World's Fair: Columbian Exposition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/World's_Fair:_Columbian_Exposition

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Chicago_World's_Fair
gptkbp:annualVisitors	over 27 million
gptkbp:architect	gptkb:Daniel_Burnham
gptkbp:area	690 acres
gptkbp:chiefOfConstruction	gptkb:Daniel_Burnham
gptkbp:closed	October 30, 1893
gptkbp:commemorates	400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Columbian_Exposition_half_dollar gptkb:Isabella_quarter
gptkbp:exhibits	gptkb:U.S._Government_Building gptkb:Mines_and_Mining_Building gptkb:Anthropology_Building gptkb:Electricity_Building gptkb:Horticultural_Building gptkb:Fine_Arts_Building gptkb:State_Buildings Foreign Buildings
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_(1900)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	World's Fair: Columbian Exposition
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:City_Beautiful_movement urban planning in the United States
gptkbp:introduced	gptkb:Cream_of_Wheat gptkb:Shredded_Wheat gptkb:Aunt_Jemima_pancake_mix gptkb:Cracker_Jack gptkb:Ferris_Wheel gptkb:Juicy_Fruit_gum gptkb:Pabst_Blue_Ribbon_beer Electricity as a public spectacle
gptkbp:landscapeArchitect	gptkb:Frederick_Law_Olmsted
gptkbp:legacy	gptkb:Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_(Chicago) gptkb:Art_Institute_of_Chicago_(building_used_as_fair's_Fine_Arts_Building)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Chicago
gptkbp:notableAttraction	gptkb:Venetian_Lagoon gptkb:German_Village gptkb:Irish_Village gptkb:Midway_Plaisance gptkb:Statue_of_the_Republic gptkb:Dahomey_Village gptkb:Hagenbeck's_Animal_Show gptkb:Turkish_Village gptkb:Eskimo_Village gptkb:Moorish_Palace gptkb:Chinese_Village gptkb:Ferris_Wheel_(first_ever) gptkb:Japanese_Ho-o-den gptkb:Lapland_Village gptkb:Liberty_Bell_(displayed_at_fair) gptkb:Old_Vienna gptkb:Street_of_Cairo Moving sidewalk Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (adjacent to fair) Electric launches H.H. Holmes's 'Murder Castle' (not officially part of fair, but associated with it) Street in Cairo (belly dancing introduced to U.S.)
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Transportation_Building gptkb:Agricultural_Building gptkb:Manufactures_and_Liberal_Arts_Building gptkb:Woman's_Building gptkb:The_White_City
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:World_Parliament_of_Religions Debut of the Ferris Wheel First public demonstration of alternating current
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Frederick_Douglass gptkb:George_Westinghouse gptkb:Nikola_Tesla gptkb:Susan_B._Anthony gptkb:Buffalo_Bill_Cody
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Murals_by_Charles_Yardley_Turner gptkb:Murals_by_Edwin_Blashfield gptkb:Murals_by_George_W._Maynard gptkb:Murals_by_John_La_Farge gptkb:Murals_by_Kenyon_Cox gptkb:Murals_by_Robert_Reid gptkb:Statue_of_the_Republic_by_Daniel_Chester_French Murals by Augustus Saint-Gaudens Murals by Charles Sprague Pearce Murals by Elihu Vedder Murals by Francis Millet Murals by Frederick MacMonnies Murals by Karl Bitter Murals by Lorado Taft Murals by Olin Levi Warner Murals by Richard Bock Murals by Walter Shirlaw Murals by Will H. Low
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:The_Dream_City_(photographic_record_by_William_Henry_Jackson) gptkb:World's_Columbian_Exposition_Illustrated_(official_guide) Harper's Weekly (covered the fair) The Chicago Tribune (covered the fair extensively) The Devil in the White City (book about the fair)
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:World's_Columbian_Exposition
gptkbp:opened	May 1, 1893
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:World's_Columbian_Exposition_Company
gptkbp:postalIssue	gptkb:Columbian_Issue_stamps
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_(1889)
gptkbp:theme	gptkb:Celebration_of_Columbus Progress and modernity
gptkbp:venue	gptkb:Jackson_Park
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Chicago_World's_Columbian_Exposition
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7