America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus' voyage to the continent four hundred (and one) years earlier. Chicago beat out New York, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. for the ...
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Chicagoans didn’t have to travel far to find adventure 130 years ago this month — the world came to us. The party was so grand, we hosted it again 40 years later. The first World’s Fair here, the ...
If you're more than 120 years old, you probably remember it. But if you're not, you'll just have to take the Field Museum's word for it. The Columbian Exposition of 1893 was unbelievably successful, ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Title from front cover. Place and name of publisher from colophon. "Made in Germany."--Colophon. Captions for some Exposition buildings include ...
WHEN a few practical men of affairs, capitalists, bank presidents, manufacturers, merchants, lawyers, were deputed, three years ago, by their fellow-citizens of Chicago, to formulate a scheme for the ...
In November 1893, the journalist Kate Field asked what should be done with the buildings of the World’s Columbian Exposition, the great majority of which were built as temporary structures. “Apply the ...
Chicago has played host to many expositions in the city’s history — perhaps most notably to the Columbian Exposition, often called the World’s Fair of 1893. In what is now known as Jackson Park, the ...
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