JPS's World's Fairs Page: 1893

JON PAUL SANK'S WORLD'S FAIRS PAGE: 1893

1893 CHICAGO (BIE World Expo):

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Websites, Pages:
- The World's Fair Chicago 1893 (worldsfairchicago1893.com)
- 1893 World's Fair (at Chicagology)
  - State Buildings
- Friends of the White City (friendsofthewhitecity.org)
  - Visit the Expo
  - FriendsofTheWhiteCity (Facebook)
    - Photos
    - Posts
- World's Columbian Exposition 1893: Architecture and Innovation in Context (1893fair.weebly.com)
  - Lesson Plans
  - Resources
- Burnham's Dream: The White City: A New Chicago Musical (whitecitymusical.org)
  - Characters and Songs
- World's Columbian Exposition (at Illinois Inst. of Tech.)
- The World's Columbian Exposition: Idea, Experience, Aftermath (at University of Virginia American Studies)
- 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Reading Room (at Digital Research Library of Illinois History)
- Social Studies: The Columbian Exposition (at University of Chicago)
  - Image Gallery
  - Further Exploration
- The Columbian Exposition and the Nation's First Commemorative Stamps (at National Postal Museum)
- World's Columbian Journal (worldscolumbianjournal.com)
Video:
- Expo: Magic of the White City (Narrated by Gene Wilder) (YouTube, documentary, 1h55m49s)
- Uncle Sam Welcomes the World (YouTube, documentary, 44m03s)
- Curious City: What was it like to be a visitor at the 1893 World's Fair? (YouTube, documentary, 5m55s)
- Nightly News May 1, 1893 (YouTube, student project, 8m51s)
- Welcome to Zoopraxiscope Hall (videos, at WorldsFairChicago1893.com)
- The Pinky Show Presents: The 1893 Columbian Exposition! (14m22s at Pinky Show)
- Deeanne Gist's 1893 Chicago World's Fair Chat Party (YouTube, 58m56s)
- PBS American Experience: Chicago: City of a Century, Part 3 (YouTube, documentary, 1h33m47s, including 23m about the Fair)
- Making a New American Nutcracker (TV episode, 56m56s, at WTTW)
  - Dreaming of a World's Fair (article, at WTTW)
- 3-D Models:
  - 3-D C.A.D. Video Tours (MP4 and WMV videos, at 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Reading Room)
  - The World's Columbian Exposition: Chicago 1893 (YouTube, 10m00s)
  - World Columbian Expostion Fair of 1893 (UCLA 3D recreation) (YouTube, 5m20s)
  - The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893: A real-time visual simulation model (full project profile at UCLA Urban Simulation Team)
- YouTube Playlists:
  - 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair. Tesla was There! (30 videos)
  - World's Fair (18 videos)
  - 1893 World's Fair (12 videos)
  - 1893 (11 videos)
Lectures:
- 1893 Columbian Exposition: Story of the World's Fair (lecture, 54m54s, at Internet Archive)
- All the World Is Here: Anthropology on Display at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (YouTube, lecture, 53m50s)
- Mary Cassatt & Women at the Chicago World's Fair (YouTube, lecture, 58m00s)
Audio:
- From the Midway: A podcast miniseries about the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (four episodes, at Chicago Tribune)
- Behind the Model: Reconstructing the 1893 World's Fair (lecture, 1h09m43s, at SoundCloud)
- Excavating the 1893 World's Fair (audio, lecture, 59m48s, at SoundCloud)
- Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of The WCE with Chicago's Official Cultural Historian Tim Samuelson (17m05s, at WGN Radio)
- Mysterious Chicago Podcast 01 World's Fair Charlatans (YouTube, 15m01s)
- Curious City: How The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Played Into Chicago's Rivalry With New York (audio, 14m42s, at WBEZ 91.5)
- On The Record (audio at WorldsFairChicago1893.com)
Pictures:
- Viewbooks:
  - Picturesque World's Fair: An Elaborate Collection of Colored Views (164pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Midway Plaisance: Sketches by W.H. Crane (15pp, at Internet Archive)
