First to the Fair
At the 1893 World’s Fair were displayed many “firsts,” including the largest enclosed space ever built, the first electric railway, and the first mechanical dishwasher. So what were the first exhibits to come to the Columbian Exposition? The two notices below, from the June 1891 and February 1892 issues of World’s Columbian Exposition Illustrated, reveal that Washington State and Japan sent the first American and first foreign exhibits to Chicago. This was quite early, considering that few of the [...]
