1893 World's Columbian Exposition
Come visit the WCE before September 7th 2014 and check out many of these artifacts, and MORE! This episode doesn't even mention the mummies! http://worldsfair.fieldmuseum.org/ NEW! Subreddit:...
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Come one, come all, to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition: the Fair that defined the future of Chicago!Industrialization! Electricity! The World's first ferris wheel! A liberty bell made out of citrus fruits!Chicago was the second largest city in the United States in 1892 and beat out some major competitors for hosting the Fair that year.The Great Chicago Fire had destroyed a large portion of the city 22 years earlier,and the American Civil War had destroyed a large portion of the entire United States 6 years prior to that,so the World's Columbian Exposition was a proverbial 'rising from the ashes', much to the pride of many Chicagoans.More than 27 million tickets were sold during the six months that the Fair was up and runni...
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Come one, come all, to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition: the Fair that defined the future of Chicago!Industrialization! Electricity! The World's first ferris wheel! A liberty bell made out of citrus fruits!Chicago was the second largest city in the United States in 1892 and beat out some major competitors for hosting the Fair that year.The Great Chicago Fire had destroyed a large portion of the city 22 years earlier,and the American Civil War had destroyed a large portion of the entire United States 6 years prior to that,so the World's Columbian Exposition was a proverbial 'rising from the ashes', much to the pride of many Chicagoans.More than 27 million tickets were sold during the six months that the Fair was up and runni...