  - The White City by Lake Michigan: A Souvenir in Albertype (42pp, at Hathi Trust)
  - The Columbian Souvenir Album: A Memento of the World's Fair (PDF, 116pp, at Living History of Illinois)
  - Columbian Portfolio of Photographs of the World's Fair (52pp, at Internet Archive)
  - The World's Fair Album: Photographic Views (111p, at Internet Archive)
    - At Google Play Books
  - Chicago Album (Chisholm Brothers, pub.) (52pp, at Internet Archive)
  - World's Columbian Exposition art portfolio (18pp, at Internet Archive)
- Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views: Exhibitions 1893 (search results, at New York Public Library Digital Collections)
- Social Studies: The Columbian Exposition: Image Gallery (at University of Chicago)
- "Columbian" (search results, at Winterthur Digital Collections)
- Categories at Wikimedia Commons:
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Conkey's Complete Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition (book, 221pp, at Internet Archive)
- The Artistic Guide to Chicago and the World's Columbian Exposition (book, 313pp, at Internet Archive)
  - At Google Play Books
- Picturesque Chicago and Guide to the World's Fair (book, 352pp, at Internet Archive)
- The World's Fair Tourist (booklet, 30pp, at Internet Archive)
- Chicago By Day and Night: The Pleasure Seeker's Guide to the Paris of America (book, 296pp, at Internet Archive)
- The American-Hispano Pocket Guide of the World's Fair 1893 (book, 156pp, at Internet Archive)
Maps:
- Rand McNally's Handy Map of Chicago and the World's Fair 1893 (map, 4pp, at Internet Archive)
- Maps at Les Expositions Universelles:
- Interactive Map of the Fairgrounds (at Social Studies: The Columbian Exposition)
- The 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition (interactive map, at Harvard Worldmap)
- Social Studies: The Columbian Exposition: Interactive Map (at University of Chicago)
- The Columbian World's Fair Atlas (book, 190pp, at Internet Archive)
Catalogues:
- The Official Directory of the World's Columbian Exposition (book, 1,120pp, at Internet Archive)
- Official Catalogue:
  - Part X: Fine Arts (book, 148pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Part XIV, Woman's Building (book, 156ff, at Internet Archive)
  - Exhibits on the Midway Plaisance (HTML book, at Rice University)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows, Events:
- African Americans:
  - Historic Woman from the 1893 World's Fair on "Jeopardy!" (article, at The World's Fair Chicago 1893)
  - The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the World's Columbian Exposition (Ida B. Wells) (HTML, book, at University of Pennsylvania)
  - Ronald Angelo Johnson on Frederick Douglass and a Diplomacy of Blackness (article, at History News Network)
  - Frederick Douglass Lecture on Haiti (text, at The L'Ouverture Project)
- Anthropology:
  - An anthropology pioneer's complicated legacy about a Native Canadian tribe (Washington Post) (PDF, article, at Bard Graduate Center)
- Battleship Illinois:
  - The Battleship 'Illinois' at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was a mockup made of brick, cement, and timbers. (PDF, article, at Living History of Illinois)
- L. Frank Baum:
  - The Great City of Oz: L. Frank Baum at the 1893 World's Fair (The Baum Bugle, October 1998) (PDF, article, at Jon Paul Sank's World's Fairs Page, provided by Ryan Bunch)
  - The White City or The Emerald City? The 1893 Columbian Exposition and The Wizard of Oz (article, at Wonderful Books of Oz)
  - From the Emerald City to the White City (article, at worldsfairchicago1893.com)
- Cairo Street
  - Street in Cairo (PDF booklet, 16pp, at Living History of Illinois)
- Catholic Educational Exhibit:
