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Chicago World's Fair, 1893
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Chicago_World's_Fair,_1893
GPTKB entity
Statements (54)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:architect
gptkb:Frederick_Law_Olmsted
gptkb:Daniel_Burnham
gptkbp:attendance
over 27 million
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate
1893-10-30
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Chicago World's Fair, 1893
gptkbp:introduced
gptkb:Shredded_Wheat
gptkb:Aunt_Jemima_pancake_mix
gptkb:Cracker_Jack
gptkb:Juicy_Fruit_gum
gptkb:Pabst_Blue_Ribbon_beer
first public demonstration of the dishwasher
first public demonstration of the zipper
first use of alternating current for lighting
gptkbp:legacy
influenced the design of future world's fairs
influenced urban planning
inspired L. Frank Baum's Emerald City
inspired the City Beautiful movement
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Chicago
gptkbp:mainVenue
gptkb:Jackson_Park
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:White_City
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:World_Parliament_of_Religions
gptkb:Buffalo_Bill's_Wild_West_show_(adjacent_to_fairgrounds)
gptkb:Columbian_Exposition_coins_issued
gptkb:first_commemorative_U.S._postage_stamps
introduction of the first voice recording at a fair
introduction of the first picture postcards in the U.S.
dedication of the Statue of the Republic
introduction of the first all-electric kitchen
introduction of the first automatic dishwasher
introduction of the first commercial movie theater
introduction of the first fluorescent lamp
introduction of the moving walkway
introduction of the first commercial use of alternating current
gptkbp:notableExhibit
gptkb:Agricultural_Building
gptkb:Electricity_Building
gptkb:Ferris_Wheel
gptkb:Manufactures_and_Liberal_Arts_Building
gptkb:Woman's_Building
gptkbp:notablePerson
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:George_Westinghouse
gptkb:Nikola_Tesla
gptkb:Susan_B._Anthony
gptkb:Buffalo_Bill_Cody
gptkbp:officialName
gptkb:World's_Columbian_Exposition
gptkbp:purpose
400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas
gptkbp:startDate
1893-05-01
gptkbp:theme
American history
innovation
progress
international culture
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:The_White_City
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5