A CENTURY OF PROGRESS

Journey to the 1933 World’s Fair and the Sears National Quilt Contest.

During the height of our country’s worst economic depression the city leaders of Chicago hosted a great exposition. Sears, Roebuck and Company sponsored the largest quilt contest in history. Almost 25,000 women jumped at the chance to win over $ 1000 in prize money!  Mentally “travel” to the exposition and view some of the wonderful quilts from the contest with all the accompanying intrigue and mystery. Let Nova take you back in time to see the background in our country leading up to the Fair, the factors that contributed to the enormous participation, some of the quilts made for the Fair, and the people who made them. 

"Let's go to the Fair!"