  - Catholic Educational Exhibit, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (collection, with article and photos, at Catholic University of America)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints:
  - Exhibiting Mormonism: The Latter-day Saints and the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair (PDF, 5pp, at Brigham Young University)
  - World's Fair of 1893 (reference entry, at MormonThink)
  - Mormon Church's snub at 1893 fair was bitter setback (article, at Ogden Standard-Examiner)
- Cold Storage Fire
  - History Cop: The Columbian Exposition Cold Storage Fire Victims (YouTube, documentary, 17m52s)
  - July 10, 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Cold Storage Fire Should be the Origin of "Murphy's Law" (article, at Chicago Now)
  - Flashback: Tragedy at the 1893 World's Fair: Fire killed 16 while crowds watched (article at Chicago Tribune)
- Columbian Liberty Bell
  - The Lost Columbian Exposition Bell (article, at Community Bell Advocates LLC)
  - Columbian Liberty Bell (forum thread, at American Bell Association)
  - The Weight of a Bell (article and pictures, at Smithsonian Libraries)
  - "A Thrilling Tone": Mary Baker Eddy and the Columbian Liberty Bell (article and photos, at Mary Baker Eddy Library)
- Electric Scenic Theatre
  - Electric Scenic Theatre (historic description, at Chicagology)
- Ferris Wheel
  - Pittsburgh Engineering: Ferris and His Wheel (WQED-TV) (YouTube, documentary, 6m00s)
  - The Story Of The Ferris Wheel (Modesto News) (YouTube, documentary, 6m35s)
  - Stuff of Genius: George Ferris and His Amazing Wheel (YouTube, documentary, 1m51s)
  - 1893 Chicago Ferris Wheel (article, at Stolen History)
  - The Day a Woman Rode on top of a Ferris Wheel Gondola at the 1893 World's Fair (article, at Chicago Now)
  - Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis: Reader's Rally Questions (DOCX, educational Q-and-A, at Bethesda Elementary School Media Center)
- Hagenbeck's:
  - Hagenbeck's Arena and World's Museum (Official Souvenir Programme) (10pp, at Internet Archive)
- Independence Day:
  - Independence Day, July 4, 1893 at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (PDF, article, 3pp, at Living History of Illinois and Chicago)
- International Mathematical Congress:
  - Mathematical papers read at the International Mathematical Congress (book, 411pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Lectures in Mathematics (book, 109pp, at Hathi Trust)
- Japan
  - Renowned collector Nasser Khalili revealed as buyer of 'lost' monumental Meiji vase as he reunites it with original set (article, at Antiques Trade Gazette)
- Javanese Gamelan Orchestra
  - Chicagoans Embrace Gamelan, an Ancient Indonesian Art Form (article, with video 4m48s, at WTTW)
- Libbey Glass Company
  - Libbey Glass Company: World's Fair 1893 (PDF, exhibit booklet, 21pp, at Corning Museum of Glass)
- Michigan
  - Michigan at the Exposition (YouTube, lecture, 1h18m08s)
- Midway Plaisance
  - The Midway Plaisance of the World's Fair (view book, 34pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Concessions on the Midway Plaisance (list, at University of Virginia)
- Monasterio de la Rábida
- Opening Day
  - Dedicatory and Opening Ceremonies of the World's Columbian Exposition (book, 320pp, at Internet Archive)
    - Prayer (pp135-138)
    - Dedicatory and Opening Ceremonies of the World's Columbian Exposition (1893) (pictures, at Wikimedia Commons)
  - Opening Day of the World's Fair (article series, at worldsfairchicago1893.com)
- Pledge of Allegiance:
  - Pledge of Allegiance written for the Chicago World's Columban Exposition (PDF, 5pp, at Living History of Illinois and Chicago)
  - What does Christopher Columbus have to do with the Pledge of Allegiance? (article, at Vintage American Ways)
- Pullman's Palace Car Co.:
