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Margaret Stevers, who writes for the Chicago Tribune under the name Sally Joy Brown, is at the Tribune display at the Women’s Worlds Fair in Chicago in April 1926.
The free searchable database will feature 7,000 pieces from the museum's 35,000-item collection. About 1,000 images have been ...
The Family Folklore Foundation Inc. is presenting a live radio play called “The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair: If Houses Could Talk,” at Indiana University Northwest at 11 a.m. Friday.
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 ...
Ever since The World’s Fair debuted in 1851, people worldwide have been fascinated by the creativity, inspiration and ideas showcased at the esteemed event. Since then, the World’s Fair has ...
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — The 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, or Columbian Exposition, was a distinct point in history for science and culture, one that even West Virginia had a presence in. Running ...
In fact, especially in times of difficulty, the fair mattered. Two of the most popular world’s fairs, Chicago’s 1933-1934 Century of Progress and New York’s 1939 World of Tomorrow, took ...
Tastes and culture from 6 continents featured at SeatGeek Stadium World Fair US July 7 – 28 Organizers of the World Fair US ...
The World’s Columbian Exposition, informally known as the Chicago World’s Fair, ran from May 1 to Oct. 30,1893, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ landing in the New ...
John McCaa: During the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, Black leaders Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass might have met. There’s no record of their ...
From 1851 through 1934 there were 14 world’s fairs largely focused on new technology held in cities across the world including London, New York, Barcelona, Paris, Prague, St. Louis, Chicago, and ...