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Title
Greater
Texas
and
Pan
American
Exposition
Ambassador
at
Great
Lakes
Exposition
Photograph
Subject
Transportation
Plants and Animals
Arts and Entertainment
Expositions and fairs
Horses
Street railroads
Place
Cleveland (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Texas
Description
Chris
Cross
,
good-will
ambassador
of the
Greater
Texas
and
Pan
American
Exposition
in
1937
,
is
shown
with
Clara
Nell
Latta
, a "
yeomanette
" or
female
staff
member
, at the
Great
Lakes
Exposition
in
Cleveland
around
1937
. They are
riding
in a
horse-drawn
street
car
in the
Parade
of
Years
, a
production
that
included
more
than
200
actors
and
traced
the
development
of
transportation
in the
United
States
. The
photograph
measures
8
"
x
10
"
(20.5
x
25
cm)
. The
exposition
grounds
spanned
135
acres
along
Cleveland's
lakefront
from
Public
Hall
to
Municipal
Stadium
east
to
20th
street
. The
fair
opened
to the
public
June
27
,
1936
and
ran
for
one
hundred
days
.
It
opened
for a
second
season
in
1937
,
drawing
more
than
7
million
visitors
in the
two
seasons
despite
the
hardships
of the
Great
Depression
.
Attractions
included
the "
Streets
of the
World
"
where
visitors
could
sample
food
,
entertainment
, and
goods
from
40
countries
, and the
Hall
of
Progress
,
which
included
the "
television
theatre.
" The
midway
offered
dozens
of
rides
and
amuseuments
,
such
as "
Ripley's
Believe
it
or Not
Odditorium
" a
photo
gallery
,
Venetian
boat
swing
, and the "
Custer
Car
Speedway.
" The
1937
season
featured
Billy
Rose's
Aquacade
, a
water
music
and
dance
spectacular
starring
Olympians
Eleanor
Holm
and
Johnny
Weismuller
,
star
of the
Tarzan
movies
.
Date of Original
1936
-
1937
circa
Collection
Cleveland
Public
Library
Photograph
Collection
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Cleveland Public Library, Photograph Collection
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om2003_3106932_096.tif
Image Height
2815
Image Width
2191
File Size
783.952 KB
Format
picture
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