Carter Harrison Archives - Page 2 of 2 - Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair

Opening Day, Part 2: Presidential Procession to the Fairgrounds
Gallery
Opening Day, Part 2: Presidential Procession to the Fairgrounds

OPENING DAY

Opening Day, Part 2: Presidential Procession to the Fairgrounds

Presidential Procession to the Fairgrounds This is Part 2 of our series “Opening Day of the World’s Fair,” which explores the events of May 1, 1893, at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The full series can be found here. Finely decorated with flags and bunting The Auditorium Building, where the Duke of Vergua stayed. [Image from the Rijksmueum, Amsterdam.] On the morning of Opening Day of the 1893 World’s Fair, the center of attraction in downtown Chicago [...]

Chicago: City of the Century (2003)
Gallery
Chicago: City of the Century (2003)

NEWS, VIDEO

Chicago: City of the Century (2003)

News of the passing of David Ogden Stiers on March 3 has garnered tributes to the actor’s unforgettable role on M*A*S*H and his voice performances for several animated film from Disney Studios. Mr. Stiers also played a small but valuable role in the history of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, serving as the narrator of one of the first documentaries about the great fair. Chicago: City of the Century, based on the 1996 book of the same title by [...]

By Scott|2023-04-09T08:50:58-05:00March 9th, 2018|Categories: NEWS, VIDEO|Tags: Auditorium, Bertha Palmer, Carter Harrison, Chicago: City of the Century, Daniel Burnham, Donald L. Miller, Frederick Law Olmsted, George Ferris, George Pullman, Harry Houdini, Hilda Satt Polacheck, Ida B. Wells, Louis Sullivan, Princess Eulalia|0 Comments

Souvenir Music from the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893
Gallery
Souvenir Music from the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893

AUDIO, NEWS, PRODUCTS

Souvenir Music from the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893

March, waltz, polka, and hoochie koochie your way back to the 1893 World’s Fair with Souvenir Music from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, a new recording of vintage sheet music from Lake Forest College Press. Donald C. Meyer, Professor of Music at Lake Forest College, has assembled a fascinating collection of 18 pieces of music written for or about the Columbian Exposition. A trio of musicians (pianist Chris White, violinist Kate Carter, and baritone Brad Jungwirth) perform the [...]

By Scott|2023-10-20T21:25:15-05:00February 24th, 2018|Categories: AUDIO, NEWS, PRODUCTS|Tags: Bertha Palmer, Carter Harrison, Chicago Day, Chicago History Museum, Ferris Wheel, Midway Plaisance, ragtime, sheet music, Sol Bloom, Street in Cairo, Viking Ship|2 Comments

Nov. 30, 2017: “Fair Game” theater show at Northwestern University
Gallery
Nov. 30, 2017: “Fair Game” theater show at Northwestern University

EVENTS (past), THEATER

Nov. 30, 2017: “Fair Game” theater show at Northwestern University

An interactive theater show opening soon at Northwestern University will allow audience members to walk through the magic (and menace) of the 1893 World’s Fair. “Fair Game: A Chicago Spectacle” by Sit and Spin Productions explores Chicago in the years 1891 to 1893, as the city builds and then hosts the Columbian Exposition. Written and directed by Eli Newell, the choose-your-own-adventure “FAIR GAME” is described this way: As the 1890s commence and the new century beckons, Chicago is a [...]

By Scott|2023-08-05T08:33:08-05:00November 18th, 2017|Categories: EVENTS (past), THEATER|Tags: Amy Beach, Bertha Palmer, Carter Harrison, Daniel Burnham, Devil in the White City (book), Eugene Patrick Prendergast, Frederick Law Olmsted, George Ferris, H. H. Holmes, John Root, Sol Bloom, Sophia Hayden, theater, Woman's Building|0 Comments

Carter Harrison Played His Part, October 1892
Gallery
Carter Harrison Played His Part, October 1892

REPRINTS

Carter Harrison Played His Part, October 1892

An excerpt from The Illustrated World's Fair Vol. 3, No. 16, October 1892, p. 330: EX-MAYOR CARTER H. HARRISON ON CHICAGO AN ARTICLE BY THE BEST-KNOWN CHICAGOAN. In the middle of an elegant street, well toward the heart of the city of Chicago, stands a dead cottonwood tree. Trunk and branches are bare of bark. It is gnarled and white. Should one cut a cross-section of the trunk he would probably not be able to count a hundred annual [...]

By Scott|2018-03-11T10:16:50-05:00October 28th, 2017|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Carter Harrison, Hull House, Philip Armour|0 Comments