Description: FeaturesLocationUnited States TypeMedals › Commemorative medalsYear1934CompositionBrassWeight8.35 gDiameter31 mm (1.25")ShapeRoundTechniqueMilledOrientationCoin alignment ↑↓ ObverseChrysler Airflow automobile left, radiant date below.Script: LatinLettering: A CENTURY OF PROGRESS IN A DECADE AIRFLOW CHRYSLER 1934ReverseOriginal Chrysler automobile left, date under 5 stars.Script: LatinLettering: 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHRYSLER CAR 1924EdgePlain Century of Progress ExpositionThe Chicago Century of Progress Exposition, all jagged edges and bold colors, invited visitors to take a peek at the future. Inspired by the skyscrapers of New York, the exposition buildings housed machines and technology demonstrating what Americans could expect on the other side of the Great Depression. Life, the Exposition proclaimed, would be smooth and easy, and the technology to make it so would be accessible to everyone....What sparked the public's imagination the most were new possibilities for rapid mobility. During the early 1930s, some people would spend weekends at airports, attracted by airplanes' speed and their limitless potential for travel. The Century of Progress Exposition put the promise of the airplane on the ground. While the Goodyear Blimp, the symbol of the Fair, hovered overhead unnoticed, visitors ogled Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Car No. 3 and Chrysler's Airflow in the "Wings of a Century" exhibit. In the end, these early streamlined vehicles inspired little more than curiosity in the general public; their expense and oddness proved prohibitive, and neither was a commercial success.
Price: 29.95 USD
Location: Saint Petersburg, Florida
End Time: 2025-01-07T16:21:04.000Z
Shipping Cost: 1.37 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
World Fair: 1933-34 Chicago
Year: 1934
Signed: No
Theme: World’s Fairs
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
anniversary: CHRYSLER 10th. Anniversary
