World's Columbian Exposition
Chicago, Illinois 1893
What was the World's Columbian Expostion?
World's Columbian Exposition Ticket
World's Columbian Exposition FW
World's Columbian Exposition bird's eye
Goals of the Exposition
Why was the Fair held in Chicago?
Statistics/Characteristics of the fair
-The exposition costed $31 million.
-Adult admissions were 50 cents.
-Under 12 admissions were 25 cents.
-Entertainment rides were 50 cents each.
-27.5 million total visitors.
-21.5 million visitors paid.
-65,000 exhibits
-150 buildings
-633-684 acres of land
Who organized and created this grand event?
George R. Davis
Daniel Burnham
Frederick Law Olmsted
Experience new technologies, entertainments, & food!
Technology- Electricity
Entertainment-Hot Air Balloon
Food-Lobster Croquette
How extraordinary was the fair back in 1890?
"Sell the cook the stove if necessary and come. You must see the fair."
-Novelist Hamlin Garland to his parents in 1893-
The fair was so fascinating that...
"Everyone who can possibly do so should visit the fair. I saw no disposition to practice extortion on the part of the people of Chicago who are in those lines of business where it would be possible."
-Gen Russell A. Alger of Michigan June 26,1893-
The fair was so amazing that it made someone say...
"Well, Susan, it paid, even if it did take all the burial money"
-Fair Visitor 1893-
The fair was so grand that the Director General said...
"This exposition is not the conception of any single mind; it is not the result of any single effort, but it is the grandest conception of all the minds and the best obtainable results of all the efforts put forth by all the people who have in any manner contributed to its consideration."
-Fair Director General Davis May 1,1893 excerpt, fair opening speech-
How is the Fair Viewed Today?
"Just as world's fairs in earlier days popularized the electric light, the telephone, and other technologies that dramatically reshaped our lives, this Exposition will help people everywhere to realize the promise of the future".
-Bill Clinton, March 28,1995-
The fair was so huge that...
"[It is hard to] imagine trying to see all that in one day. Or even a week. You could have spent an entire inside one of the buildings and not see everything".
-Mark Alvey, Field Museum October 22,2013-
The fair was so colossal...
"There were 65,000 exhibits at the World's Columbian Exposition and the number of individual items is almost impossible to count".
-Christine Giannoni, Librarian @Field Museum October 22,2013-
The Fair's Effect on Chicago?
The Columbian Exposition still affects Chicago!
Columbian Exposition and its relevance today
WORKS CITED
Message From the Creator
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