There's a really nice poster of the transportation building at this site http://tinyurl.com/3cftrc Also, check out the encyclopedia of chicago http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/225.html for an interactive photo - you can enlarge it and look at different building details more closely. this one has a postcard of the hotel sherman, where the contest was held. http://www.patsabin.com/illinois/sherman.htm If you do a search at google.com and click on images, there are a ton of links for photos of these 2 places now that we know where the event took place. Lisa llepore@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Molly Kennedy" mollx@hotmail.com > HI all - > > I recently learned that my Mom (almost 88) was a competitor in the > typing/transcription contests (events?) at the Worlds' Fair in Chicago - > > Mom was only 15 when she graduated high school in 1935 - - > > She immediately to work for an attorney in Charleston IL -- but he (and > everybody else) urged her to enter the typing/transcription competion. > > Mom said that while she was in Chicago, she stayed with her aunt & cousin > (who lived in Chicago); her cousin was 26... and this "event" was the > first > time my Mom ever knowingly lied.. > > Her cousin Virginia, while escorting 15/16-year old Mary Agnes Sullivan > around Chicago - - turned to my Mom and said "I'm 26 years old... I'd bet > you think that's REALLY old, don't you?" > > My Mom - then a teenager -- emphatically shook her head & lied "NO, OH NO, > That's not old at ALL!" > > What I would love to do - if anybody can help me with advice or > resources/referrals - is to find a photo of the typing and/or > transcription > contest during that World's Fair in Chicago, in which my Mom was a teenage > contestant. > > Even if the young Mary Agnes Sullivan is NOT in the photo - it would still > help me bring back another proud moment in her life, of which she spoke so > little in the past. > > Any suggestions - Please?? > > and Thank you!! > > molly > Molly Kennedy > P O Box 5785 > Springfield, IL 62705 > www.mollx.com > Genealogy - Confusing the dead, and annoying the living. >