The Swift Bridge, The World's Fair Chicago 1934 Sizes:A2 (420x594mm) Archival Print (Unframed) Hires Root Beer was created

Hires Root Beer was created by pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires

Dishes like lobster Thermidor or potted shrimps would come with a pot of tea and plate of buttered bread

Rumor has it that some of the hotel rooms are haunted – guests claim to have seen the ghost of a nurse on the second floor and the ghost of a little girl on the ninth floor

when the Lehigh Valley's passenger service was reduced to four mainline trains

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) Hires Root Beer was createdThe 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