The Grand Plaza in front of the Administration Building, seen on Chicago Day, Oct. 9, 1893, the twenty-second anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. The Administration Building was a ...

In November 1893, the journalist Kate Field asked what should be done with the buildings of the World’s Columbian Exposition, the great majority of which were built as temporary structures. “Apply the ...

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama won’t be the first to build something on the future site of the Obama presidential library. A sizable portion of the Obama Presidential Center, as ...

Ideas Week, modeled by serial entrepreneur Brad Keywell after TED and the Aspen Institute, kicks off tonight with a "megatalk" featuring last month's cover subject, Mayor Emanuel. It's immediately ...

The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago heralded the rising power of St. Louis’ fierce competitor to the northeast. The Windy City’s population in the 1890 census had come in at 1,099,850, ...

WHEN a few practical men of affairs, capitalists, bank presidents, manufacturers, merchants, lawyers, were deputed, three years ago, by their fellow-citizens of Chicago, to formulate a scheme for the ...

From breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, many familiar brands debuted at Chicago's Columbian Exposition, which at its 120th anniversary retains its hold on our imagination. De Cecco, a premium ...

America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus' voyage to the continent four hundred (and one) years earlier. Chicago beat out New York, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. for the ...

The mile-long Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the closest an amusement seeker came to a sure thing in 1893. Strolling along, one could admire the belly dancing of Fahreda ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. At the Chicago World's Columbian ...