Chicago's Great World's Fairs

Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair
By Merikay Waldvogel, Barbara Ann Brackman
The winning quilt, called the Unknown Star, was entered by Margaret Rogers Caden of Lexington, Kentucky. Much of the work on Ms. Caden's quilt was done by seamstresses who sewed for hire, in violation of contest rules.
Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930s
By Robert W. Rydell, Laura Burd Schiavo
Based on an exhibition held at the National Building Museum, Washington, DC, October 2010-July 2011.