Chicago worlds fair

Postcard with a lithograph of a Ferris Wheel from Chicago's World Columbian Exposition of 1893. I bought this card when our family visited Chicago in 2018. Sent to a Postcrossing member in the United States.

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 15 A VIEW IN MIDWAY PLAISANCE.—A city in itself was the Midway, picturesque certainly, and educational as well, however meretricious some of its droll features. It was the playground of the multitude and they learned much while they

THE CITY OF WONDERS A SOUVENIR OF THE WORLD'S FAIR by Mary Catherine Crowley (1894)

Chicago World's Fair 1893: World's Columbian Exposition, Interior of Electricity Building. #1893 World's Columbian Exposition

In 1893, the United States wanted to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage to the Americas in style. National leaders planned a grand ...

“Sell the cookstove if necessary and come. You must see the Fair.” — Author Hamlin Garland in a letter to his parents Whether sparked by tales of ancestors who traveled to the great fair from s...

Chicago Day Poster, The World's Columbian Exposition 1893, Chicago

The 1933 Chicago World's Fair: A Century of Progress [Ganz, Cheryl R.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The 1933 Chicago World's Fair: A Century of Progress

The Greatest Crowd This is Part 13 of our series “Opening Day of the World’s Fair,” which explores the events of May 1, 1893, at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The full series can be found here. They saw

Souvenir Book-1934: World's Fair Chicago: unknown: Amazon.com: Books

Sky Ride, Chicago World's Fair, 1933 The Sky Ride was an attraction built for the Century of Progress Exposition (or World's Fair) in Chicago, Illinois (located near what became Meigs Field) in 1933. It was a transporter bridge (or aerial tramway), designed by the bridge engineering firm Robinson & Steinman, that ferried people across the lagoon in the center of the fair. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Ride

In 1893, the United States wanted to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage to the Americas in style. National leaders planned a grand ...

The Chicago Worlds Fair, 1933.

1893 World's Fair album

First Ferris Wheel Chicago World's Fair 1893

1883 Chicago

A Century of Progress International Exposition was a World's Fair held in Chicago, as The Chicago World's Fair, from 1933 to 1934 to celebrate the city's centennial. The theme of the fair was technological innovation.

None of the thousands of workers who built the fairgrounds of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition ever got a souvenir insignia apparel, but that doesn't mean you can't! The Walt Disney Birthplace project offers a "World's Columbian Exposition Construction Team" design as a T-shirt, long-sleeve T, and hoodie: