Restored Map of Jackson Park Before the 1893 World’s Fair

To celebrate the American Library Association’s Preservation Week (April 21-27, 2019), the Chicago Public Library has posted some remarkable photographs of their conservation work on a very fragile map of Jackson Park before the 1893 World’s Fair. Portion of an 1885 map showing the “General Plan for the Jackson Park Shore Protection.” [Image from the Chicago Public Library.] The “General Plan for the Jackson Park Shore Protection” was drawn for the South Park Commissioners in 1885, five years before [...]

By |2019-04-16T09:57:01-05:00April 21st, 2019|Categories: NEWS|Tags: |0 Comments
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New Biography of Daniel Chester French

Today we’re celebrating the birthday of Daniel Chester French, born on April 20, 1850, and sculptor of The Statue of the Republic and other works for the 1893 World’s Fair. Author's Voice “Virtual Book Signing” video series recently posted the latest episode of “A House Divided” (Season 3, Episode 2). Host Harold Holzer of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop interviews author Dan Weinberg on his new biography of the sculptor, titled Monument Man: The Life & Art of Daniel Chester [...]

By |2019-04-19T16:02:06-05:00April 20th, 2019|Categories: NEWS|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Russell L. Lewis

The Chicago History Museum has announced that their Chief Historian Emeritus and Trustee Emeritus Russell Lewis passed away today. Lewis was an eminent World's Columbian Exposition historian, authoring significant collections such as Historic Photos of the Chicago World's Fair (Turner, 2010) and Remembering the Chicago World’s Fair (Turner, 2011). His recent article “A Wheel With a View” in Summer 2017 issue of Chicago History described the Ferris Wheel. We delighted in, and were enriched by, his presentations on the [...]

By |2019-04-19T19:28:51-05:00April 19th, 2019|Categories: NEWS|Tags: |0 Comments
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Article on “Diana of the Tower” in New York Archives magazine

“America’s Grandest Tower” by Suzanne Hinman in the Spring 2019 (Volume 18, Number 4) issue of New York Archives magazine explores the 1891 dedication of the new tower of the Madison Square Garden in New York City. Topping the tower was a golden goddess who would come down in less than a year and be shipped off to the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. The article features several beautiful photos of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ Diana (including one supplied by WorldsFairChicago1893.com) showing [...]

By |2019-04-16T11:28:56-05:00April 18th, 2019|Categories: NEWS|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Relics from the Columbian Exposition’s “Victoria House” Up for Sale

Victoria House served as Great Britain’s government building for the 1893 World’s Fair. Remnants of some beautiful carpentry from the original structure have come on the market recently. This World’s Fair relic, however, comes as part of a house on Chicago’s northside, for sale in the range of $739,000. The house at 1911 W. Farwell Avenue in the Roger’s Park neighborhood was built by Andrew Hall, an electrician who worked for a company involved with the 1893 World’s Columbian [...]

By |2019-03-17T18:55:03-05:00March 17th, 2019|Categories: ANTIQUES, NEWS|Tags: |0 Comments
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Timeline of THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY minseries

The April 2019 issue of Chicago magazine includes this timeline of the on-again-off-again (it's ON again!) plans for a film version of The Devil in the White City. There is no word yet on the title of the upcoming Hulu miniseries or where filming will take place. And who will play the role of Daniel Burnham? Perhaps ... John C. Reilly? David Morse? Tom Hanks? Daniel H. Burnham, Director of Works for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. [...]

By |2019-03-16T12:37:48-05:00March 16th, 2019|Categories: NEWS|Tags: |0 Comments
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Wind Yourself Up and Spring Forward

A timely reminder from World'sFairChicago1893.com to set your clocks ahead for daylight savings, which begins on Sunday, March 10, 2019. The Clock Tower of the Self-Winding Clock Company in the center of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building. [Image from Scientific American, July 29, 1893.]

By |2019-03-08T19:15:41-06:00March 9th, 2019|Categories: NEWS|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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Fair Floor Faces Foggy Future

A parquet floor in the William Witten Home in Highland Park, Illinois, came from the 1893 World’s Fair. [Image from the William Witten Home Facebook page.] Will an impending wrecking ball spare a rare craftsman floor from the 1893 World’s Fair? Following a story last year from the Chicago Tribune, CBS-2 Chicago reports that the William Walter Witten Home, at 1014 Central Avenue in Highland Park, Illinois, could be torn down soon. William Witten "was a talented woodworker," notes [...]

By |2024-11-21T09:25:21-06:00February 15th, 2019|Categories: NEWS|0 Comments
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“Devil in the White City” to be a Hulu Mini Series

One man built a dream city on the shores of Lake Michigan, attracting tens of millions of visitors from around the world. Another built a nightmare hotel in a neighborhood near the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Erik Larson entwined the true stories of architect Daniel H. Burnham and serial killer H. H. Holmes into a fascinating narrative in his 2003 bestseller The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America. [...]

By |2022-12-10T10:11:08-06:00February 12th, 2019|Categories: NEWS, VIDEO|Tags: , , , |1 Comment
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Finding the Fair at the Field

In terms of quantity and quality, one of the greatest collections of objects from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition resides in the Field Museum in Chicago. The permanent collection is a treasure trove of unique and fascinating items from the 1893 Exposition. We visited the museums several times recently to take in some of the temporary exhibits having World’s Fair materials on display and share a few photos here. Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation ran from July [...]

By |2019-02-12T08:07:01-06:00February 10th, 2019|Categories: EXHIBITS (current), EXHIBITS (past), NEWS|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments
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