The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the See more

The World's Columbian Exposition was the first world's fair with an area for amusements that was strictly separated from the exhibition halls. This area, developed by a young music promoter, Sol Bloom, concentrated on Midway Plaisance and … See more

The effort to power the Fair with electricity, which became a demonstration piece for Westinghouse Electric and the alternating current system they had been developing for many years, took place at the end of what has been called the War of the currents See more

Planning and organization
Many prominent civic, professional, and commercial leaders from around the United States helped finance, coordinate, and manage the … See more

White City
Most of the buildings of the fair were designed in the neoclassical architecture style. The area at the … See more

Examples of exposition souvenirs can be found in various American museum collections. One example, copyrighted in 1892 by John W. … See more

Musicians
• John Philip Sousa′s Band played for the Exposition dedication celebration in Chicago, 10 October through 21 October 1892.
• Joseph Douglass, classical violinist, who achieved wide … See more