  - Railroads, the Chicago World's Fair, and George Pullman (article, at The History Reader)
- Red Man's Rebuke:
  - The Red Man's Rebuke (Simon Pokagon) (book printed on white birch bark, 28pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Simon Pokagon: A man ahead of his time (article, at St. Joseph Herald-Palladium)
- Snow and Ice Railway
  - Ice and Snow on the Midway Plaisance (article at worldsfairchicago1893.com)
- Spray Paint:
  - The History of Sprayguns (article, at Body Shop Business)
  - The Contentious Historical Origins of Spray Paint (article, at Chicago Magazine)
- Statue of the Republic
  - Daniel Chester French: The Republic (article with photos at Douglas Yeo)
  - Jackson Park's The Republic: Chicago Landmark 2003 (article at Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference)
- Tesla:
  - World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago 1893 (article and pictures, at Tesla Memorial Society of New York)
- Utah
  - World's Fair Ecclesiastical History of Utah (book, 330pp, at Hathi Trust)
- Viking Ship
  - The Viking Ship (video, documentary, 7m47s, at Vimeo)
  - Friends of the Viking Ship
    - Image Archive
- Woman's Building
  - Women's Public Art and Architecture: 1893 Chicago World's Fair and Exposition (webpage, at Arcadia Systems)
  - U. S. Women Painters: 1893 Chicago World's Fair and Exposition (webpage, at Arcadia Systems)
  - International Women Sculptors: 1893 Chicago World's Fair and Exposition (webpage, at Arcadia Systems)
  - The Congress of Women: Held in the Women's Building (book, 824pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building (book, 320pp, at Internet Archive)
- World's Parliament of Religions
  - The World's Parliament of Religions: An Illustrated and Popular Story ... (books at Internet Archive):
    - Volume I (842pp)
    - Volume II (714pp)
  - Papers of the Jewish Women's Congress (book, 268pp, at Internet Archive)
- World's Temperance Congress:
  - The World's Congress Auxiliary of the World's Columbian Exposition 1893: Department of Temperance, Preliminary Publication (booklet, 20pp, at Hathi Trust)
  - Temperance in All Nations: History of the Cause in All Countries of the Globe (book, 475pp, at Hathi Trust)
  - Temperance in All Nations: Papers, Essays, Discussions, Addresses, and Histories of the World's Temperance Congress (book, 434 pages, at Hathi Trust)
H.H. Holmes:
- H.H. Holmes America's First Serial Killer (YouTube, documentary, 1h04m30s)
- Exploring "The Devil in the White City": The 1893 Chicago World's Fair (YouTube, video, lecture, 1h12m05s)
- Bob Trzeciak Presents: 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition and H.H. Holmes (YouTube, lecture, 59m13s)
- 29th Annual Whitehall Lecture Series: Depraved: The Shocking Story of America's First Serial Killer (YouTube, video, lecture, 58m31s)
- H.H. Holmes: Myth and Mystery (YouTube, video, lecture, 51m10s)
- The Mind's Eye Podcast: H.H. Holmes and Jack The Ripper / Jeff Mudgett (YouTube, audio, 1h24m32s)
- Timesuck Podcast: Serial Killer H.H. Holmes and his Murderous Castle (Episode 25) (YouTube, audio, 1h05m45s)
- 13 O'Clock Podcast Episode 64: H.H. Holmes (audio, 1h04m28s, at Internet Archive)
- Chicago Murderer H.H. Holmes w/ Adam Selzer: A True Crime History Podcast (audio, 1h02m00s, at Player FM)
- The Strange Land Podcast: Ep. 10 The "Devil" in the White City (YouTube, audio, 47m12s)
- Did H.H. Holmes Fake His Death? Mysterious Chicago Tours podcast (YouTube, audio, 28m20s)
- Mysterious Chicago 03 H.H. Holmes and Dr. Holton (YouTube, audio, podcast episode, 16m36s)
- H.H. Holmes Biography: Murderer (c. 1861–1896) (article, at Biography)
- Everything You Need To Know About The Devil in the White City (article, at Birth Movies Death)
- The making of the White City Devil: How H.H. Holmes became a serial killer legend (article, at Salon)
