1893 World’s Columbian Exposition “Construction Team” clothing

None of the thousands of workers who built the fairgrounds of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition ever got a souvenir insignia apparel, but that doesn't mean you can't! The Walt Disney Birthplace project offers a "World's Columbian Exposition Construction Team" design as a T-shirt, long-sleeve T, and hoodie: Walt Disney's father, Elias Disney, moved his family to Chicago to find work helping to build the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, a world's fair that truly changed the course of history [...]

By |2024-03-06T18:03:49-06:00March 7th, 2024|Categories: PRODUCTS|Tags: , |0 Comments

Walt Disney Birthplace Home Opens in Chicago

For two days, lines stretched around the block as hundreds of visitors waited to enter the small cottage of an 1893 World’s Fair worker. Perhaps they came because his son, Walt Disney, was born in this home at 2156 N. Tripp Avenue in Chicago. Long lines of visitors stretched around the block to get into the newly opened Walt Disney Birthplace Home on October 14-15, 2023. The Walt Disney Birthplace Home opened to the public for the [...]

By |2023-10-16T09:45:03-05:00October 16th, 2023|Categories: NEWS|Tags: , |0 Comments
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