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Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair being brought ... equally tells the story of the construction of the fair along with H.H. Holmes ... in the city or the world — the Administration Building.
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 ...
The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition has begun, and people dressed in their Victorian finest are headed into the south portico of the fair’s Palace of Fine Arts, a building that looks as if ...
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 ...
tested by a strong wind; world's fair buildings make good resistance. some of the smaller structures damaged, but the big ones came out of the trial intact -- a top-heavy restaurant gets a bad ...
Margaret at the World’s Fair Guided Tours . 1 p.m. Sundays and Thursdays; May – August. The Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 drew in crowds from every state and many areas around the world. These fairs ...
When the world’s fair ended, James C. Rogers, a banker from Wamego, Kansas, purchased the building, then had it disassembled and reconstructed piece by piece on land he owned here.