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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

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Peristyle from the Lake. Grand Basin Large photographic print from The White City (As It Was), photographs by William Henry Jackson. World's Columbian Exposition 1893. Digitial Identifier: GN90799d_JWH_079w World's Columbian Exposition Collection at The Field Museum

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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

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This ferris wheel (from 1893), has to be just about the most awesome ones I've ever seen. I love the large seating areas in the glassed in enclosures, and would have lined up for hours to have ridden this fantastic carnival ride. #fair #carnival #ferris_wheel #Victorian #1800s Columbian Exposition 1893, World's Columbian Exposition, Paris 1900, Chicago History, Carnival Rides, Worlds Fair, Chicago Photos, Chicago City, White City

To see the animated image scroll down to the first comment (below) or view original size. Details and History The Wikimedia Commons offers a multitude of historical images with no restrictions on use. This 1893 B. W. Kilburn stereoview, shows The wonder of the age, Midway Plaisance, World's Columbian Exposition. The eponymous designer of the wheel, George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., constructed it as a "tallest ever" landmark for the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. This wheel was…

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