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From the Balcony of Henry Ives Cobb’s Fisheries Building
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From the Balcony of Henry Ives Cobb’s Fisheries Building

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From the Balcony of Henry Ives Cobb’s Fisheries Building

Detail from "From the Balcony of the Fisheries Building" in Harper's New Monthly Magazine May 1893. Henry Ives Cobb (August 19, 1859 – March 27, 1931) contributed several buildings to the fairgrounds of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, but perhaps none so beautiful and intricately detailed as the great Fisheries Building. "In the Fisheries Building, a clever scheme of surface ornament has been composed from casts of starfish, seahorses, crabs, lobsters, and creatures of land and water [...]

By Scott|2019-03-26T20:55:53-05:00March 27th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Fisheries Building, Henry Ives Cobb|0 Comments

Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair, Part III
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Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair, Part III

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Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair, Part III

Throughout Women’s History Month, we’re reflecting on women’s valuable contributions to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Reprinted here is Part 3 of “Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair” from the May 1893 issue of The Review of Reviews. “The Children's Building” was contributed by Clara Doty Bates, who served as the librarian for the building. Earlier this month we posted Part 1 and Part 2. Additional images have been added to the original article. Clara Doty Bates. [Image [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T10:47:01-06:00March 20th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Alexander Sandier, Bertha Palmer, Board of Lady Managers, Children's Building, Clara Doty Bates, Columbian Bazaar, Emily Huntington, George L. Dunlap, Pauline A. Shaw, Woman's Building|1 Comment

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Life Saving Station (p. 76)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Life Saving Station (p. 76)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Life Saving Station (p. 76)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 76 – THE LIFE SAVING STATION THE LIFE SAVING STATION —The Life Saving Station was a popular institution at the World's Fair. At a certain hour every afternoon the crowd assembled on the lake shore and gazed out over the water, out of which, at a considerable distance, rose a mast, theoretically, that of a vessel submerged beneath. To the mast clung one or more supposedly shipwrecked people awaiting [...]

By Randy|2019-03-10T19:20:34-05:00March 17th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Government Plaza, Life Saving Station, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Victoria House|0 Comments

Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair, Part II
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Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair, Part II

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Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair, Part II

March is Women’s History Month and a fitting time to reflect on women’s valuable contributions to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Reprinted here is Part 2 of “Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair” from the May 1893 issue of The Review of Reviews. “The Woman's Branch of the World's Congress Auxiliary” was written by Ellen M. Henrotin, Vice-President of the Woman's Branch of the World's Congress Auxiliary. Part 1 was posted earlier this month, and Parts 3 will follow [...]

By Scott|2023-12-20T13:27:51-06:00March 13th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Bertha Palmer, Board of Lady Managers, Edna Dean Proctor, Elizabeth A. Reed, Ellen Henrotin, Frances E Willard, Helena Modjeska, Julia Marlowe, Julia Ward Howe, Lady Henry Somerset, Susan B. Anthony|2 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Interior of the Agriculture Building (p. 75)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Interior of the Agriculture Building (p. 75)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Interior of the Agriculture Building (p. 75)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 75 – INTERIOR OF AGRICULTURE BUILDING INTERIOR OF AGRICULTURE BUILDING.—The visitor new to the Fair and as yet unfamiliar with the topography of interiors was not unlikely to get lost in the Agriculture Building, with its acres of space and mile upon mile of displays. It was a most bewildering, but attractive, place, and drew the people, regardless of their occupation when at home. The dainty city woman and [...]

By Randy|2019-03-10T20:13:03-05:00March 10th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Agricultural Building, Germany, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|0 Comments

Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair, Part I
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Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair, Part I

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Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair, Part I

March is Women’s History Month and a fitting time to reflect on women’s valuable contributions to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Reprinted here is Part 1 of “Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair” from the May 1893 issue of The Review of Reviews. “The Work of the Board of Lady Managers” was written by one of its Vice Presidents, Virginia C. Meredith of Indiana. Parts 2 and 3 will follow later this month. Section headers and additional images have [...]

