"Belly Dancer" Archives - Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair

In a Pickle on Jeopardy
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In a Pickle on Jeopardy

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In a Pickle on Jeopardy

Writers for Jeopardy have been digging into the history of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition for answers to questions in recent weeks. Amy Schneider's incredible winning streak came to end soon after missing a Final Jeopardy question about the Field Columbian Museum on the January 24, 2022, episode. During the episode airing on Friday, February 4, 2022 (Show #8570), the "Dance Party" category held the answer "At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the 'Street in Cairo' exhibit helped introduce [...]

By Scott|2023-10-05T09:09:28-05:00March 5th, 2022|Categories: NEWS, VIDEO|Tags: "Belly Dancer", Heinz, Jeopardy|2 Comments

“Halcyon Days in the Dream City’’ Part 3: Cairo Street
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“Halcyon Days in the Dream City’’ Part 3: Cairo Street

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“Halcyon Days in the Dream City’’ Part 3: Cairo Street

Halcyon Days in the Dream City by Mrs. D. C. Taylor Continued from Part 2 A long stretch of high stone wall above which clearly outlined against the blue of the summer sky, is seen a confused medly [sic] of queer tiled roofs, glimpses of latticed and casement windows, and above all a tall minaret, the turban like top holding up star and crescent. We pay the magic twenty-five cents and step into a curving narrow street, lined with [...]

By Scott|2022-10-03T09:07:52-05:00November 4th, 2020|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: "Belly Dancer", camels, Little Egypt, Midway Plaisance, Street in Cairo|0 Comments

Echoes of the White City Part 2: “A Midway in Miniature”
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Echoes of the White City Part 2: “A Midway in Miniature”

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Echoes of the White City Part 2: “A Midway in Miniature”

For two weeks in November of 1894, an ersatz Midway Plaisance sprang to life inside of the Battery D Armory and Second Regiment Armory buildings in downtown Chicago.

By Scott|2022-12-10T10:08:01-06:00November 16th, 2019|Categories: HISTORY|Tags: "Belly Dancer", Austrian Village (Old Vienna), camels, Chinese Village, Dahomey Village, Hagenbeck's Animal Arena, Midway Plaisance, Moorish Palace, Old Times Log Cabin and Restaurant, Street in Cairo, Turkish Village|1 Comment

Chicago Magazine Recalls the “Indecent Undulations” on the Midway Plaisance
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Chicago Magazine Recalls the “Indecent Undulations” on the Midway Plaisance

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Chicago Magazine Recalls the “Indecent Undulations” on the Midway Plaisance

A photograph of "Egyptian Dancing Girls" from Picturesque World’s Fair shows more modest attire than is often described for the "belly dancer" show on the Midway. The February 2019 issue of Chicago Magazine offers a historical survey of baring skin in the Windy City. “Unbuttoning Chicago’s History of Covering Up” opens with the 1893 World’s Fair, summarizing how the “belly dancers” in the Street in Cairo exhibit on the Midway Plaisance shocked some viewers, raised ire of the [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T10:40:24-06:00January 26th, 2019|Categories: NEWS|Tags: "Belly Dancer", Anthony Comstock, Board of Lady Managers, Midway Plaisance, Street in Cairo|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Egyptian Dancing Girls (p. 34)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Egyptian Dancing Girls (p. 34)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Egyptian Dancing Girls (p. 34)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWSPage 34 – EGYPTIAN DANCING GIRLSEGYPTIAN DANCING GIRLS.—That prominent feature of the Midway Plaisance, a Street in Cairo, had a theatre among its attractions, and what doubtless drew most visitors to this place of entertainment, was the performance of the Egyptian Dancing Girls. The illustration gives excellent portraits of the three dusky beauties who were most prominent there, and shows also the semi-Oriental costume in which they danced. Of the performance it [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:36:21-05:00February 20th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: "Belly Dancer", Board of Lady Managers, Egyptian Dancing Girls, Midway Plaisance, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Street in Cairo|1 Comment