Thursday August 3 Free Day
Free Day at the Museum and Shed Aquarium so of course we saved our .25c by going on Thursday. More than you could see in 3 days but we hurried thru without stopping to read very much. All kinds of stuffed animals, skeletons, fishes, bugs, butterflies, plants, trees, relics —(some coffins -500B.C.) Indian exhibits, Chinese exhibits, Precious stones — we were in one room that had jewels worth millions of $. Special guards kept watch here. In the Aquarium we saw all kinds of water animals! Everything was alive here. Flounders certainly look queer funny. Also saw fish, mudpups, eels, flying fish, climbing fish, etc.
In the evening to see Hank & Martha at 1628 N. Springfield. Iver, Virgil & Sylvia had just left there. Drove past Garfield Conservatory on way home and found we had just 20 minutes left before closing time 10:00 so hurried thru there. Very pretty place. Palm trees, coconut, banana, coaca, and every kind of tropical plant. Beautiful!
Friday August 4
Went on the elevated (.10c) down to the loop. Did some window shopping. Bought a new dress. Roy some light pants. Some world’s fair souvenirs. Also rode on an “escalator” in a department Store. That’s a stairway that goes all the time.
In the evening Walfred drove us out to the “Chicago Municipal Airport” Something doing there every minute Saw the mail planes come in and take off. 9 to 10 passengers on every one and half a truck full of mail and baggage. Smaller planes were taking passengers up (35 miles for $2.50) “you can see more up there in 20 minutes than you’ll see down here in 20 years.” so the “barkers” said.
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