Souvenir Brochure, "Roads of the World, Ford Exposition, 'A Century of Progress' Chicago," 1934

Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition highlighted progress to encourage optimism during the Great Depression. The Ford Motor Company exhibit became the most talked-about exhibit of 1934. In its "Roads of the World" feature, guests could walk over, or ride in cars alongside, replicas of 21 world-famous thoroughfares ranging from the earliest Roman types to the most modern highway construction.