Size: 1.021 Megabytes

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