DISCUSSION TOPIC: WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION

WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION (Chicago, 1893)

Browse in several of the sites below.

•   1893 World's Columbian Exposition Collection:  A virtual exhibit from Chicago's Field Museum.

•   1893 Columbian Exposition In Chicago:  Stereoscopic views of the fair.

•   World's Columbian Exposition -- Idea, Experience, Aftermath:  A hypertextual thesis from the University of Virginia that pushes beyond mere official commemoration of the fair.

• People And Events -- World's Columbian Exposition Of 1893 -- The Court Of Honor:  Brief information from a documentary about the history of Chicago.

•   World's Columbian Exposition:  A short encyclopedia-like introduction from the Chicago Historical Society.

• World's Columbian Exposition -- Wikipedia:  An entry from the on-line encyclopedia.

• Progress Made Visible -- World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893:  A small virtual exhibit from the Special Collections Department at the University of Delaware Library.

• World's Columbian Exposition Of 1893:  The Paul V. Galvin Library at the Illinois Institute of Technology has digitalized some contemporary books about the fair.

•   Project Gutenberg E-Book Of Official Views Of The World's Columbian Exposition:  A digital reproduction of a contemporary guide book.

•   Interactive Guide To The World's Columbian Exposition:  An introduction to the fair by Bruce Schulman.

• 1893 World's Fair Web-Book Contents Listing: An overview of the exposition from aficionado Scott Hancock.

• World's Columbia Exposition In Chicago, 1893: A small site from Harvard highlighting women's exhibits at the fair.

•   Women's Art At The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893:

• A Digital Archive Of American Architecture: A selection of images of the buildings of the 1893 World's Fair.

OTHER EXPOSITIONS

Included below are sites that introduce a number of other turn-of-the-century American exposition.  Browse in at least one site apiece on the Cotton States and International Exposition (Atlanta, 1895-95), the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 (Buffalo), and the World's Fair of 1904 (St. Louis).

Cotton States And International Exposition (Atlanta, 1895-96)

• Cotton Expositions In Atlanta:  A brief entry from the New Georgia Encyclopedia that highlights not only the 1895 fair but earlier Atlanta expositions as well.

•   Liberty Bell Museum : The story of the loaning of Liberty Bell to the Atlanta exposition.

•   Cotton States And International Exposition:  A concise introduction from Digital History.

• Cotton States And International Exposition (1895) -- Wikipedia: A very brief article from the on-line encyclopedia.

• Booker T. Washington -- Speech To The Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition, October 18, 1895:  The text of Washington's famous speech seemingly accepting the emerging segregated order.

Pan-American Exposition Of 1901 (Buffalo)

•   Progress Made Visible -- Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901:  A small virtual exhibit from the Special Collections Department at the University of Delaware Library.

• Illuminations -- Revisiting The Buffalo Pan-American Exposition Of 1901:  An overview of the fair.

• Pan-American Exposition -- Wikipedia:  An article from the on-line encyclopedia.

1904 World's Fair (St. Louis)

•   1904 St. Louis World's Fair:  A selection of stereoscopic images.

• Louisiana Purchase Exposition -- Wikipedia:  An entry from the on-line encyclopedia.

•   1904 World's Fair -- Looking Back At Looking Forward:  A retrospective from the Missouri Historical Society.

• 1904 World's Fair:  An overview of the exposition.

•   Progress Made Visible -- Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904:  A small virtual exhibit from the Special Collections Department at the University of Delaware Library.

•   1904 World's Fair Virtual Tour:  Images from the September 1904 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.