The 1893 World's Fair Welcome Columbian Exposition enthusiasts! This educational, non-profit website is dedicated to the history and legacy of the 1893 World’s Fair held in Chicago. We aim to explore details of its buildings and lesser known corners of
David R. Wilcoxand David R. Wilcox. "Introduction: The Chicago Fair and American Anthropology in 1893." Coming of Age in Chicago: The 1893 World's Fair and the Coalescence of American Anthropology, edited by Curtis M. Hinsley and David R. Wilcox, U of Nebraska P, 2016, pp. xv-xliii...
Passage Four\n At the 1893 Columbian Exposition, a World Fair held in Chicago, chocolate-making machinery made in Germany was displayed. It caught the eye of M. S. Hershey, who saw the potential for chocolate. He installed chocolate machinery in his factory in Lancaster, and produced his fi...
Mark Twain is one of America’s much-beloved authors, creating imaginative and humorous classics for children and adults alike, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and The Pauper, and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain passed away in 1910, leaving behind a treasure of grea...
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At the 1893 Columbian Exposition,a World Fair Held in Chicago,chocolate-making machinery made in Germany was displaued.It caught the eye of M.S Hershey.who saw the potential for chocolate.He installed chocolate machinery in his factory in Lancaster,and produced his first chocolate bars in 1894...
Passage Four\n At the 1893 Columbian Exposition, a World Fair held in Chicago, chocolate-making machinery made in Germany was displayed. It caught the eye of M. S. Hershey, who saw the potential for chocolate. He installed chocolate machinery in his factory in Lancaster, and produced his fi...
Mathisen, a Norwegian immigrant who had been a draftsman in the office of A. Page Brown at the time Brown designed the California Pavilion for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Commissioned to reflect the uniqueness of California, Brown designed the temporary Chicago structure to resemble a ...
They were built for the Chicago World Fair in 1933.New Jersey - Drumthwacket Drumthwacket is the tongue-twister name of this gorgeous mansion owned by the New Jersey governor. The name might sound silly, but it is actually derived from the Scots-Gaelic term for “...
The Japanese Pavilion at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago illustrates that modernity is an international concept that moves beyond borders and between continents. The continued impact of the Japanese exhibits demonstrates how contacts outside of the cultural norm perpetuated diversity despite the ...