World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/World's_Columbian_Exposition,_1893

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:architect	gptkb:Frederick_Law_Olmsted gptkb:Daniel_Burnham
gptkbp:attendance	over 27 million
gptkbp:commemorates	400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate	1893-10-30
gptkbp:exhibits	gptkb:casino gptkb:government_office gptkb:Music_Hall gptkb:Mines_and_Mining_Building gptkb:Transportation_Building gptkb:Agricultural_Building gptkb:Anthropology_Building gptkb:Electricity_Building gptkb:Fisheries_Building gptkb:Forestry_Building gptkb:Horticultural_Building gptkb:Machinery_Hall gptkb:Woman's_Building gptkb:Administration_Building gptkb:Fine_Arts_Building gptkb:Statue_of_the_Republic Peristyle Colonnade
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	World's Columbian Exposition, 1893
gptkbp:introduced	gptkb:Shredded_Wheat gptkb:Aunt_Jemima_pancake_mix gptkb:Cracker_Jack gptkb:Juicy_Fruit_gum gptkb:Pabst_Blue_Ribbon_beer Electric lighting Moving walkway
gptkbp:legacy	Birth of the modern amusement park Creation of the Field Museum of Natural History Creation of the Museum of Science and Industry Development of Chicago's South Side Influenced City Beautiful movement Inspired L. Frank Baum's Emerald City Popularization of neoclassical architecture in the U.S. Creation of the Art Institute of Chicago's collection
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Chicago
gptkbp:mainVenue	gptkb:Jackson_Park
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Ferris_Wheel gptkb:Manufactures_and_Liberal_Arts_Building gptkb:The_White_City
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:World_Parliament_of_Religions gptkb:First_public_demonstration_of_the_dishwasher Debut of the Ferris Wheel First commemorative coins issued by the U.S. Mint First use of alternating current for large-scale lighting
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Frank_Lloyd_Wright gptkb:Frederick_Douglass gptkb:George_Westinghouse gptkb:Helen_Keller gptkb:Ida_B._Wells gptkb:Nikola_Tesla gptkb:Scott_Joplin gptkb:Susan_B._Anthony gptkb:Buffalo_Bill_Cody gptkb:L._Frank_Baum gptkb:Paul_Laurence_Dunbar gptkb:Louis_Sullivan gptkb:Sol_Bloom gptkb:Catherine_O'Leary gptkb:Bertha_Palmer
gptkbp:president	gptkb:Thomas_W._Palmer Harlow S. Orton
gptkbp:startDate	1893-05-01
gptkbp:theme	gptkb:Celebration_of_Columbus Progress and modernity
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Palace_of_Greek_Art
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8