Chicago World's Fair
World’s Columbian Exhibition, 1893
- 30 million admissions (total US pop. 63 million)
- 2 parts- White City and Midway
- White City: Ideal rep. of middle class neighborhood, represented wealth of Chicago businessmen and America’s international standings.
- Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building (largest building in the world at the time) converted into department store.
- Technology on display: phonograph and kinetoscope (early film projector)
- Midway
- Conglomeration of displays from around the world (animals, dancing)
- 1st Ferris wheel (246 ft, 36 cars, each held 60 passengers, 2,100 max capacity)
- White City: Ideal rep. of middle class neighborhood, represented wealth of Chicago businessmen and America’s international standings.
- Buffalo Bill not allowed
- Sets up show outside fair
- Very good business
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