In 1896, L. Frank Baum and two other writers imagined a World's Fair in Chicago in the year 2000. Did their futurist predictions come true?| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
In 1896, L. Frank Baum and two other writers imagined a World's Fair in Chicago in the year 2000. Did their futurist predictions come true?| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
America’s favorite futurist fustigated the Fair. “The underlying motive of the whole exhibition, under a sham pretense of patriotism is business, advertising with a view to individual money-making,” wrote Edward Bellamy (March 26, 1850 – May 22, 1898) about the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Bellamy’s 1888 novel Looking Backward: 2000–1887 was among the most popular and influential| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
