Now We Are Six

Six years ago, we started this website to share our interest in the 1893 World's Fair with others. We have greatly enjoyed populating the site with research articles, historic images, announcements, and occasional amusements. Most of all, we've been honored hearing from researchers, collectors, curators, archivists, authors, artists, and curious readers who find this site useful. Looking back six years ... Our most-read post is "Death of the Republic: The fiery end to the golden colossus of the 1893 [...]

By |2023-09-04T09:28:07-05:00September 4th, 2023|Categories: NEWS|0 Comments
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DREAM CITY DREAMING by Cindy Angell Keeling

Dream City Dreaming by Cindy Angell Keeling. Petite Parasol Press, 2023. 336 pages. Hardcover, $27.99. ISBN 9798987489000. Paperback, $17.99. ISBN 9798987489017. Kindle $9.99. “There’s magic at the fair that turns the most stalwart souls into hopeless romantics,” asserts one character in Dream City Dreaming by Cindy Angell Keeling. Combining well-rounded characters, a captivating story about visiting the Columbian Exposition, and vivid descriptions of the fairgrounds, this new historical novel crackles with the magic and romance of the 1893 World’s [...]

By |2023-08-07T14:14:27-05:00August 8th, 2023|Categories: FICTION, NEWS|1 Comment
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Marvel’s “Loki” heads to the 1893 World’s Fair in Season 2

The Marvel Universe is heading to the 1893 World’s Fair this fall. The Season 1 finale of the original series Loki found the titular character in a battle for the soul of the Time Variance Authority. In the upcoming season, the action moves through multiple branched timelines as Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Mobius (Owen Wilson) encounter Victor Timely (Jonathan Majors). The Cosmic Circus reports that the story will bring the characters to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, [...]

By |2023-08-05T14:19:48-05:00July 5th, 2023|Categories: NEWS, VIDEO|0 Comments
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Chicago Public Library Invites Kids to Come to the Chicago World’s Fair

The Chicago Public Library invites kids to "Come to the Chicago World’s Fair!" with a list of books for learning about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and some of its notable attractions and  people. The 1893 World's Fair had an entire building dedicated to children. [Image from Bancroft, Hubert Howe The Book of the Fair. The Bancroft Company, 1893.]

By |2023-05-30T10:33:07-05:00May 30th, 2023|Categories: NEWS|Tags: |0 Comments
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A satirical podcast about the 1893 World’s Fair?

Jeopardy! clues relating to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (such as ones about belly dancing and promotional pickle pins, the Field Columbian Museum, and Fannie Barrier Williams) are always a fun surprise. On the April 18, 2023, episode, returning champion Dan Ciarrocchi mentioned that he is writing a scripted podcast that is a satirical look at the 1893 World’s Fair. We can't wait to hear it!

By |2023-10-05T09:11:03-05:00April 18th, 2023|Categories: AUDIO, NEWS|Tags: |0 Comments
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White City dark again as “Devil” departs Hulu

In various stages of development for twenty years, the screen adaptation of Erik Larson’s 2003 best-selling book about the Columbian Exposition, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, has blown another fuse. In the wake of leading man Keanu Reeves and director Todd Field dropping out of the drama last October, Hulu has pulled the plug on the production on March 6. Hulu ordered the miniseries in February 2019, but [...]

By |2023-03-10T08:46:54-06:00March 10th, 2023|Categories: NEWS, VIDEO|Tags: |0 Comments
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Come on Feel the Fair! Illinois, the musical

“Oh, great White City I've got the adequate committee Where have your walls gone? I think about it now.” —Sufjan Stevens Come on Feel the Fair! A stage musical adaptation of Sufjan Stevens’ acclaimed 2005 concept album Illinois, which features a song about the 1893 World’s Fair, will open this summer. The lyrics in Illinois reference iconic persons, places, and events related to the Prairie State. In addition to tracks about UFOs, zombies, and predatory wasps is the triumphant [...]

By |2023-03-10T08:09:40-06:00March 10th, 2023|Categories: AUDIO, NEWS, THEATER|0 Comments
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How the Myth of the American Frontier Got Its Start at the 1893 World’s Fair

"It was getting late. The lecture hall was stifling from a day of blazing sun, which had tormented the throngs visiting the nearby Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition, a carnival of never-before-seen wonders, like a fully illuminated electric city and George Ferris’ 264-foot-tall rotating observation wheel. Many of the hundred or so historians attending the conference, a meeting of the American Historical Association (AHA), were dazed and dusty from an afternoon spent watching Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show at a [...]

By |2023-01-08T11:25:05-06:00January 8th, 2023|Categories: NEWS|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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Historic Woman from the 1893 World’s Fair on “Jeopardy!”

Jeopardy! featured an important figure from the 1893 World's Fair on their show #8766 (airing on Monday, December 19, 2022). The category of "Famous Woman" in the Double Jeopardy round included the answer: "In 1893, activist Fannie Barrier Williams successfully fought for Black inclusion at this city's Columbian Exposition." The correct question "What is Chicago?" required no knowledge of Williams and escaped all three contestants. Fannie Barrier Williams (1855–1944) was an Black teacher, political activist for the civil rights of [...]

By |2024-08-18T14:48:16-05:00December 29th, 2022|Categories: NEWS|Tags: , , , |1 Comment
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Dec. 2, 2022 – Feb. 1, 2023: A Columbian Exposition quilt on display (Woodland, CA)

“Expressions in Cloth,” a new exhibition at YoloArts’ Gallery 625 in Woodland, California, includes a beautiful quilt by artist Sherry Werum that features images inspired by the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. World's Fair enthusiasts might see Louis Sullivan's iconic Golden Door entrance to the Transporation Building or William Le Baron Jenney's stunning glass dome of the Horticultural Building among Werum's intricate design. “Expressions in Cloth” runs from December 2, 2022, to February 1, 2023, at Gallery 625 [...]

By |2022-12-04T09:04:02-06:00December 4th, 2022|Categories: EXHIBITS (current), NEWS, Uncategorized|Tags: , |0 Comments
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