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2. World's Columbian Exposition - Wikipedia

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   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]

3. List of American sculptors exhibited at the 1893 World's ...

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   Art Institute of Chicago: Destroyed 1949 The Republic: 1893 and 1918 A one third sized version of the 65 foot tall statue was placed in Jackson Park, Chicago in 1918: French and Potter (French created the human figures and Potter the animals.) Columbian Quadriga: staff c. 1892–1893 A modified version of this was formed of copper in 1906 as

4. Ferris Wheel (1893) - Wikipedia

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   The original Ferris Wheel, sometimes also referred to as the Chicago Wheel, [2] [3] was designed and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as the centerpiece of the Midway at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Since its construction, many other Ferris wheels have been constructed that were patterned after it.

5. List of American painters exhibited at the 1893 World's ...

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   Chicago hosted the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, a world's fair commemorating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World. Artists from the United States and 19 foreign countries exhibited at the Exposition. A complete list of the artists and works exhibited in the Palace of Fine Arts can be found here:

6. Battleship Illinois (replica) - Wikipedia

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   Illinois was a detailed, full-scale mockup of an Indiana-class coastal defense battleship, constructed as a naval exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in 1893. It was built alongside a pier of stuccoed brick atop wood pilings, with a stucco covered wood-framed superstructure, and outfitted with ...

7. World's Columbian Exposition Terminal Station - Wikipedia

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   Chicago, Illinois: Coordinates: History ... 1 May 1893 () Closed: 30 October 1893 () ... was a temporary train station serving the World's Columbian Exposition in ...

8. File:Looking West From Peristyle, Court of Honor and Grand ...

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   Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 15:19, 3 August 2016: 4,443 × 3,103 (3.76 MB): Scewing {{Information |Description=Looking West From Peristyle, Court of Honor and Grand Basin of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, Illinois) |Source=The Project Gutenberg EBook of Official Views Of The World's Columbian Exposition |Date=1893 |Au...

9. File:The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 (1893 ...

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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