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Feb. 25-Jun. 25, 2022: “Crossings: Mapping American Journeys” (Newberry Library, Chicago)

A map of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition fairgrounds is part of a new exhibit at the Newberry Library in Chicago. Maps, guidebooks, travelogues, postcards, and more from the Library’s collection recreate travelers’ experiences along the northern and southern borders of the US, across the continent’s interior, and up and down the Mississippi River. “Crossings: Mapping American Journeys” includes an enlarged print of the Indexed Guide Map and Key to the World’s Fair Buildings, Grounds, and Exhibits from the [...]

By |2022-10-10T09:01:49-05:00April 16th, 2022|Categories: EVENTS (past), EXHIBITS (past)|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Apr. 28, 2022: “From Fair to Field: The Field Museum’s Roots in the Columbian Exposition” (Northfield, IL)

Thursday, April 28, 2022, the Winnetka-Northfield Library District will host Mark Alvey, speaking on "From Fair to Field: The Field Museum's Roots in the Columbian Exposition." Mr. Alvey of the Field Museum will present a talk on the origin of the Field Columbian Museum, which opened in June 1894, with approximately 50,000 objexts from the 1893 World's Fair. The event runs from 7-8 PM in the Northfield Library (1785 Orchard Lane in Northfield, IL) and is free and open [...]

By |2024-01-07T08:47:12-06:00April 8th, 2022|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Changes Coming to Midway Plaisance

“Passing under the Stony Island viaduct, we are in a new world, which, while it does not pretend to instruct, still conveys quite an amount of real knowledge, though carefully enshrouded in a sugarcoating of amusement.” —“The World's Columbian Exposition, a View from the Ferris Wheel” Scientific American September 9, 1893, pp. 169 70. The Midway Plaisance, a six hundred-foot wide by one-mile-long strip of land connecting Jackson Park on the east to Washington Park on the west, served [...]

By |2022-04-01T15:30:11-05:00April 3rd, 2022|Categories: NEWS|Tags: , |0 Comments
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The Girl Who Walked on a Monster’s Belt

“The Fair, considered as an electrical exposition only, would be well worthy the attention of the world.” —Murat Halstead, “Electricity at the Fair” Cosmopolitan, September 1893. A great central power plant inside of Machinery Hall powered most of the incandescent lamps, arc lamps, motors, and water pumps for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Capable of delivering more than 12,000 horsepower (9480 kilowatts), this was not only—by far—the largest power plant ever built but also a stunning exhibit of the [...]

By |2023-12-27T09:31:30-06:00April 2nd, 2022|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Hulu’s “The Devil in the White City” to be a musical!

Plans for the long-awaited screen adaptation of Erik Larson’s best-selling The Devil in the White City have taken an unusual turn, with the announcement that the paired stories of the 1893 World’s Fair and serial murders will be set to song, with a flock of heavy-hitter musical talent being cast in several lead roles. While the lead role of H. H. Holmes remains unfilled at this time, many sources are indicating that Keanu Reeves (The Matrix: Resurrections) will fill [...]

By |2025-01-30T18:40:19-06:00April 1st, 2022|Categories: NEWS|Tags: |0 Comments
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Mar 29, 2022: “Daniel Burnham: Make No Little Plans” (Council Bluffs, IA)

Historical dramatist R.J. Lindsey will become Daniel Burnham, Director of Works for the 1893 World's Fair, in a living history program at the Council Bluffs Public Library on March 29, 2022. In "Daniel Burnham: Make No Little Plans," the famed Chicago architect narrates a slide program, including many photographs, detailing the Chicago Fire of 1871, the building of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition, and the Chicago Development Plan of 1909. He will also discuss several of his innovative buildings: [...]

By |2023-08-05T08:36:54-05:00March 27th, 2022|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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Mar. 27, 2022: “Sophia Hayden Deserves Better” play reading (Barrington, IL)

In 1891 a brilliant 23-year-old woman won an architecture contest to design the Woman’s Building for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. What should have been the start to a flourishing career in architecture became career-ending. Throughout the two-year process of building the Woman’s Building, the architect quietly endured bullying, micromanaging, and undermining until she finally spoke up. In a time when women were defined as physically and intellectually weaker than men, her concerns were not only not heard, [...]

By |2022-04-07T13:07:03-05:00March 24th, 2022|Categories: EVENTS (past), THEATER|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Apr. 14, 2022: “The Fire at the Fair” (Northfield, IL)

Thursday, April 14, 2022, the Winnetka-Northfield Library District will host "Chicago History Cop" Raymond Johnson, speaking on "The Fire at the Fair." Mr. Johnson will present his research on tragic fire at the Cold Storage Building at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and his  surprising discovery at the memorial at Chicago’s Oakwoods Cemetery. The event runs from 7-8 PM in the Northfield Library (1785 Orchard Lane in Northfield, IL) and is free and open to the public. Registration is [...]

By |2024-01-07T08:47:03-06:00March 19th, 2022|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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Apr. 7, 2022: “The Archaeology of Garbage and Consumerism During Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair” (Winnetka, IL)

Thursday, April 7, 2022, the Winnetka-Northfield Library District will host author and archaeologist Rebecca Graff, speaking on "The Archaeology of Garbage and Consumerism During Chicago's 1893 World's Fair." Prof. Graff will present research from archaeological sites associated with the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. The event runs from 7-8 PM in the Winnetka Library (768 Oak Street in Winnetka, IL) and is free and open to the public. Registration is required and capacity is limited. The Ohio Building. [Image [...]

By |2024-01-07T08:46:57-06:00March 18th, 2022|Categories: EVENTS (past)|0 Comments
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When Ward McAllister Sauced Chicago, Part 5

Dessert: Chilled Relations Continued from Part 4. “I have never called Chicago a pork-packing town.” —Ward McAllister As Opening Day of the 1893 World’s Fair approached, Chicago busied herself with final preparations for hosting millions of guests from around the world. The Exposition would be the biggest party ever thrown, and the names of many dignitaries populated the guest list. Royalty rolled down the Midway Plaisance when the Princess Eulalia, Infanta of Spain, visited the 1893 World’s Fair [...]

By |2022-03-17T20:14:18-05:00March 18th, 2022|Categories: HISTORY|Tags: , , , |1 Comment
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