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 ... buildings served as exhibition halls, housing ...

J.J. Quelch, the World's Fair Commissioner from British Guiana, is in town on his way to Chicago, where he will remain several months. He is accompanied by an Arrawac coast Indian, whose face is ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The words of a landmark speech about tolerance delivered on Sept. 11, more than 100 years before the infamous terror attacks in 2001, are the focus of ...

The question of exhibiting at the World's Fair has been bothering the makers ... declared their intention of not making any display in Chicago. It is understood that several other prominent ...

The original was destroyed in a fire, so a replica was made in 1918 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the World’s Fair ... Exposition opened in Chicago on May 1, 1893.

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 ... exhibits were the meat and potatoes of the World's Fair ...