World's Fair

Panthéon de la Guerre

The "Panthéon de la Guerre" is a  panorama of the first World War and its heroes. The largest painting in the world, at 402 feet long and 45 feet high, and was painted by twenty-eight famous French artists, assisted by more than one hundred other artists under the direction of Pierre Carrier-Belleuse and Auguste-Francois Gorguet.

Electricity at Work

Electricity at work portrays early-20th century methods of generation, transmission, distribution, and utilization of energy. This colorful and streamlined designed brochure celebrates the history and innovations in electricity as exhibited at the 1933 Century of Progress fair in Chicago.