Krupp Gun

An Engine of Destruction in the Krupp Gun Pavilion
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An Engine of Destruction in the Krupp Gun Pavilion

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An Engine of Destruction in the Krupp Gun Pavilion

In her memoir about the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, Halcyon Days in the Dream City, Mrs. D. C. Taylor describes a day when she explored the area of Jackson Park around the South Pond. The visitor from Kankakee, Illinois, “wandered away by the fortress where is housed, black and baleful, with its great yawning mouth waiting to belch forth death, the great Krupp gun; a fearful hideous thing, breathing of blood and carnage, a triumph of barbarism crouching [...]

By Scott|2025-12-19T06:38:16-06:00December 19th, 2025|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Krupp Gun|0 Comments

Pennies Crushed as Souvenirs of the 1893 World’s Fair
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Pennies Crushed as Souvenirs of the 1893 World’s Fair

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Pennies Crushed as Souvenirs of the 1893 World’s Fair

Long before the United States Mint killed the penny on November 12, 2025, the diminutive copper coin was pressed, squashed, and otherwise elongated. Long before. Numismatists hold that the first elongated coins appeared in the United States at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. At an event offering countless souvenirs, these were strange ones. Vendors used mechanical coin-rolling machines to press pennies into an elongated shape while a design on the roller created an impression on it. Most [...]

By Scott|2025-11-14T10:05:40-06:00November 14th, 2025|Categories: ANTIQUES|Tags: elongated coins, Krupp Gun|0 Comments

25 Impressions of the 1893 World’s Fair
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25 Impressions of the 1893 World’s Fair

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25 Impressions of the 1893 World’s Fair

Toward the close of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, The Critic invited twenty-five notable scholars, writers, and leaders of the day to offer their brief impressions of the World’s Fair. At such a monumental event with so many novelties … what impressed them the most? It is interesting how frequently these contributors sing the same notes as they rhapsodize about the fairgrounds at night and the illumination of the Court of Honor, praise (except for Henry Fuller!) [...]

THE CITY OF WONDERS: A Souvenir of the World’s Fair (Chapter 8)
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THE CITY OF WONDERS: A Souvenir of the World’s Fair (Chapter 8)

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THE CITY OF WONDERS: A Souvenir of the World’s Fair (Chapter 8)

THE CITY OF WONDERS A SOUVENIR OF THE WORLD'S FAIR by Mary Catherine Crowley (1894)

By Scott|2025-11-14T10:00:50-06:00December 29th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Columbian Liberty Bell, Florida State Building, Forestry Building, Illinois State Building, Krupp Gun, Liberty Bell, Machinery Hall, Massachusetts State Building, Palace of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania State Building|0 Comments

The Yerkes Telescope, Great Revealer of the Solar System
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The Yerkes Telescope, Great Revealer of the Solar System

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The Yerkes Telescope, Great Revealer of the Solar System

Among the many enormous and record-breaking displays at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, none were astronomical as the Yerkes Telescope. The historic telescope has been on view to the public, and in service to scientists, for the past 120 years while housed in the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, a beautiful building designed by World’s Fair architect Henry Ives Cobb. The observatory and treasured telescope face an uncertain future as the University of Chicago ceases operations of the [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T10:31:14-06:00August 19th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Charles T. Yerkes, Henry Ives Cobb, Krupp Gun, Lake Geneva, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, Yerkes Telescope|1 Comment

Opening Day, Part 10: The Great Transformation Scene
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Opening Day, Part 10: The Great Transformation Scene

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Opening Day, Part 10: The Great Transformation Scene

The Great Transformation Scene This is Part 10 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. As the last words fell from his lips at the conclusion of his short address, President Grover Cleveland placed his finger on the telegraph key. With his hand touching the electric switchboard, a chrysalis transformation scene was about to begin [...]

By Scott|2022-10-10T08:59:18-05:00May 1st, 2018|Categories: OPENING DAY|Tags: “America”, “Hallelujah Chorus”, Administration Building, Agricultural Building, Allis engine, American flag, Andrew Johnson, Casino, Court of Honor, Duke of Veragua, Exposition Orchestra, Francis Millet, gondolas, Grand Basin, Grover Cleveland, Krupp Gun, Machinery Hall, MacMonnies Fountain, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, May 1, Music Hall, Peristyle, Statue of the Republic|1 Comment

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Krupp Gun (p. 37)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Krupp Gun (p. 37)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Krupp Gun (p. 37)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 37 – THE KRUPP GUN KRUPP GUN EXHIBIT AND LEATHER AND SHOE TRADES BUILDING.—The building in which was the famous Krupp Gun exhibit and that devoted to the Leather and Shoe Trade displays were situated together on the lake front, in the southeastern part of the Exposition grounds, and both appear in the above Illustration. The big gun shown in the Krupp exhibit, the largest in the world, weighs one [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:35:22-05:00March 6th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: gun exhibit, Krupp Gun, Leather Shoe Trades Building, naval exhibit, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, World's Columbian Exposition|0 Comments