- Was serial killer H.H. Holmes also Jack the Ripper? His relative makes a case in Fort Myers (article, at Fort Myers News-Press)
Music:
- Triumphal March for Large Orchestra (Alexander Glazounow [Glazunov], Opus 40) (YouTube):
  - Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra under Yevgeny Svetlanov (audio, 8m44s)
  - London Symphony Orchestra under Yondani Butt (audio, 7m50s)
  - Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under (Kenneth Schermerhorn) (audio, 8m27s)
- Columbian Exposition March: Edison Blue Amberol (YouTube, audio, 3m42s)
- Columbian March and Hymn (John Knowles Paine) (YouTube, audio, 4m05s)
- Columbus, or World's Fair Grand March (Frank Dayton) (Chris White, piano) (audio, 2m24s, at Digital Chicago)
  - Notated Music (for piano, 4pp, at Library of Congress)
- Night on Bald Mountain (Modest Mussorgsky) (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) (YouTube, audio, 10m23s)
- Ode for the Opening of the World's Fair: 2nd Movement (G.W. Chadwick and Harriet Monroe) (New World Chorus) (YouTube, in-studio performance, 8m15s)
  - Notated Music (for SATB and piano, 65pp, at Internet Archive)
- String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 "American" (Dvořák) (Cleveland String Quartet) (YouTube, audio, 25m05s)
  - Dvořák in America (article, at Dvořák American Heritage Association)
  - Dvořák's Trip to Spillville (article, at Dvořák American Heritage Association)
- The Salute of the Nations to the Columbian Exposition (John Philip Sousa) (Guildhall Symphonic Wind Band) (YouTube, audio, 12m39s)
  - Notated Music (instrumental parts, 174pp, at Library of Congress)
- Souvenir Music from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 (Lake Forest College):
  - The Project (at Digital Chicago):
    - Introduction
    - Musical Map of Midway Plaisance
    - Souvenir Music Album: MP3s and Liner Notes (including the sheet music)
    - Musicians' Biographies
    - Project Information
  - Souvenir Music from the World's Columbian Exposition (YouTube, lecture and performances, 1h13m28s)
  - Items in the Souvenir Music from the 1893 World's Fair Collection (at Digital Chicago)
  - Souvenir Music from the World's Columbian Exposition 1893 (YouTube Playlist, 18 videos)
- Composer Playlists (YouTube):
  - Amy Beach (14 videos) [Note: The "Festival Jubilate" is not Beach's.]
  - American Character: Piano Music of George Whitefield Chadwick (Peter Kairoff, piano) (music album, 22 videos)
  - George Whitefield Chadwick: Songs (music album, 25 videos)
  - John Knowles Paine (17 videos)
- The White City at 54 Below (2014) (YouTube Playlist, theatre cast concert, 13 videos)
- "Come On! Feel the Illinoise!" (Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition, Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream) (Sufjan Stevens, 2005) (YouTube, audio, 6m45s)
  - Illinoise (YouTube Playlist, 22 audio videos)
- Notated Music:
  - Columbia's World's Fair Song (C.J. Wilson and Virginia Vaughan) (notated music, for piano and voice, 4pp, at Library of Congress)
  - Festival Jubilate (Amy Beach, Op. 17) (PDF, at MusOpen)
    - At IMSLP
  - From the World's Fair to the Grave (G.B. Brigham and A.C. MacMahon) (notated music, for piano and voice, 5pp, at Library of Congress)
  - Star-Spangled Banner: Chicago World's Fair Version (John Philip Sousa, arranger) (notated music, band score, 6pp, at Libary of Congress)
  - World's Exposition March (at Internet Archive)
  - World's Fair Grand March (Miska Horvath) (notated music, for piano, 7pp, at Library of Congress)
  - World's Fair Schottische (Eva B. Wilkinson) (notated music, for piano, 6pp, at Library of Congress)
  - World's Fair Song and Chorus Collection (book, 144pp, at Internet Archive)
- Benjamin Ives Gilman Collection:
