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

Historical Images tell the story of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and a serial killed, the subject of a film from Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio.

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

At the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 160,000 light bulbs lit up the evening sky over Chicago. Westinghouse had outfoxed Edison, winning the contract to wire the Exposition with alternating ...

In 1893, Turner spoke at the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, where millions of Americans had flocked to Chicago for this 1893 multi-month event to experience displays of new technologies ...

In 1893 a young historian addressed the American Historical Association, which was meeting at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Frederick Jackson Turner presented his thesis, "The Significance ...

A t Chicago’s World Columbian Exposition of 1893, a dancer named Little Egypt shocked audiences with a dance she called the ...

With connections to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and the Palmer House Hotel, the birth of the brownie is a pretty interesting tale to tell. I love history, especially the history of my ...

Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) Vintage Chicago Tribune: World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893 and Century of Progress, 1933-1934 1891: Ground was broken in ...

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 ...