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A Pinch of This, A Little of That
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | May 1st 2008 by Sharon E. Williams
I'm a bit pressed for time today so, for your reading pleasure... May 1, 1893: This Day in Chicago History (World's Columbian Exposition) from A Boat Against the Current May 1st History of International Workers' Day from glabourwriters. Note: the read more
Shared Chicago Visions: Henry Blake Fuller and Lorado Taft
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | April 8th 2008 by Sharon E. Williams
Just three days after the start of the Great Chicago Fire on October 8, 1871, Joseph Medill’s editorial in the Chicago Tribune triumphantly proclaimed, “CHICAGO SHALL RISE AGAIN.” (Chicago Days, 39). Putting its grief aside, Chicago rolled up i read more
Take Me to the Fair
Nordic Blue | March 28th 2008 by Chery Kinnick
A few years ago, a relative gave me access to a photograph album of cabinet cards belonging to my great grandparents, Ole M. and Malla Johnson. Most of the images inside were collected from the 1880s-1890s, and among the many portraits of people wa read more
Virtual Tour of the 1893 Columbian Exposition from UCLA's Urban S…
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | February 17th 2008 by Sharon E. Williams
You still have time!The Museum of Science and Industry will be presenting the World's Fair Virtual Tour today and Monday.Step back in time to the World’s Columbian Exposition! Lisa Snyder from the Urban Simulation Team at UCLA will be presenting re read more
The Women's Building Library at the Columbian Exposition
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | January 26th 2008 by Sharon E. Williams
Rutgers University "Seminar in the History of the Book" will feature a program titled, "A Cultural History of the Women’s Library at the World’s Columbian Exposition" on February 21st. Melodie Fox, Associate Dean of Instruction at Bryant & Stratt read more
Fire at the Fair!! January 8, 1894
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | January 8th 2008 by Sharon E. Williams
The threat of fire at the Columbian Exposition had been a constant worry in Chicago. Construction issues were blamed and the Cold Storage Building had burned in July of 1893. In early 1894, after the Fair had closed, fire struck again and with many o read more
The Columbian Exposition of 1893: The View from New York
Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian | November 13th 2007 by Sharon E. Williams
On February 1, 1891 The New York Times reported that "ground has been broken at last" for The Columbian Exposition. According to the reporter's observations, “things are to be done on a large scale at Chicago, whatever else may be said or thought o read more
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