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 ...

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 ...

Research material gathered by Brandon B. Fortune regarding two exhibitions and one exhibition catalog about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago; including correspondence with museums and ...

Join Chicago architect Daniel Burnham, director of works for the 1893 Columbian Exposition, for a relaxing day at the fair with the Glen Ellyn Historical Society. Experience the grandeur of the ...

The Columbian Exposition of 1893 is almost impossible to imagine: a spectacle of 200 gleaming white neoclassical buildings on over 600 acres in Chicago, a temporary city whose main purpose was ...

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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 15, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. The crowds who were already dazzled by ...