By Scott|2024-04-01T18:57:31-05:00March 1st, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Bertha Palmer, Board of Lady Managers, Candace Wheeler, Sophia Hayden, Virginia Meredith, Woman's Building|0 Comments

How Should Chicago be Governed?
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How Should Chicago be Governed?

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How Should Chicago be Governed?

Chicago City Hall. [Image from Butterworth, Hezekiah Zigzag Journeys in the White City (Estes and Lauriat, 1894).] With the election for a new Mayor of Chicago on the horizon, citizens are demanding cleaner streets, a crackdown on crime and vice, and safer public transportation. The year was 1893. The mayoral election of the spring of 1893 would decide who would become the “World’s Fair Mayor” as the city prepared for the May 1 opening of the World’s Columbian [...]

By Scott|2019-01-30T19:43:21-06:00February 19th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: mayor|0 Comments

THE LADY OF THE LAKE by Julian Hawthorne Part IV: The Incomparable Loveliness of the Illuminations
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THE LADY OF THE LAKE by Julian Hawthorne Part IV: The Incomparable Loveliness of the Illuminations

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THE LADY OF THE LAKE by Julian Hawthorne Part IV: The Incomparable Loveliness of the Illuminations

Author Julian Hawthorne visited the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Like so many other visitors who recorded their impressions of visiting the World’s Fair, he offered some of his highest praise for the electrical lighting of the night scene in the Dream City, a “banquet of royal beauty.” Reprinted below is the fourth and final part of Julian Hawthorne’s “The Lady of the Lake” about his June visit to the fairgrounds and published in the August 1893 issue [...]

By Scott|2022-12-10T10:05:26-06:00February 7th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Administration Building, Agricultural Building, Diana, Electricity Building, illumination, Julian Hawthorne, lagoon, search lights|0 Comments

THE LADY OF THE LAKE by Julian Hawthorne Part III: Curiosities of the Midway Plaisance
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THE LADY OF THE LAKE by Julian Hawthorne Part III: Curiosities of the Midway Plaisance

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THE LADY OF THE LAKE by Julian Hawthorne Part III: Curiosities of the Midway Plaisance

Author Julian Hawthorne visited the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Reprinted below is the third part of Julian Hawthorne’s “The Lady of the Lake” about his June visit to the fairgrounds and published in the August 1893 issue of Lippincott’s Magazine. The previous installments can be found in Part I and Part II. [NOTE: By today’s standards, some of Hawthorne’s remarks about the Midway Plaisance and citizens of the international villages sound racist. It was not uncommon for commentators [...]

By Scott|2022-12-10T10:03:20-06:00February 5th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Columbian Guard, Hagenbeck's Animal Arena, Java Village, Julian Hawthorne, Midway Plaisance, sedan chair, Street in Cairo, Temple of Luxor, Turkish Village|0 Comments

THE LADY OF THE LAKE by Julian Hawthorne Part II: A Pure Delight of the Soul
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THE LADY OF THE LAKE by Julian Hawthorne Part II: A Pure Delight of the Soul

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THE LADY OF THE LAKE by Julian Hawthorne Part II: A Pure Delight of the Soul

Author Julian Hawthorne visited the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Reprinted below is the second part of Julian Hawthorne’s “The Lady of the Lake” about his June visit to the fairgrounds and published in the August 1893 issue of Lippincott’s Magazine. Part 1 can be found here. THE LADY OF THE LAKE by Julian Hawthorne The Palace of Fine Arts depicted in “Art Palace from the Southwest” by the Poole Brothers. [Image from Vistas of the Fair [...]

By Scott|2019-05-26T16:34:21-05:00February 3rd, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Julian Hawthorne, Palace of Fine Arts|1 Comment