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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Egyptian Swordsmen (p. 87)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Egyptian Swordsmen (p. 87)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Egyptian Swordsmen (p. 87)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 87 – EGYPTIAN SWORDSMEN EGYPTIAN SWORDSMEN.— Among the attractions of a Street in Cairo were a number of swordsmen, some of them very expert in their profession. Their weapons were not of the style in use among Europeans and Americans, but resembled Japanese swords somewhat and had no guard above the hand grip. The blades were not, however, used much in a defensive way, that being left to the [...]

By Randy|2019-12-17T13:27:33-06:00September 30th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Midway Plaisance, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Street in Cairo|1 Comment

THE LADY OF THE LAKE by Julian Hawthorne Part III: Curiosities of the Midway Plaisance
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THE LADY OF THE LAKE by Julian Hawthorne Part III: Curiosities of the Midway Plaisance

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THE LADY OF THE LAKE by Julian Hawthorne Part III: Curiosities of the Midway Plaisance

Author Julian Hawthorne visited the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Reprinted below is the third part of Julian Hawthorne’s “The Lady of the Lake” about his June visit to the fairgrounds and published in the August 1893 issue of Lippincott’s Magazine. The previous installments can be found in Part I and Part II. [NOTE: By today’s standards, some of Hawthorne’s remarks about the Midway Plaisance and citizens of the international villages sound racist. It was not uncommon for commentators [...]

By Scott|2022-12-10T10:03:20-06:00February 5th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Columbian Guard, Hagenbeck's Animal Arena, Java Village, Julian Hawthorne, Midway Plaisance, sedan chair, Street in Cairo, Temple of Luxor, Turkish Village|0 Comments

Chicago Magazine Recalls the “Indecent Undulations” on the Midway Plaisance
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Chicago Magazine Recalls the “Indecent Undulations” on the Midway Plaisance

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Chicago Magazine Recalls the “Indecent Undulations” on the Midway Plaisance

A photograph of "Egyptian Dancing Girls" from Picturesque World’s Fair shows more modest attire than is often described for the "belly dancer" show on the Midway. The February 2019 issue of Chicago Magazine offers a historical survey of baring skin in the Windy City. “Unbuttoning Chicago’s History of Covering Up” opens with the 1893 World’s Fair, summarizing how the “belly dancers” in the Street in Cairo exhibit on the Midway Plaisance shocked some viewers, raised ire of the [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T10:40:24-06:00January 26th, 2019|Categories: NEWS|Tags: "Belly Dancer", Anthony Comstock, Board of Lady Managers, Midway Plaisance, Street in Cairo|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Algerian Theatre (p. 72)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Algerian Theatre (p. 72)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Algerian Theatre (p. 72)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 72 – THE ALGERIAN THEATER THE ALGERIAN THEATRE.—The Algerian and Tunisian Village, in which the theatre was the chief attraction, was situated near the center of the Midway Plaisance and adjoining the Street in Cairo. The frontage, as may be seen in the illustration, was not remarkably pretentious, but the main building inside had a Moorish dome with towers and minarets, and its exterior was covered with the rich-hued [...]

By Randy|2018-12-31T05:50:05-06:00December 31st, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Kabyle House, Midway Plaisance, Moorish Cafe, Moorish Palace, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Street in Cairo|0 Comments

Yerkes Observatory Faces Uncertain Future
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Yerkes Observatory Faces Uncertain Future

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Yerkes Observatory Faces Uncertain Future

Perched on a hilltop above Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, stands a magnificent structure having two significant connections to the 1893 World’s Fair. After more than 120 years of operation, this important legacy of the Columbian Exposition faces an uncertain future. Architect Henry Ives Cobb. (Image from The Graphic History of the Fair. (Graphic Co., 1894).] Henry Ives Cobb, born on August 18, 1859, in Brookline, Massachusetts, had become one of Chicago's most distinguished architects by the time of the [...]

