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75 years ago (in 1934) the CENTURY OF PROGRESS World’s Fair & International
Exposition was held in Chicago, Illinois. The Century of Progress International
Exposition, as it was officially known, set several records. Attendance was over 39 million,
which was almost double the previous high for this event.

One of the many Exhibitors was the Hiram Walker Distillery. They actually set up 3
miniature bottling lines that produced special bottles of Whisky, Scotch, and Gin. These
mini souvenir bottles were then given to the people who visited the Hiram Walker Exhibit.
Each especially embossed bottle came in it’s own box with an enclosed informational
pamphlet similar to the one pictured below.

Each of the bottles has “CENTURY OF PROGRESS” embossed in the glass. The labels
also indicate it was Bottled at the Century of Progress 1934. While it is not that difficult to
find one of these bottles today, it is very rare to find all 3 that have pristine labels, and are
still sealed. Now add in the original boxes, along with the original pamphlets, and you
have 3 extremely desirable and hard to find mini bottles.

The first mini is Hiram Walker’s London Dry Gin. The box has a colorful back with the
1934 Century of Progress logo on the front, trimmed in silver. The second mini is
Canadian Club Straight Whisky. Like the gin, the box has a colorful back with the 1934
Century of Progress logo on the front, but trimmed in gold. Finally the last bottle is