Dec. 2 2020: “Building Chicago’s Public Spaces with Julia Bachrach” (online)

The Chicago Public Library, in partnership with the Chicago Architecture Center, will host an online presentation on "Building Chicago’s Public Spaces" by Chicago parks historian Julia Bachrach. The talk on Wednesday, December 2, from 6-7 pm, is free but registration is required: https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/5f9c4a02e085ab5c2caf057d Bachrach will highlight two major architectural themes in park history: the Museum of Science and Industry—built as the Palace of Fine Arts for the World’s Columbian Exposition—and the fieldhouse, an influential building type invented in Chicago. She will [...]

By |2023-01-12T20:31:15-06:00November 12th, 2020|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , , , |0 Comments
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Sept. 15, 2020: World’s Fair Auction #37 closes

Columbian Exposition collectors may be interested in World’s Fair Auction #37, now open for preview. Online bidding closes on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. The auction catalog can be viewed at: http://www.worldsfairauction.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi. Lots 22 through 57 are items related to the 1893 World’s Fair, and include several products commemorating various building of the White City: numerous Columbian Exposition coins and medals; a colorful box for the Picture Puzzles of the "Mines Building"; a letter on Illinois Board of World's Fair [...]

By |2020-12-12T08:55:23-06:00September 8th, 2020|Categories: ANTIQUES, EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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Oct. 10, 2020: “Innovations of the 1893 World’s Fair” online presentation (Chicago Detours)

Chicago Detours will be offering an online lecture on "Innovations of the 1893 World's Fair" on Saturday, October 10, at 1 pm (central time). The event, held via Zoom, will delve into the history of the World's Colombian Exposition of 1893 and share the inventions, engineering feats, and gastronomical exhibits that wowed visitors. Tickets can be purchased for $15 at https://chicagodetours.rezdy.com/406501/wonders-of-the-1893-world-s-fair

By |2020-12-12T08:55:32-06:00September 6th, 2020|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |1 Comment
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Sept 18, 2020 and after-1893 World’s Fair Walking Tours (Chicago Architecture Center)

Beginning September 18, 2020, the Chicago Architecture Center (CAC) is offering "1893 World's Fair" family walking tours. Although the World’s Columbian Exposition fairgrounds were located south of downtown Chicago and in mostly temporary buildings, there are sites downtown—still standing today—that date from the Fair and highlight its impact. For $99 per family, enjoy a safe walking tour experience lasting 45−60 minutes with one of the CAC’s expertly trained Education Guides. The CAC also offers a regular "White City Revisited" [...]

By |2024-10-27T12:20:24-05:00September 5th, 2020|Categories: EVENTS (past)|0 Comments
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Sept. 24, 2020: “Designed to Dazzle and Delight” Olmsted and the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition (online)

On Thursday, September 24, 2020, The National Association for Olmsted Parks will host Chicago parks historian Julia Bachrach, who will offer a lecture "Designed to Dazzle and Delight" about landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The special program will be help at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time using Zoom. Advance registration is required.

By |2022-03-05T10:59:58-06:00September 5th, 2020|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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Aug 27, 2020: “Wonders of the 1893 World’s Fair” online presentation (Chicago Detours)

Chicago Detours will be offering a virtual tour of the World's Columbian Exposition fairgrounds on Thurs, August 27, starting at 6 pm (central time). The 50-minute virtual tour led via Zoom shares the inventions, engineering feats, and gastronomical exhibits that wowed visitors to the 1893 World’s Fair. Tickets for the online event can be purchased for $15 at https://chicagodetours.rezdy.com/406501/wonders-of-the-1893-world-s-fair

By |2020-09-05T08:23:57-05:00August 17th, 2020|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |1 Comment
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Aug. 11, 2020: “Britannia Visits the White City”: the Peter family and the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 (Washington D.C.)

What was it like to attend the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago? A first-hand account from Martha Washington’s great-grandchild is the basis of “Britannia Visits the White City,” a lecture sponsored by the DAR Museum in Washington on August 11, 2020. Washington descendant Britannia W. Kennon, a seventy-eight-year-old owner of the Georgetown estate of Tudor Place, spent a week with her family at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. Her surviving letters and postcards in the archives of [...]

By |2020-08-17T08:35:15-05:00July 13th, 2020|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , |0 Comments
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June 13, 2020: LGBT Chicago History in 1893 (Virtual Tour)

To celebrate Pride month, Chicago Detours is offering an "LGBT CHICAGO HISTORY IN 1893 VIRTUAL TOUR" on Saturday, June 13, 2020, at 2:30 pm. This special tour was intended to be a walking tour in the Chicago Loop, but instead will be available as an online program and open to everyone. The tour will explore stories of gay and lesbian history from the 19th-century, set against the backdrop of the 1893 World’s Fair Tour. While digging into how and [...]

By |2020-06-22T08:44:39-05:00June 2nd, 2020|Categories: EVENTS (past)|0 Comments
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May 28, 2020: “Wonders of the 1893 World’s Fair Part 2” Virtual Historic Happy Hour (Chicago Detours)

Grab a refreshment of choice and join Chicago Detours for a Historic Happy Hour on Thurs, May 28, when the theme is “Wonders of the 1893 World’s Fair Part 2.” Executive Director, Amanda, will offer a virtual tour of the World's Columbian Exposition and highlight the industrial, engineering, and gastronomical inventions that wowed visitors to Chicago's White City. The even runs from 6-6:30 pm CST. The event is free but requires registration.

By |2022-03-05T10:59:51-06:00May 23rd, 2020|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments
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May 15, 2020: Virtual Tour of the 1893 World’s Fair (online)

Chicago "history detective" Ray Johnson will offer a virtual tour of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition fairgrounds at 4 pm (Central) on May 15, 2020. The webinar, offered by Vamonde, is free but registration is required.

By |2020-05-23T09:53:42-05:00May 11th, 2020|Categories: EVENTS (past)|0 Comments
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