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  1. chicago.suntimes.com › 2018/4/29 › 18355567On its 125th birthday, what's left from the 1893 World's Fair ...

    This May 1893 photo shows the grounds of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, including the world’s first Ferris wheel, which carried 1,400 people 250 feet into the air and was ...

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  3. northwestchicagoland.northwestquarterly.com › 2012The 1893 Columbian Exposition: Remembering Chicago’s White ...

    Dec 10, 2012 · Chris Linden December 10, 2012. Chicago was a young and wild city when it hosted the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Discover how traces of the magnificent White City and its treasures are still visible around Chicagoland. The Court of Honor, inside the world’s fairgrounds. (Image GN90799d courtesy Field Museum)

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  4. historycollection.com › we-can-thank-the-1893We Can Thank the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair for These Amazing ...

    In the late 1800s, Chicago had a goal to transform its image from a stockyard city to a world-class destination. They accomplished this by winning the bid for the 1893 World’s Fair, with the help of architect Daniel Burnham. Despite setbacks and controversy, the Fair was a huge success, drawing 27 million visitors and making $35 million in ...

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  5. history.denverlibrary.org › news › western-historyColorado, Racism, and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair

    Nov 24, 2020 · The 1893 Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was a spectacle of previously unseen technological and cultural entertainment. The Chicago Fair introduced Americans to everything from indoor electrical lighting to Crackerjack candy.

  6. allthatsinteresting.com › 1893-chicago-worlds-fairWhat Remains Of The 1893 Chicago World's Fair - All That's ...

    Jun 4, 2014 · The Columbian Exposition, or the Chicago World’s Fair, is often called the Fair that Changed America: it spanned 600 acres and introduced fairgoers to wonders of electricity such as elevators and the first electric chair; products we now take for granted like the zipper, Cream of Wheat, and Cracker Jacks; and presented viewers with a look at Edison’s kinetoscope and a listen to the first ...

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  7. www.pbs.org › wgbh › americanexperienceWorld's Columbian Exposition of 1893 | American Experience ...

    Library of Congress. 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 ...

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  9. www.cnu.org › 18 › court-honor-chicago-worlds-fairCourt of Honor, Chicago world's fair | CNU

    Sep 18, 2020 · Court of Honor, Chicago world's fair. ROBERT STEUTEVILLE SEP. 18, 2020. I recently read The Devil in the White City, about the Chicago 1893 World’s Fair. One place that I would like to go back in time to see, just for a day, would be this event. They say that some visitors would break down weeping upon entering the Court of Honor, above ...