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World's Columbian Exposition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The World's Columbian Exposition ... 716,881 people attended the World's Columbian; Exposition for "Chicago Day," October 9, 1893. This day commemorated the anniversary of the; Great Chicago Fire of 1871. ... The World's Columbian Exposition, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landing in America,
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World's Columbian Exhibition of 1893 in Chicago; Photographs from Shepp's World's Fair Photographed, Chicago and Philadelphia, 1893, and from Glimpses of the World's Fair Through a Camera, Chicago, 1893. ... World's Columbian Exposition: Idea, Experience, Aftermath...
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When the World's Columbian Exposition opened, only 22 years had passed since the Chicago Fire of 1871; only 28 years had passed since the end of the American Civil War. ... Columbian Exposition Planners ... The World's Columbian Exposition defined American culture. Its World's Congress Auxiliary presented lectures and...
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Between the first of May and the end of October, an estimated 27 million people attended Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition -- officially planned to celebrate the European "discovery" of the New World -- and marvelled at the Exposition's neo-classical vision of ordered community, cultural displays,
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The World's Columbian Exposition (1893) ... The mile-long Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the closest an amusement seeker came to a sure thing in 1893. Strolling along, one could admire the belly dancing of Fahreda Mahzar, known as "Little Egypt, the Bewitching Bellyrina;" take in a demonstration...
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He's created a walk-thru the World's Columbian Exposition and mashed up this panorama (best viewed at original size) to give a better sense of how all these buildings fit together.
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