Columbian Exposition

The Dream City, The City of Light, The Magic City, The White City

Links to Web Resources

Bird's Eye View Colored Graphic (.jpg; 276 KB) Chicago; lithograph by Currier and Ives.

Burroughs, Edgar Rice. "Remarkable Summer of '93."

EXPO - Magic of the White City DVD. Narrator: Gene Wilder; director: Mark Bussler. Inecom Entertainment Company, 2005.

Google. Google Maps * Google Earth

Hanley, Lee. "Meet me in Chicago, Peter, meet me at the Fair," Abbey Banner 8:1 (spring 2008) 6-9.

Illinois Institute of Chicago. Galvin Library Digital History Collection

"World's Columbian Exposition of 1893."

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ART & ARCHITECTURE by William Walton. Philadelphia: G. Barrie, 1893, "Official Illustrated publication. Printed only for Subscribers."

THE BOOK OF THE FAIR by Hubert Howe Bancroft. Chicago, San Francisco: The Bancroft Company, 1893. [approx. 1000 pages] Edition Cygne Noir.

THE DREAM CITY: a portfolio of photographic views of the World's Columbian Exposition with an introduction by Halsey C. Ives. St. Louis, MO.: N. D. Thompson Co., 1893-1894.

THE VANISHING FAIR by H. H. Van Meter; illustrated and embellished by William and Charles Ottman. Chicago: The Literary Arts Co., 1894. A poem about the destruction by fire of most of the Exposition's buildings during the Pullman Strike of July 1894.

Larson, Derek. The Devil in the White City. (Random House, 2003). A film adaptation is tentatively scheduled for a 2009 release.

Library of Congress. American Treasures. Bird's Eye View of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. "Click on picture for larger image, full item, or more versions."

Larson, K.L. Women's Art at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893. Posted: 6-15-02; Updated: 04-08-07.

University of Delaware Library. Special Collections. Progress Made Visible: American World's Fairs and Expositions - "World's Colombian Exposition, Chicago, 1893." Curated by Iris R. Snyder, February 8 - June 8, 2000.

Wikipedia. "World's Columbian Exposition."

The World's Columbian Exposition: Idea, Experience, Aftermath. "This hypertextual thesis explores the Exposition through a virtual tour."

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