The Swift Bridge, The World's Fair Chicago 1934 Sizes:A2 (420x594mm) Archival Print (Unframed) yellow rattler cocktails were served

yellow rattler cocktails were served which consisted of vermouth

The friendly expression on the cat’s face suggests it was a “lucky” black cat that welcomed those involved in the printed music industry

Hires Root Beer was created by pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires

at the height of the Manhattan midtown hotel boom

Mock turtle soup using cheap cuts of meat such as calf’s head or calf’s foot was used to replicate turtle meat and was part of that day's hearty dinner and

The Swift Bridge, The World's Fair Chicago 1934 Sizes:A2 (420x594mm) Archival Print (Unframed) yellow rattler cocktails were servedThe Chicago World's Fair, was held from 1933 to 1934 to celebrate the city's centennial. The theme of the fair was technological innovation. The fair's motto was "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Adapts". Swift & Company dates back to 1855, when 16 year old Gustavus Franklin Swift founded a butchering operation in Eastham, Massachusetts. Its early origins on Cape Cod, led to later Brighton, MA, Albany, NY, and Buffalo, NY locations, and in 1875