By Scott|2023-04-16T18:07:26-05:00August 19th, 2018|Categories: NEWS|Tags: Café de la Marine, Charles T. Yerkes, Chicago Athletic Association, East India Building, Fisheries Building, Henry Ives Cobb, Indiana State Building, Lake Geneva, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, Newberry Library, Palmer Mansion, Street in Cairo, Yerkes Observatory, Yerkes Telescope|0 Comments

Opening Day, Part 2: Presidential Procession to the Fairgrounds
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Opening Day, Part 2: Presidential Procession to the Fairgrounds

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Opening Day, Part 2: Presidential Procession to the Fairgrounds

Presidential Procession to the Fairgrounds This is Part 2 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. Finely decorated with flags and bunting The Auditorium Building, where the Duke of Vergua stayed. [Image from the Rijksmueum, Amsterdam.] On the morning of Opening Day of the 1893 World’s Fair, the center of attraction in downtown Chicago [...]

Grover Cleveland’s Big Impression on the Midway
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Grover Cleveland’s Big Impression on the Midway

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Grover Cleveland’s Big Impression on the Midway

Today marks the anniversary of the birth of Stephen Grover Cleveland on March 18, 1837, in Caldwell, New Jersey. The second inauguration of Grover Cleveland as the 24th President of the United States was held on March 4, 1893, less than two months before the opening of the World’s Fair in Chicago on May 1. Having previously served as the 22nd president, Cleveland is the only U.S. president to serve two non-consecutive terms. Egyptian Temple Reproduction showing the [...]

By Scott|2018-03-16T17:07:37-05:00March 18th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: 1893, Grover Cleveland, May 1, Midway Plaisance, Opening Day, Street in Cairo, Temple of Luxor|0 Comments

Souvenir Music from the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893
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Souvenir Music from the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893

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Souvenir Music from the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893

March, waltz, polka, and hoochie koochie your way back to the 1893 World’s Fair with Souvenir Music from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, a new recording of vintage sheet music from Lake Forest College Press. Donald C. Meyer, Professor of Music at Lake Forest College, has assembled a fascinating collection of 18 pieces of music written for or about the Columbian Exposition. A trio of musicians (pianist Chris White, violinist Kate Carter, and baritone Brad Jungwirth) perform the [...]

By Scott|2023-10-20T21:25:15-05:00February 24th, 2018|Categories: AUDIO, NEWS, PRODUCTS|Tags: Bertha Palmer, Carter Harrison, Chicago Day, Chicago History Museum, Ferris Wheel, Midway Plaisance, ragtime, sheet music, Sol Bloom, Street in Cairo, Viking Ship|2 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Egyptian Dancing Girls (p. 34)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Egyptian Dancing Girls (p. 34)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Egyptian Dancing Girls (p. 34)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWSPage 34 – EGYPTIAN DANCING GIRLSEGYPTIAN DANCING GIRLS.—That prominent feature of the Midway Plaisance, a Street in Cairo, had a theatre among its attractions, and what doubtless drew most visitors to this place of entertainment, was the performance of the Egyptian Dancing Girls. The illustration gives excellent portraits of the three dusky beauties who were most prominent there, and shows also the semi-Oriental costume in which they danced. Of the performance it [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:36:21-05:00February 20th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: "Belly Dancer", Board of Lady Managers, Egyptian Dancing Girls, Midway Plaisance, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Street in Cairo|1 Comment

Chicago Tribune remembers the Midway Plaisance
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Chicago Tribune remembers the Midway Plaisance

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Chicago Tribune remembers the Midway Plaisance

Donkey Boys in the Streets of Cairo "Former President Barack Obama’s proposed parking garage wouldn’t have been the first oddball structure built on Chicago’s Midway Plaisance." writes Ron Grossman in the Chicago Tribune, referring to the now scuttled plans to build a parking lot for the Obama Presidential Center on the east end of the Midway. Grossman has dug through the Tribune's archive to excavate some interesting news stories from 1893 about the Midway, including "The donkey boys of [...]

By Scott|2022-04-29T18:38:16-05:00January 29th, 2018|Categories: NEWS|Tags: Blarney Stone, Java Village, Midway Plaisance, Obama Presidential Center, Sol Bloom, Street in Cairo|0 Comments