February 29, 2024
Antique 1892 Worlds Columbian Exposition Illustrated Journal Chicago Worlds Fair
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Antique 1892 Worlds Columbian Exposition Illustrated Journal Chicago Worlds FairFeatures: A RARE FIND! Volume 2, Issue No. 8 of World's Columbian Exposition Illustrated Journal Magazine Chicago, September 1892 Cover features General Nelson A. Miles, Grand Marshal of Parade Ceremonies of the World's Columbian Exposition Includes many wonderful photo illustrations Stored and carefully shipped in protective plastic sleeve The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million people visited the exhibition halls which displayed inventions in fields as diverse as mining, agriculture, and the liberal arts. Additional attractions included the world's first Ferris wheel, daily concerts by John Philip Sousa's concert band, lectures delivered by Eadweard Muybridge, belly dancers on a simulated "Street of Cairo", Buffalo Bill Cody and his Wild West Show, and the Viking, a replica of the Norwegian Gokstad ship.
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