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The free searchable database will feature 7,000 pieces from the museum's 35,000-item collection. About 1,000 images have been ...
CHICAGO — If you’ve ever wanted to travel back in time to the 1893’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, one resident’s mission has been to make that possible. Michael Finney has alw… ...
Plan to Bring 100,000 Jews to World Fair in Chicago. ... Plans for staging the epic pageant entitled “Romance of a People” and for bringing 100,000 Jews to Chicago Soldier Field to witness ...
There, as part of Chicago’s forward-looking 1933 World’s Fair, stood 11 exhibition houses billed as homes of the future by virtue of their design, building materials or construction methods.
America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus' voyage to the continent four hundred (and one) years earlier. Chicago beat out New York, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. for ...
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — The 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, or Columbian Exposition, was a distinct point in history for science and culture, one that even West Virginia had a presence in. Running ...
Object Details Manufacturer Huntley, Boorne, & Stevens Catalogue Status Research in Progress Description Rectangular, long sides curved, snuff box style container, featuring cover with polychrome ...
The World’s Columbian Exposition, informally known as the Chicago World’s Fair, ran from May 1 to Oct. 30,1893, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ landing in the New ...
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. Skip to main content Open Mega Menu ...
The restaurant is named for Herbert M. Kinsley, the 19th-century restaurateur who oversaw dining at Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair, Kinsley seats 135 in total.