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The Discover Boating Chicago Boat Show was voted one of the top such events in the nation, according to a USA TODAY / 10best readers' choice poll.
The Castle of Toys store was the largest independent, free-standing toy store in the world. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The store received a fair amount of attention due to its unique shape as a turreted castle which featured oversized toy soldiers lining the edifice.
The Mates brothers exhibited built-up and painted plastic models at the Chicago World's Fair in 1934. [6] During World War II, Hawk helped to supply plastic identification models for use in military training. [7] In 1946, Hawk produced one of the first all-plastic model kits, the Curtiss R3C-1 racer. [8]
Randoseru at a school A premium 84,000 yen (about $938 or €530) randoseru made of cordovan on sale at Mitsukoshi department store in January 2008. A randoseru (ランドセル) is a firm-sided backpack made of stitched firm leather or leather-like synthetic material, most commonly used in Japan by elementary schoolchildren.
On October 9, 1893, the day designated as Chicago Day, the fair set a world record for outdoor event attendance, drawing 751,026 people. The debt for the fair was soon paid off with a check for $1.5 million (equivalent to $50.9 million in 2023). [4] Chicago has commemorated the fair with one of the stars on its municipal flag. [5]
The Viking at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893. Viking ship replicas are one of the more common types of ship replica. Viking, the first Viking ship replica, was built by the Rødsverven shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway. In 1893 it sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to Chicago in the United States for the World's Columbian Exposition.
GirlForward is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2011 by Blair Brettschneider. It is dedicated to empowering refugee girls aged 12 to 21 from over 40 different countries, who have resettled in areas around Chicago, Illinois, and Austin, Texas. [4]
Women's rights advocate and supporter of physical education for girls. [56] Aleksandra Kollantay: 1872 Russia Margaret Sanger Women's rights activist, and socialist. [57] She fled Russia in 1905 and lived in Germany, advocating women's issues. After the 1917 Revolution she returned to Russia and was elected Commissar of Social Welfare. [58]