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1893 Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition Assignment (Chicago World’s Fair)

1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition Assignment

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1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition
The World's Columbian Exposition
This internet site from the Chicago History Museum on the World's Columbian Exposition.
http://www.chicagohs.org/history/expo.html

The White City
American Heritage Article on the 1893 Chicago World's Columbia Exposition.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

The World's Columbian Exposition: Idea, Experience, Aftermath
This internet site includes a History of the Fair and a Tour of the Fair.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma96/WCE/title.html

Interactive Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition
An interactive guide to the World's Columbian Exposition.
http://users.vnet.net/schulman/Columbian/columbian.html

1893 World's Fair Web
Includes the beginnings of the fair, the day the fair opened and the Official Catalogue of the Fine Arts Building.
http://fly.hiwaay.net/~shancock/fair/contents.html

Daniel Burnham
Biography Resource Center
There are seven articles on Daniel Hudson Burnham (American architect, 1846-1912) in Biography Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Daniel Burnham
http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Burnham.html

Daniel Hudson Burnhad
http://www.architechgallery.com/arch_info/artists_pages/daniel_burnham_bio.html

Frederick Law Olmsted
Biography Resource Center
There are seven articles on Frederick Law Olmsted (American landscape architect, 1822-1903) in Biography Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Frederick Law Olmsted, Founder of Landscape Architecture
http://www.fredericklawolmsted.com/

World's Columbian Exposition
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1386.html

Carter Harrison
Biography Resource Center
There is one article on Carter Harrison (Carter Henry Harrison, 1825 - 1893) in Biography Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

People and Events: Carter Harrison
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/chicago/peopleevents/p_harrison.html

1893: Mayor Carter Harrison
http://homicide.northwestern.edu/crimes/carter/

H.H. Holmes
Biography Resource Center
There is one article on Herman Webster Mudgett (American murderer, 1861-1896) also known as: H.H. Holmes, Henry Howard Holmes, Dr. Harry Holmes, Henry H. Holmes in Biography Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

H. H. Holmes
http://www.thecrimeweb.com/hhholmes.htm

Swindler
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/history/holmes/index_1.html

Francis J. Bellamy
Biography Resource Center
There is one article on Francis J. Bellamy (Francis Rufus Bellamy, 1886 - 1972) in Biography Resource Center. http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Francis Bellamy
http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/bellamy_f/bellamy_f.html

History of the Pledge
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Ferris Wheel
The Ferris Wheel
http://users.vnet.net/schulman/Columbian/ferris.html#TOP

World's Columbian Exposition of 1863
http://columbus.iit.edu/dreamcity/00024024.html

Ferris Wheel
Article from Gale's Student Resource Center on the Ferris Wheel.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Fritz Krupp
Krupp
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0828281.html

The Devil in the White City (This is not a computer link.)
In this book, on page 207, they mention Fritz Krump
" ... the innumerable small boys who raced open-jawed to the railbed. The train carried weapons made by the Essen Works of Fritz Krupp, the German arms baron, ..." .

The Krupps and the Illuminati
Scroll down to the 19th paragraph, "In the view of all of these difficulties . . . "
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/the_krupps_bloodline.htm

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show
Biography Resource Center
There are two articles on Buffalo Bill (American scout, 1846-1917) Also known as: William Frederick Cody, Buffalo Bill Cody, ) in Biography Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Buffalo Bill Grave and Museum
http://www.buffalobill.org/

William F. Cody
http://www.americanwest.com/pages/buffbill.htm

Republic
The Republic
http://www.yeodoug.com/resources/dc_french/republic/dcfrench_republic.html

Jackson Park's The Republic
http://www.hydepark.org/parks/jpac/jprepublic.htm

The World's Columbian Exposition
http://www.chicagohs.org/history/expo/ex4.html

Columbia Fountain
The Columbian Exposition
http://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/diglib/social/worldsfair_1893/gallery/06-07_grandbasin.html

Notable Sculpture at the World's Columbian Exposition
http://users.vnet.net/schulman/Columbian/sculpture.html

Cairo Exhibit
That "Snake Charmer" Song
http://www.shira.net/streets-of-cairo.htm

Picture of Cairo Exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair
http://remainstobeseen.com/item.php?item_no=470

The White City
Scroll down to approximately the 51st paragraph, "The White City was pictorial ... People could play the clown on a camel in the Streets of Cairo exhibit."
http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1993/4/1993_4_70.shtml

Edison’s Kinetoscope
Kinetoscope
Article on the Kinetoscope from Science Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Fooling the Eye: Looking Back
Article on the Kinetoscope from Popular Science in the Science Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Tesla Electric Stuff
Nikola Tesla—the man who electrified the world!!
http://www.reformation.org/nikola-tesla.html

Biography Resource Center
There are eight articles on Nikola Tesla (American inventor, 1856-1943) in Biography Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Aunt Jemima
Slave in a Box: The Strange Career of Aunt Jemima
Article from Gale's Student Resource Center from The Historian.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

1893 World Columbian Exposition
Scroll down to the Famous innovations presented at the 1893 Fair.
http://www.crawforddirect.com/chicago.html

Juicy Fruit
World Columbian's Exposition Chicago
Scroll down to the third paragraph: "Among the many products introduced . . . "
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/fairs/colum.htm

