Worlds fair 1893

THE CITY OF WONDERS A SOUVENIR OF THE WORLD'S FAIR by Mary Catherine Crowley (1894)

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition (informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair) was the event of the century.

A century ago, touring the Paris world's fair, Henry Adams was extraordinarily prescient in predicting our current debate about ethics and technology.

Chicago World's Fair 1893: World's Columbian Exposition, Interior of Electricity Building. #1893 World's Columbian Exposition

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 15 A VIEW IN MIDWAY PLAISANCE.—A city in itself was the Midway, picturesque certainly, and educational as well, however meretricious some of its droll features. It was the playground of the multitude and they learned much while they

Chicago Day Poster, The World's Columbian Exposition 1893, Chicago

Postcard with a lithograph of a Ferris Wheel from Chicago's World Columbian Exposition of 1893. I bought this card when our family visited Chicago in 2018. Sent to a Postcrossing member in the United States.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition (informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair) was the event of the century.

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The World's Columbian Exposition 1893, Chicago