World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893)

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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
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gptkb:Manufactures_and_Liberal_Arts_Building
gptkb:Woman's_Building
gptkb:Fine_Arts_Building
gptkb:Statue_of_the_Republic
gptkb:State_Buildings
Foreign Buildings
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 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
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5