I recently finished Devil In The White City (which was amazing) and these photos are a great visual aid for the book. Sadly, photos of the fairgrounds are pretty rare, so this is a great find!
Darcy McGee
on 01 Oct 08
That is a wonderful book.
These are wonderful photos. I fear that such photos of our time will not exist in 3008, having all been left to the dustbin of a billion failed hard drives without backups.
Such a good book! I love looking at photos of that time period…so cool to see how things ran back then.
Tom G
on 01 Oct 08
Wouldn’t it be cool to have another World’s Columbian Exposition here in Chicago? Maybe it could be done with facilities also used for a possible Olympics.
Feel free (because it is) to browse some of the documents available from or about the expo:
http://www.archive.org/details/dedicatoryopenin00worl
Dedicatory and opening ceremonies of the World’s Columbian exposition : historical and descriptive (1893)
http://www.archive.org/details/artisticguidetoc002614mbp
The Artistic Guide To Chicago And The World S Columbian Exposition (1891)
http://www.archive.org/details/illinoisbuilding93illi
The Illinois building and exhibits therein at the World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893 (1893)
If Chicago hosted another World’s Fair, all Chicagoans might actually be able to attend as opposed to the extremely segregated version that occurred in the 1800’s.
Erik Dungan
on 01 Oct 08Where’s the Ferris Wheel!?
Chris Merritt
on 01 Oct 08I recently finished Devil In The White City (which was amazing) and these photos are a great visual aid for the book. Sadly, photos of the fairgrounds are pretty rare, so this is a great find!
Darcy McGee
on 01 Oct 08That is a wonderful book.
These are wonderful photos. I fear that such photos of our time will not exist in 3008, having all been left to the dustbin of a billion failed hard drives without backups.
Tim Jahn
on 01 Oct 08Such a good book! I love looking at photos of that time period…so cool to see how things ran back then.
Tom G
on 01 Oct 08Wouldn’t it be cool to have another World’s Columbian Exposition here in Chicago? Maybe it could be done with facilities also used for a possible Olympics.
Tim Jahn
on 01 Oct 08That would be really cool, Tom. I worry about the CTA (Olympics or Exposition) and whether it could sustain such a large volume of people.
Anna Kalata
on 01 Oct 08Also check out http://columbus.gl.iit.edu/
Jason Scott
on 02 Oct 08Feel free (because it is) to browse some of the documents available from or about the expo:
http://www.archive.org/details/dedicatoryopenin00worl Dedicatory and opening ceremonies of the World’s Columbian exposition : historical and descriptive (1893)
http://www.archive.org/details/artisticguidetoc002614mbp The Artistic Guide To Chicago And The World S Columbian Exposition (1891)
http://www.archive.org/details/illinoisbuilding93illi The Illinois building and exhibits therein at the World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893 (1893)
And so on.
Eric Stoller
on 02 Oct 08If Chicago hosted another World’s Fair, all Chicagoans might actually be able to attend as opposed to the extremely segregated version that occurred in the 1800’s.
http://ericstoller.com/blog/2006/08/24/the-color-proof-fair/
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