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...
WORLD'S Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)WORLD'S Parliament of Religions (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)UTOPIASVISIONARY architectureRELIGIONSEAST-West divideCROSS-cultural communication19TH century Western civilizationThis article examines the Columbian Exposition and World's Parliament of Religions, ...
This handsomely illustrated book is a welcome addition to the history of women during America's Gilded Age. Wanda M. Corn takes as her topic the grand neo-classical Woman's Building at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, a structure celebrating modern woman's progress in education, arts...
What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.
The Columbian Exposition marked Chicago's arrival on the world stage, but even without the splendor of the fair, 1893 would still have been Chicago's greatest year. An almost endless list of achievements took place in Chicago in 1893. Chicago's most important skyscraper was completed in 1893,...
The first Ferris wheel was built for the 1893 World's Fair, the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The people who planned the fair were looking for an attraction that would bring people to Chicago. The Eiffel Tower had been a great success for the fair in Paris in 1889, and they...
3The first Ferris wheel was built for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.The people who planned the fair were looking for an attraction that would bring people to Chicago.The Eiffel Tower had been a great success for the fair in Pairs in 1889,and they wanted something like th...
Columbian Exposition, 1893 Chicago Day(October 9, 1893) andManhattan Day(October 21, 1893) Tickets Columbian Exposition, 1893 On Manhattan Day, Manhattan’s Representatives were treated with royal hospitality by the citizens of Chicago No exhibit to the Fair is to be compared with Chicago itself....
On May 1, 1893, the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago opened its gates to an expectant public eager to experience firsthand its architectural beauty, technological marvels, and vast array of cultural treasures gathered from all over the world. Among the most popular of the fair's attracti...
Hershey became fascinated with German chocolate-making machinery exhibited at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. He bought the equipment for his Lancaster plant and soon began producing various chocolate creations. Then in 1900, he sold the Lancaster Caramel Co. in order to focus entirely on ...