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World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893)
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https://gptkb.org/entity/World's_Columbian_Exposition_(Chicago,_1893)
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Predicate
Object
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gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Chicago_World's_Fair
gptkbp:architect
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:destroyedBy
fire (1894)
gptkbp:endDate
1893-10-30
gptkbp:exhibits
gptkb:U.S._Government_Building
gptkb:Mines_and_Mining_Building
gptkb:Transportation_Building
gptkb:Agricultural_Building
gptkb:Anthropology_Building
gptkb:Electricity_Building
gptkb:Fisheries_Building
gptkb:Horticultural_Building
gptkb:Manufactures_and_Liberal_Arts_Building
gptkb:Woman's_Building
gptkb:Fine_Arts_Building
gptkb:Statue_of_the_Republic
gptkb:State_Buildings
Foreign Buildings
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World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893)
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:City_Beautiful_movement
urban planning
Beaux-Arts architecture in the U.S.
gptkbp:introduced
gptkb:Shredded_Wheat
gptkb:Aunt_Jemima_pancake_mix
gptkb:Cracker_Jack
gptkb:Juicy_Fruit_gum
gptkb:Pabst_Blue_Ribbon_beer
Moving walkway
Electric kitchen appliances
gptkbp:landscapeArchitect
gptkb:Frederick_Law_Olmsted
gptkbp:legacy
gptkb:Field_Museum_of_Natural_History
gptkb:Jackson_Park_(Chicago)
gptkb:Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_(Chicago)
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Chicago
gptkbp:motto
gptkb:To_Entertain_and_Instruct
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:World_Parliament_of_Religions
Debut of the Ferris Wheel
Dedication of the Statue of the Republic
First commemorative U.S. postage stamps
First use of moving walkway
First public demonstration of alternating current (AC) electricity
gptkbp:notableFeature
gptkb:Ferris_Wheel
gptkb:The_White_City
gptkb:Midway_Plaisance
Electric lighting
gptkbp:notablePerson
gptkb:Frank_Lloyd_Wright
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:George_Westinghouse
gptkb:Helen_Keller
gptkb:Ida_B._Wells
gptkb:Nikola_Tesla
gptkb:Susan_B._Anthony
gptkb:Buffalo_Bill_Cody
gptkbp:startDate
1893-05-01
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Great_Exhibition_of_1851
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