Charles H. Dennis (1860–1943) served as the managing editor of the Chicago Record during the 1893 World’s Fair and likely penned these thoughts about the architectural wonders of the Exposition. Exhibits and Their Shelters Theoretically the prime object of a World's Fair is the exposition of the various products and the progress of man's [...]| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
Nearly all visitors to the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago were stopped in their tracks by the stunning beauty of the Court of Honor, the quadrangle of white palaces surrounding the Grand Basin. At least one visitor, however, had a gripe to pick, as reported (facetiously) by the Chicago Record: “It's really a beastly [...]| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
A visitor to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition sent a letter home to Augusta, Maine, reporting about many sights on the fairgrounds and in Chicago. Author “E. H. J.” concludes with these thoughts: “Our notebooks are full, our pocketbooks are empty, and we're going home to rest and think. We are tired. Not by [...] The post Living Souvenirs of the World’s Fair of 1893 appeared first on Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair.| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
The inaugural issue of Jewell N. Halligan’s monthly periodical The Illustrated World’s Fair listed Robert Ingersoll as a contributor. Known as “the Great Agnostic” and dubbed “Pope Bob” by the Chicago press, Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) was a famous lawyer and one of the foremost freethinkers of the era. “The editor of this| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
AN ESKIMO BOY.--Not the least interesting objects in the village of the Eskimos, and certainly the most attractive, were the youngsters who rolled about like the seals in the waters of their own cold country. One of the young gentlemen of the group became an| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
How big was the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building at the 1893 World’s Fair? The MLAB was the largest building in the world and the largest roofed building that had ever erected at that time. The south front of the Manufactures Building at the 1893 World’s Fair.| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
While countless attractions at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition could make a reasonable claim to be the “most interesting” exhibit on the fairgrounds, the article reprinted below awards that honor to the “Exhibit of Large North American Mammals” in the Kansas State Building. Professor Lewis Lindsay Dyche’s unique panorama is one of the few| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
“There is nothing quite so free on earth as living in a large city,” claimed a Wisconsin man visiting Chicago in 1893. A reporter from Philadelphia told of the man’s adventure as he journeyed from downtown to the Midway Plaisance of the World’s Fair and into one of its (at the time) notorious theaters.| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
James O’Shaughnessy, Jr. regularly reported on the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago for the St. Joseph Herald. In a letter dated June 24, he describes riding on the great Ferris Wheel, which had opened on the Midway Plaisance only three days earlier. Bumping into people from his Missouri hometown while on the Columbian Exposition| Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair
Mr. Bryan and Mr. King could not have imaged the infernal tragedy about to unfold at the Columbian Exposition on the afternoon of Monday, July 10, 1893. Thomas Barbour Bryan was a leading figure in the effort to bring the World’s Columbian Exposition to Chicago and had been its First Vice-President. William Fletcher King served| 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
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
