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World's Columbian Exposition
(
place
)
by
ModernAngel
Mon Jan 17 2000 at 2:25:39
Chicago
,
May 1, 1893
-
October 30, 1893
. 400th
anniversary
of
Christopher Columbus
's voyage to the
New World
.
Adult admission
: 25
cent
s.
Notable exhibits and features included:
an 11-ton Canadian cheese
a 15-ton chocolate temple
an
electric chair
an electric
subway train
the
Tower of London
torture implements
balloon ride
s
the newly invented
Ferris Wheel
The 17-day
World Parliament of Religions
H.H. Holmes
Union Stockyards
Ferris wheel
Henry Adams
Theodore Dreiser
The Education of Henry Adams
Pullman car
expo
Columbus Day
Chicago Loop
Pullman
Shredded Wheat
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
Louis Sullivan
electric chair
World's Fair
Chicago, Illinois
Sister Carrie
Charles M. Schwab
Frederick Law Olmsted
Picture Postcards
Graham Foundation
Neoclassicism and Romanticism
Chicago Fire
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