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What’s Left of the World’s Columbian Exposition?
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What’s Left of the World’s Columbian Exposition?

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What’s Left of the World’s Columbian Exposition?

“On its 125th birthday, what’s left from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition?” asked the Chicago Sun-Times this week. They note four remnants: the Palace of Fine Arts (rebuilt and now the Museum of Science and Industry); the Wooded Island; an original ticket booth now standing in Oak Park; and the 1918 “Golden Lady” statue, which is a reduced replica of the original 65-foot “Big Mary” Statue of the Republic. Their map of Jackson Park, allowing you to slide between 1893 and [...]

By Scott|2020-06-21T13:34:18-05:00April 28th, 2018|Categories: NEWS|Tags: Jackson Park, Maine State Building, Museum of Science and Industry, Pabst Pavilion, Palace of Fine Arts, Statue of the Republic, Viking Ship, Wooded Island|5 Comments

Opening Day, Part 3: A Sea of Humanity
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Opening Day, Part 3: A Sea of Humanity

OPENING DAY

Opening Day, Part 3: A Sea of Humanity

A Sea of Humanity This is Part 3 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 procession of the President of the United States began its march south on Michigan Avenue, thousands of people in downtown Chicago began forming their own spontaneous parade to the World’s Fair. Everyone on West Madison Street and North [...]

Opening Day, Part 1: Morning on the Fairgrounds
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Opening Day, Part 1: Morning on the Fairgrounds

OPENING DAY

Opening Day, Part 1: Morning on the Fairgrounds

Morning on the Fairgrounds This is Part 1 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. The day of days dawned with gray skies. Jupiter Pluvius, giver of rain, held an uplifted threatening fist over Chicago this morning. Throughout the city, bunting hung to celebrate the opening of the World’s Fair sagged, damp and listless. A [...]

By Scott|2018-04-26T06:17:33-05:00April 22nd, 2018|Categories: OPENING DAY|Tags: Administration Building, Court of Honor, Diana, Fifteenth Regiment Infantry, Jackson Park, Lexington Hotel, May 1, Opening Day, Peristyle, Statue of the Republic|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The French Statue of the Republic (p. 47)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The French Statue of the Republic (p. 47)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The French Statue of the Republic (p. 47)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 47 – THE FRENCH STATUE OF THE REPUBLIC THE FRENCH STATUE OF THE REPUBLIC.—The majestic gilded figure which stood at the east end of the great basin in the court of Honor, and which typified the nation inviting her sisters of the world, was not the only representative statue of a Republic to be seen at the Exposition. On the east side of the broad thoroughfare known as Columbia [...]

By Randy|2018-04-18T05:55:07-05:00April 18th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: bronze, Columbia Avenue, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Statue of the Republic|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (pp. 15-16)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (pp. 15-16)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (pp. 15-16)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 15 A VIEW IN MIDWAY PLAISANCE.—A city in itself was the Midway, picturesque certainly, and educational as well, however meretricious some of its droll features. It was the playground of the multitude and they learned much while they ate, drank, stared and were merry. The view above presented is from a point about the center of the west half of the Plaisance and a little west of the Ferris [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:39:47-05:00December 26th, 2017|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Austrian Village (Old Vienna), Chinese Village, Court of Honor, Ferris Wheel, Golden Statue, Midway Plaisance, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Statue of the Republic|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (pp. 3-4)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (pp. 3-4)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (pp. 3-4)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 3 THE COURT OF HONOR BY MOONLIGHT.—Of all the magnificent spectacles the Columbian Exposition afforded the view of the Court of Honor by moonlight seems, by common consent, to be accorded the first place. The effect of wonderful lights upon the glorious white buildings and on the waters, the electric flashes through the air, the sky scene made more beautiful, if possible, by the addition of the beauties below, [...]

By Randy|2022-07-10T09:31:07-05:00December 7th, 2017|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Administration Building, gondolas, Mines and Mining Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Statue of the Republic|0 Comments

1893 World’s Fair trading cards from Topps
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1893 World’s Fair trading cards from Topps

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1893 World’s Fair trading cards from Topps

Sports card collectors know the name Topps well. The company that has produced countless baseball cards and other sports trading cards, often packaged with a stick of chewing gum, also releases non-sports trading cards. One of their recent "vintage" collector's card lines is an "Allen & Ginter" series, named after the Virginia company that produced the first cigarette trading cards. Topps three Columbian Exposition trading cards from 2017 Earlier this year, Topps released a series of 20 [...]

By Scott|2017-10-27T17:15:56-05:00October 27th, 2017|Categories: PRODUCTS|Tags: Ferris Wheel, Moving Sidewalk, Statue of the Republic, Topps cards|0 Comments

“Little Mary” model sale by Hindman Auctioneers
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“Little Mary” model sale by Hindman Auctioneers

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“Little Mary” model sale by Hindman Auctioneers

From time to time, we’ll post descriptions of interesting or unusual Columbian Exposition items for sale or up for auction. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers of Chicago is offering an interesting item related to the 1893 World’s Fair in their Sale 530: “Fine Furniture, Decorative Arts and Silver” on October 16-17, 2017. A golden Statue of the Republic model is item number 707. The item is described as “A Gilt Plaster Model of the Statue of the Republic / after Daniel [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T09:54:39-06:00October 16th, 2017|Categories: ANTIQUES|Tags: Statue of the Republic|1 Comment

Fist City: a monumental beer
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Fist City: a monumental beer

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Fist City: a monumental beer

Move over PBR, there’s a new beer for 1893 World’s Fair enthusiasts. Fist City did not win a blue ribbon at the Columbian Exposition (hey, neither did Pabst!), because Revolution Brewing first released their pale ale in 2014. Initially offered only on tap at Big Star—a self-described “bourbon and beer-focused, taco-slinging, late-night honky-tonk in the heart of Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood”—Fist City’s popularity encouraged Revolution to offer this brew year-round, starting in April 2015, as six packs of 12-ounce cans [...]

By Scott|2022-12-04T09:23:50-06:00October 16th, 2017|Categories: NEWS, PRODUCTS|Tags: beer, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Statue of the Republic|1 Comment

Dec. 1-30, 2017 (Chicago): Joffrey Ballet returns to the Fair
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Dec. 1-30, 2017 (Chicago): Joffrey Ballet returns to the Fair

EVENTS (past), THEATER

Dec. 1-30, 2017 (Chicago): Joffrey Ballet returns to the Fair

Chicago's Joffrey Ballet will be returning to the Columbian Exposition with their 2017 production of The Nutcracker, running from December 1 to 30 at the Auditorium Theater. This spectacular ballet by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon premiered in 2016 and invites the audience to ... "journey inside Chicago's 1893 World's Fair with Wheeldon's critically acclaimed holiday masterpiece. When young Marie and her mother, a sculptress who is creating the fair's iconic Statue of the Republic, host a holiday party, a surprise [...]

By Scott|2018-03-02T09:34:39-06:00September 5th, 2017|Categories: EVENTS (past), THEATER|Tags: Joffrey Ballet, Statue of the Republic, theater|1 Comment