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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]
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
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English: 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
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30 Color Photos Photographers Took 100 Years Ago That Still Mesmerize Us Today. ... #6 Tour Eiffel & Exposition Universelle, Paris, France, 1889 ... #19 Field Columbian Museum, Jackson Park ...
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.
The Statue of The Republic is a 24-foot-high (7.3 m) gilded bronze sculpture in Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois by Daniel Chester French. It is based on a colossal original statue, which was a centerpiece of the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. That statue was made of temporary materials and was destroyed after the fair.