The White City Chicago Worlds Fair Columbian Exposition Historical Artfolio 1894

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The White City Chicago World's Fair Columbian Exposition Historical Art-folio 1894 - 126 years Old
This full series of 80 beautiful
11" by 14"
photographs of the Chicago World's Fair is from 1894 one year after the fair.
All 80 photographic mechanical Images from the 20 Part Series are included in this 15" by 19" portfolio.
There are 20 Parts in the series each part has 4 Images of The White City.
Educational Fine Art Series, by the White City Art Co.
The slideshow below has picture of the entire collection.
The White City Chicago World's Fair 1893 Art Folio 1894
Description:
T
he
1893 World's Columbian Exposition, now referred to as
the
Chicago's World Fair, which was notable for several reasons:
T
he
White
City
chose
Nikola Tesla’s alternating current instead of Thomas Edison’s direct current to power
the
exposition. Tesla's AC power gave light to
the
"
City
of Light" during a
time when lighted streets were still a novelty.  As a result AC (alternating current) was proven to
the
US and
the
world that AC was
a
viable technology and was the beginning of
the
end for
the
use of DC power distribution.
The
Columbian Exposition, or
the
Chicago World’s Fair, is often called
the
Fair that Changed America: Set on 600 acres the fair introduced folks to the wonders of electricity such as elevators, the Dishwasher and
the
first electric chair. Products we now take for granted like
the
zipper, Cream of Wheat, and Cracker Jacks were presented to fairgoers as well as
a
look at Edison’s kinetoscope and
a
listen to
the
first voice recording.
The
fairs
Midway Plaisance, from which we get
the
term “midway,” and it's focal point the "Ferris Wheel" designed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. an engineer.  George Ferris' previous experience was limited to the railroad and mining Industries.
The artist who sculpted
Abraham Lincoln for
the
Lincoln Memorial
Daniel Chester French, sculpted
the highly boasted
Statue of
the
Republic.
The 6 story tall
statue
was nicknamed, Big Mary.
A smaller more permanent version that was closer to two stories tall was crafted
after
the
end of the fair
. T
he
organizers
of the Fair also enlisted
the
help of
Frederick Law Olmsted.  Frederick Olmsted the landscape Architect
responsible for the design of New York
City
’s Central Park, worked as
the
Fair’s landscape designer.
The
Palace of Fine Arts was one of
the
Fair’s most impressive buildings and remains to this day, thanks to some forward-thinking architects. Due to Chicago's
history of devastating fires, art collectors and museums were wary of sending art to
the
Fair. Charles B. Atwood,
a
n architect that was part of Daniel
Burnham's staff, designed
the
Palace to be fireproof.
The
Palace
now houses
the
Museum of Science and Industry
but still looks
the
same as it did in 1893, except that it has been painted and is
not
white anymore
.
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