Jackson Park: The 1893 Fair to the Obama Center Tour Visuals

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

#2: 1893 Fairgrounds - Now & Then

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

#3: 1893 Fairground - Detailed Maps

Source: Smart History

Source: Wikipedia

#4: The White City

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

#5: The Statue of The Republic

Source: Tours With Mike

#6: Chicago Wins the World’s Fair

Source: Chicago Daily Tribune (February 25, 1890)

#7: Daniel Burnham

Source: Wikipedia

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

#8: Frederick Law Olmsted

Source: Wikipedia

#9: Transportation Building

Source: Chicagology

#10: Columbian Intramural Railway

Source: Chicagology

#11: Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building

Source: Chicagology

Read Harriet Monroe’s “Columbian Ode” poem

#12: Japanese Garden

Source: Tours With Mike

#13: Jackson Park Cherry Blossoms

Source: Tours With Mike

#14: Palace of Fine Arts

Source: Chicagology

#15: Haitian Pavilion

Source: Chicago History Museum

#16: “The Reason Why” Pamphlet

Read “The Reason Why” Pamphlet

#17: Women’s Building

Source: Chicagology

#18: Midway Plaisance

Source: Chicagology

#19: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show

Source: Chicagology

#20 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

#21: “Expo: Magic of the White City”