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Expositions are the timekeepers of progress. President William McKinley, New York Times, September 25, 1901
The World's Columbian Exposition held its dedication ceremonies in October 1892, on the four hundredth anniversary of Columbus's "discovery of the New World." High-ranking United States government officials and diplomats representing countries from around the world converged on Chicago for three days of receptions, concerts, parades, and tours of the exhibition grounds.
The Columbian Exposition was the most elaborate world's fair ever produced in the United States and was the perfect opportunity to boost the image of this country as an industrial civilization at its apex. The exposition was known as the White City for the color of its buildings, which were divided between the "civilized" nations represented by achievements in iron and steel, and villages of imported "natives" and people from distant lands. This provided the opportunity to trace the path of evolution from early times to the so-called heights of progress.
When President Benjamin Harrison signed the act providing for the World's Columbian Exposition of "arts, industries, manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine, and sea," $6 million was appropriated and forty-four nations and twenty-eight colonies and provinces were invited to participate. Six thousand workers were employed at the Jackson Park site. In the end there were a Moorish palace, a ...
- An American renaissance.(World's Columbian Exposition)
- Magazine article from: Cobblestone Simons, Barbara Brooks February 1, 2009 700+ words
...Look at me!" That's what the United States was saying with the World's Columbian Exposition. At a gathering of painters and...the range of exhibits on which the Columbian Exposition was focused: Agricultural, Anthropology...
- A turning point.(World's Columbian Exposition)
- Magazine article from: Cobblestone Lopata, Peg February 1, 2009 700+ words
...the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition was a major factor...Chicago, and at the United States. Fairs and the cities...world, including the United States, take notice...put on notice: The United States was ready to lead...as the World's Columbian Exposition, ...
- Visiting the world's Columbian exposition at Chicago in July 1893: A Personal...
- Magazine article from: Journal of American Culture Marvin Nathan July 1, 1996 700+ words
...at the World's Columbian Exposition held at Chicago...visitor to the Columbian Exposition, is expressed...what part of the United States either writer or...she visited the Columbian Exposition, Annie was 27...
- Statue For World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois
- Picture from: Archive Photos January 1, 1996 700+ words
...Statue For World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois...from the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 is seen...tourist attractions United States Chicago Illinois...from the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 is seen...
- Presenting Japanese Buddhism to the West: Orientalism, Occidentalism, and the...
- Magazine article from: The Historian Gordon, David B. March 22, 2005 700+ words
...Occidentalism, and the Columbian Exposition. By Judith Snodgrass...as part of the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago...twentieth-century United States. Snodgrass's...popularized Zen in the United States. Fascinating chapters...
- Did you know?(World's Columbian Exposition facts)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Cobblestone Ware, Chris February 1, 2009 700+ words
...it--were introduced as souvenirs at the World's Columbian Exposition. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Czech composer Antonin Dvorak...From the New World," in honor of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It was the first major classical work written...
- Closing day.(World's Columbian Exposition)
- Magazine article from: Cobblestone Lusted, Marcia Amidon February 1, 2009 700+ words
...Chicago's beautiful White City. After the World's Columbian Exposition closed its gates on October 31, 1893, Chicago's parks...exist today.) Most physical signs of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 are gone. Yet the fair's ideas for urban planning...
- Stroll down the midway.(World's Columbian Exposition)
- Magazine article from: Cobblestone Lusted, Marcia Amidon February 1, 2009 700+ words
...of the Midway. The Midway Plaisance at the World's Columbian Exposition was the biggest and best ever seen, and it inspired...their roots back to the Midway Plaisance of the World's Columbian Exposition ... where Walt Disney's father, Elias, actually...
Source: HighBeam Research, Antiques.