Reaching the fairgrounds by cable car, cattle car, steamboat, or L?

Visitors to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition had many options for transportation to (and within), the fairgrounds. The poem below, about various transportation modes, may have been a sly advertisement for the company mentioned in the final line. “The Crowd Entering the Grounds from the Elevated Railway,” drawn by T. de Thulstrup after a sketch by T. Dart Walker. [Image from Harper’s Weekly June 10, 1893.] Some reached The Fair by steamboat, .....Some ride upon the “L;” Some bump [...]

By |2024-04-27T10:31:58-05:00May 2nd, 2024|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , |0 Comments
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May 14, 2024: “L Car No. 1 First Look” (Chicago)

The Guild of the Chicago History Museum will host an exclusive first look at the newly renovated elevated train car that took visitors to the 1893 World’s Fair. Attendees will peruse World’s Fair artifacts with curators, meet historic figures who made headlines at the Fair, and hop aboard the L car for a tour as it reopens after its restoration. Period musicians, 19th-century costumes, and a luncheon straight from 1893, will offer Guild members a glimpse of the wonder [...]

By |2024-06-04T09:22:28-05:00April 27th, 2024|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: , |0 Comments
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