The Legacy of the Fair
Scroll down to Culture: "The Columbian Exposition was the venue for the debut of consumer products which are so familiar today--including Cream of Wheat, Shredded Wheat, Pabst Beer, Aunt Jemima syrup, and Juicy Fruit gum."
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma96/WCE/legacy.html

Palace of Fine Arts (Museum of Science and Industry)
Museum of Science and Industry
http://www.aviewoncities.com/chicago/museumofscienceandindustry.htm

World's Columbian Exposition Palace of Fine Arts
http://images.library.uiuc.edu:8081/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/tdc&CISOPTR=1618

Transportation Building
Transportation Building
http://users.vnet.net/schulman/Columbian/arch.html#TRANSPORTATION

World's Columbian Exposition Transportation Building
http://images.library.uiuc.edu:8081/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/tdc&CISOPTR=1613&REC=6

Louis Sullivan designed the Transportation Building
Scroll down to "Adler and Sullivan designed the Transportation Building."
http://web.mit.edu/museum/chicago/sullivan.html

Administration Building
Administration Building
Click on the word Administration Building.
http://users.vnet.net/schulman/Columbian/arch.html#ADMINISTRATION

Richard Morris Hunt: Administration Building, Chicago 1893
http://www.lib.umd.edu/digital/worldsfairs/essay.jsp?pid=umd:998

Manufacturers Building
Manufactures Building
http://users.vnet.net/schulman/Columbian/arch.html#MANUFACTURES

Tiffany Chapel designed for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893
Tiffany's Rare 1893 Chapel Opens at the Morse Museum.
http://www.tfaoi.com/newsm1/n1m506.htm

Elevated Trains
The Original L Companies
http://www.chicago-l.org/history/4line.html

History of the South Side Elevated
http://chicago.urban-history.org/scrapbks/elevated/south1.htm

Cracker Jack
Brief History of Cracker Jack
http://www.crackerjack.com/history.php

Cracker Jack
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/crackerjack/

Shredded Wheat
1 August 1893: Shredded Wheat
http://zog.typepad.com/annotated/2004/08/1893_shredded_w.html

Interactive Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition
Scroll down to the "Innovations and Legacy Section, ie Famous First from the Fair."
http://users.vnet.net/schulman/Columbian/columbian.html#INNOVATIONS

Cream of Wheat
Cream of Wheat -- History
http://www.creamofwheat.com/creamofwheat/cow_history.asp

Cream of Wheat Remains a Favorite
http://www.in-forum.com/specials/century/jan3/week36b.html

1st Commemorative Coins from US Mint
The United States Mint
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/commemoratives/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=premodern

The Columbus Half Dollar
http://www.collectsource.com/columbus.htm

Dewey Vertical File System
The Social Life of Paper
Scroll down to the 11th paragraph, "The vertical file was a stunning accomplishment."
http://www.newyorker.com/printables/critics/020325crbo_books?critics/020325crbo_books

Antique Filing Cabinets
Scroll down to Vertical Filing Cabinet.
http://www.officemuseum.com/filing_equipment_cabinets.htm

First Zipper
The History of the Zipper
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa082497.htm

The Zipper
Link to a page from the Virtual Reference Book, Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century America.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

First electric chair
Electric Chair
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi179.htm

Electricity
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/chair/2.html

Biography Resource Center
There are eight articles on Nikola Tesla (American inventor, 1856-1943) in Biography Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Nighttime lights (people outside)
Westinghouse Lights the World Fair at Chicago in 1893
http://www.robertlomas.com/Tesla/presentation/sld012.htm

A Century of Power
http://www.heppner.net/cbec/century.html

Hamburger in the US
The Hamburger
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/hamburger/

History of the Hamgurger
http://www.ahamburgertoday.com/archives/2005/08/the_history_of.php

Hamburger Was Introduced
Famous Firsts from the Fair states that "the hamburger was introduced to the United States."
http://users.vnet.net/schulman/Columbian/columbian.html#INNOVATIONS

Introduction to the White City
Scroll down to the 8th paragraph, "Others viewed ... and hamburger were popularized."
http://members.cox.net/academia/cassatt8.html

Midway
Traveling Carnivals
Link to a page from the Virtual Reference Book, St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Midway Plaisance
http://users.vnet.net/schulman/Columbian/columbian.html#MIDWAY

Diet soda
Interactive Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition
Scroll through Famous Firsts from the Fair.
http://users.vnet.net/schulman/Columbian/columbian.html#INNOVATIONS

Introduction to the White City
Scroll down to the 8th paragraph, "Others viewed ... carbonated soda and hamburger were popularized."
http://members.cox.net/academia/cassatt8.html

Belly Dancer
Dance History Archives
Little Egypt was a famed dancer who scandalized fairgoers with her moves.
http://www.streetswing.com/histmai2/d2egypt1.htm

Isn't That Like Stripping?
Belly dancing scandal at the fair.
http://www.shira.net/likestrip.htm

Celebrations Belly Dance
Scroll down to Bellydancers ... Ooo La La!
http://www.celebrationsbellydance.com/faq.htm

Balloon Lift Ride
Balloon Lift with Lighter than Air Gases
http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/uham/lift.html

Picture of a hot air balloon from 1893
http://etc.coedu.usf.edu/clipart/25900/25962/hot_air_ball_25962.htm

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