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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World in 1492. [1] The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the voyage that ...
A Century of Progress International Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1933 to 1934. The fair, registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), celebrated the city's centennial. Designed largely in Art Deco style, the theme of the fair ...
List of American painters exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. United States Section, Room 3. United States Section, Room 7. Chicago hosted the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, a world's fair commemorating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World. Artists from the United States and 19 foreign ...
1861 – Brisbane, Queensland – First Queensland Exhibition. 1861 – Melbourne, Victoria – Second Victorian Exhibition. 1861 – Metz, France – Exposition Universelle (1861) [ 22 ] 1861 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Fisheries Exposition [ 23 ] 1862 – Geelong, Victoria - Exhibition of Art, Science and Industry.
The Ford Rotunda (also referred to as the Ford Pavilion, and the Ford Exposition Building) was built by the Ford Motor Company for the Century of Progress International Exposition (the Chicago World's Fair) held in 1933 and 1934 to house installations depicting man’s developments in transportation.
American Negro Exposition. The American Negro Exposition, also known as the Black World's Fair and the Diamond Jubilee Exposition, was a world's fair held in Chicago from July until September in 1940, to celebrate the 75th anniversary (also known as a diamond jubilee) of the end of slavery in the United States at the conclusion of the Civil War ...
Ferris Wheel (1893) The original Ferris Wheel, sometimes also referred to as the Chicago Wheel, [2][3] was designed and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as the centerpiece of the Midway at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Since its construction, many other Ferris wheels have been constructed that were ...
Intended as part of the Chicago boulevard system, the park came to prominence when the Midway was laid-out to host popular amusements at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, which hosted the world's first Ferris Wheel, later lending its name, "midway", to areas at county and state fairs and amusement parks with sideshows.