Al Capone and the 1933 World’s Fair: The End of the Gangster Era, 22 November | Event in Sycamore | AllEvents

Al Capone and the 1933 World’s Fair: The End of the Gangster Era

Sycamore Library

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Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 03:30 pm

1 hour

Sycamore Public Library

Free Tickets Available

Date & Location

Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 03:30 pm to 04:30 pm (GMT-06:00)

Sycamore Public Library

103 East State Street, Sycamore, United States

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Al Capone and the 1933 World’s Fair: The End of the Gangster Era
A historical look at Chicago with William Hazelgrove.

About this Event

William Hazelgrove provides the exciting and sprawling history behind the 1933 World's Fair, the last of the golden age. He reveals the story of the six millionaire businessmen, dubbed The Secret Six, who beat Al Capone at his own game, ending the gangster era as prohibition was repealed. The story of an intriguing woman, Sally Rand, who embodied the World's Fair with her own rags to riches story and brought sex into the open. The story of Rufus and Charles Dawes who gave the fair a theme and then found financing in the worst economic times the country had ever experienced. The story of the most corrupt mayor of Chicago, William Thompson, who owed his election to Al Capone; and the mayor who followed him, Anton Cermak, who was murdered months before the fair opened by an assassin many said was hired by Al Capone. 

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Sycamore Public Library, 103 East State Street, Sycamore, United States
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Al Capone and the 1933 World’s Fair: The End of the Gangster Era, 22 November | Event in Sycamore | AllEvents
Al Capone and the 1933 World’s Fair: The End of the Gangster Era
Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 03:30 pm
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