World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/World's_Columbian_Exposition_(Chicago,_1893)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	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
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