World’s Fair of 1893 Tour Visuals

#1: “The Devil in the White City” Book

#2: Chicago Athletic Association

Source: Chicago History Museum

#3: Art Institute of Chicago

Source: Chicagology

Read The General Programme of the World's Congress of 1893

#4: Congress Plaza Hotel, Auditorium Building, & Studebaker Building

Source: Chicagology

#5: South Side Elevated Railroad

Source: Chicago-L

#6: Central Station

Source: Chicagology

#7: Randolph Street Station

Source: Chicago History Museum

#8: Columbian Whaleback Steamship Company

Source: Chicagology

#9: Chicago Wins the World’s Fair

Source: Chicago Daily Tribune (February 25, 1890)

#10: Daniel Burnham

Source: Wikipedia

Visit the Rookery’s Burnham Library on a Frank Lloyd Wright Trust tour

#11: Frederick Law Olmsted

Source: Wikipedia

#12: 1893 Fairgrounds - Now & Then

Source: “Forgotten Chicago Discussion Group” Facebook Group post by Tom Corcoran (March 2, 2020)

#13: 1893 Fairground - Detailed Maps

Source: Smart History

Source: Wikipedia

#14: “Viking”

Source: Scientific American (August 19, 1893)

Visit “Viking” in Geneva, IL

#15: The Great Wharf, Moving Sidewalk

Source: Chicagology

#16: The White City

Source: Chicago History Museum (1 & 4) & Chicagology (2 & 3)

#17: Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building

Source: Chicagology

Read Harriet Monroe’s “Columbian Ode” poem

#18: Transportation Building

Source: Chicagology

#19: Columbian Intramural Railway

Source: Chicagology

#20: Palace of Fine Arts

Source: Chicagology

#21: Haitian Pavilion

Source: Chicago History Museum

#22: “The Reason Why” Pamphlet

Read “The Reason Why” Pamphlet

#23: Jackson Park Cherry Blossoms

Source: Tours With Mike

#24: Women’s Building

Source: Chicagology

#25: Japanese Garden

Source: Tours With Mike

#26: Midway Plaisance

Source: Chicagology

#27: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show

Source: Chicagology

#28: Ferris Wheel

Source: Curtis Wright Maps

Source: Wikipedia

Source: “Loki” (season 2, episode 3 from 2023)

Check out the Chicago History Museum’s “A Wheel With A View” online exhibition

#29: “Fountain of Time”

Check out Chicago Movie Tours’ “From Fairground to Film Set”

#30: Carter Harrison III

Source: Wikipedia

#31: Field Museum

Learn more about the Field Museum’s collection from the World’s Fair of 1893

#32: “Expo: Magic of the White City”