  - National Recording Registry Adds New Titles! (announcement at the Library of Congress)
  - Antique Phonograph Music Program with MAC (episode March 6, 2012) (audio, pop-up podcast player, 1h08m25s, East Asian music including 4 recordings made at the WCE, at WFMU)
- Chicago's First World Music Festival Dates Back to 1893 (audio, 7m31s, and transcript, at WBEZ 91.5)
- The Music of Dedication Day (article, at worldsfair1893.com)
- Columbian Exposition Dedication Ceremonies Memorial (music programs from this book, at Hathi Trust):
  - Promenade Music (page 85)
  - Dignitaries Reception Dance Music (page 87)
- World Premieres (article, at Chicagology)
- Chicago Eisteddfod: Chicago Eisteddfod: Ladies' Choral Competition: Victory of the Welsh Ladies' Choir (South Wales Daily News, Page 5, Column 2) (article, at National Library of Wales)
- Hawaiian Music:
  - File:Kini Kapahu and her fellow hula dancer (JPG, at Wikimedia Commons)
  - Island Style: How Hawaiian Music Helped Make the Guitar America's Instrument (article, at Acoustic Guitar)
- Stoughton Musical Society: World's Columbian Exposition Concerts in 1893 (article, at American Music Preservation)
- Musical Instruments at the World's Columbian Exposition (PDF book, 334pp, at Living History of Illinois)
Texts:
- Books:
  - The World's Columbian Exposition Illustrated (bound periodicals, at Hathi Trust):
    - Volume 1 (February 1891 to February 1892) (344pp)
      - At Google Play Books
    - Volume 2 (March 1892 to March 1893) (336pp)
      - At Google Play Books
  - Photographic History of the World's Fair and Sketch of the City of Chicago (book, 493pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Halligan's illustrated world's fair : a pictorial and literary history of the World's Columbian Exposition; Halligan's illustrated world's fair (book, 410pp, at Internet Archive)
  - The Century World's Fair Book for Boys and Girls (book, fiction, 245pp, at Internet Archive)
    - At Google Play Books
  - The World's Fair as Seen in One Hundred Days (book, 736pp, at Internet Archive)
    - At Google Play Books
  - 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Reading Room (PDF books, at Digital Research Library of Illinois History)
  - A Week at the Fair: Illustrating Exhibits and Wonders (book, 274pp, at Internet Archive)
    - At Google Play Books
  - The Book of the Fair: An Historical and Descriptive Presentation of the World's Science, Art, and Industry, as Viewed Through the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893 (books at Internet Archive):
    - Volume 1 (112pp)
      - At Google Play Books (510pp)
    - Volume 2 (333pp)
    - Volume 3 (108pp)
    - Volume 4 (108pp)
      - At Google Play Books (196pp)
    - Volume 5 (108pp)
    - Volume 6 (110pp)
    - Volume 7 (112pp)
    - Volume 8 (112pp)
    - Volume 9 (114pp)
    - Volume 10 (110pp)
  - Pussy Wants a Corner In This Book, which Reviews the Delights of the World's Fair (book, 96pp, at Internet Archive)
- The Cosmopolitan, September 1893: A World's Fair Number (magazine, 270pp, at Hathi Trust)
- World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893: A Short Summary (PDF, 8pp, at 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Reading Room)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs' Remarkable Summer of '93 (article series, at ERBzine)
- Where the Future Came From: A Trip Through the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (article, at Paleofuture)
Collections, Archives:
- World's Columbian Exposition Materials at the Newberry
- "Columbian Exposition" (search results, at Hagley Digital Archive)
Other:
- World's Fair 1893 (board game at Foxtrot Games)
- 1893: Chicago and the World's Columbian Exposition (instructional unit, at the Newberry)

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