America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration ... The World's Columbian Exposition established a Neo-Classical revival in Chicago and across America. Although the Court of Honor ...

But a more recent innovation was causing an even bigger stir: the Garis-Cochran Dishwashing Machine, the only device in the ...

The story takes place in 1893, Chicago prepared to host the World’s Columbian Exposition, a monumental undertaking spearheaded by architect Daniel Burnham. He conceived and designed the ...

The World’s Columbian Exposition opened in Chicago on May 1, 1893. Former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in 2010. The federal judge who presided over Burge’s ...

A t Chicago’s World Columbian Exposition of 1893, a dancer named Little Egypt shocked audiences with a dance she called the “hoochee-coochee” (yes, that’s its actual nickname) To this day ...

Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago's South Side, the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Limited hours apply for select dates, so be sure to ...

Manhattan’s historic Round Barn’s significance stretches even beyond its links to Chicago’s Columbian Exhibition.

Vintage Chicago Tribune: World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893 and Century of Progress, 1933-1934 1891: Ground was broken in Jackson Park for construction of buildings for the World’s Columbian ...

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 ...