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English: Columbian Fountain (Fredk. McMonnies) Identifier: worldscolumbiane02whit (find matches) Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 Year: 1893 Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. [1]
Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 Year : 1893 ( 1890s ) Authors : White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
File:Columbus Quadriga-World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago.jpg. Add languages. ... English: Columbus Quadriga-World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois - 1893
News of the World's Columbian Exposition to be held in 1893, in Chicago, Illinois, drew Ferris to the city. In 1891, the Exposition's directors issued a challenge to American engineers to conceive of a monument for the fair to surpass the Eiffel Tower, the great structure of the Paris International Exposition of 1889. [9]
Known as the Beast of Chicago, the Devil in the White City, or the Torture Doctor, his most notorious crimes took place in Chicago around the time of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. Holmes was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Benjamin Pitezel, his accomplice in several of his cons.
World's Columbian Exposition — the 1893 World's fair, with notable Beaux-Arts architecture and gardens, in Chicago, Illinois The main article for this category is World's Columbian Exposition . Subcategories