World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

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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
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gptkbp:bfsLayer 8