On May 1, 1893 - Oct 30, 1893 people all over the world came together to celebrate and see things that had been happening around the world as far as industry and technology. The Chicago World’s Fair also known as The Columbian Exposition of 1893 was held in Jackson Park Chicago, Illinois. It celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival to the New World in 1492. It was designed by building architect and chief planner Daniel Burnham, the designer in chief Charles B. Atwood , and the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The land for the fair covered over 600 acres, with around 200 new buildings, canals, and lagoons. This was inspired by Disney Land, and The Emerald City in the Land of Oz. Because people wanted to show
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The actriculture and building left people astonished, everyone was so impressed by the buildings and how much they resembled Rome or Greece. Pressed pennies were first shown at the fair, it was just simple words that read “Columbian Exposition 1893”. You could get them in different word fonts but that was about it. Spray paint cans sort of from the fair, not the spray paint we know and use today but the idea of it definitely came from the fair. The kind at the fair was used to help speed up the process of painting and cleaning up buildings. Josephine Cochrane had the first prototype of the dishwasher at the fair, she developed her idea for 4 years after to perfect it. Her company is know today as KitchenAid. The ferris wheel was also invented at the fair, it was known as the “Chicago Wheel”. It was designed and built by George Ferris. The wheel was 264 feet high, it had 36 cars. Each car could fit 60 people. Around 2000 people at a time could ride. The buildings were beautiful, no one knew what to think about them. In our time whenever you go visit another state or any tourist shop there will be a pressed penny machine, it’s unbelievable to think that pressed pennies are still a product today. Since the idea of spray paint came to be people have altered the idea it to a thing you can find at all craft stores, it is now a very efficient way to get things painted fast. Ever since the fair the dishwasher was invented it has grown …show more content…
The fair left everyone inspired. Mostly all the buildings were built to be temporary but 2… they could deconstruct them after the fair was over.. the buildings that stayed were the Palace of Fine Arts and the World's Congress Auxiliary Building — many events and buildings made their way into museums around the united states, some exhibits went to the Smithsonian Institution and the Philadelphia Commercial Museum. — Some of the bad effects were that Smallpox spread through the fair it also originated at the fair, it came through the city also — When the fair was 2 days till closing the mayor of Chicago was assassinated his name was Carter Harrison, he was assassinated by Patrick Prendergast, the last two days of the fair were cancelled for a public memorial service. The buildings were beautiful especially all the detail put in to them, the builders and customers were sad to see them go — since most of the exhibits and buildings were brought into museums, people all over can now see what the fair was like — Smallpox was a very horrible disease that left many people in chicago sick — everyone was very surprised to hear about the assassination, while it was a very sad day the memorial was very nice and respectful. “The eminent architects and artists to whom all this is due laid under tribute the traditions and models of historic art, and all the ripe
The actriculture and building left people astonished, everyone was so impressed by the buildings and how much they resembled Rome or Greece. Pressed pennies were first shown at the fair, it was just simple words that read “Columbian Exposition 1893”. You could get them in different word fonts but that was about it. Spray paint cans sort of from the fair, not the spray paint we know and use today but the idea of it definitely came from the fair. The kind at the fair was used to help speed up the process of painting and cleaning up buildings. Josephine Cochrane had the first prototype of the dishwasher at the fair, she developed her idea for 4 years after to perfect it. Her company is know today as KitchenAid. The ferris wheel was also invented at the fair, it was known as the “Chicago Wheel”. It was designed and built by George Ferris. The wheel was 264 feet high, it had 36 cars. Each car could fit 60 people. Around 2000 people at a time could ride. The buildings were beautiful, no one knew what to think about them. In our time whenever you go visit another state or any tourist shop there will be a pressed penny machine, it’s unbelievable to think that pressed pennies are still a product today. Since the idea of spray paint came to be people have altered the idea it to a thing you can find at all craft stores, it is now a very efficient way to get things painted fast. Ever since the fair the dishwasher was invented it has grown …show more content…
The fair left everyone inspired. Mostly all the buildings were built to be temporary but 2… they could deconstruct them after the fair was over.. the buildings that stayed were the Palace of Fine Arts and the World's Congress Auxiliary Building — many events and buildings made their way into museums around the united states, some exhibits went to the Smithsonian Institution and the Philadelphia Commercial Museum. — Some of the bad effects were that Smallpox spread through the fair it also originated at the fair, it came through the city also — When the fair was 2 days till closing the mayor of Chicago was assassinated his name was Carter Harrison, he was assassinated by Patrick Prendergast, the last two days of the fair were cancelled for a public memorial service. The buildings were beautiful especially all the detail put in to them, the builders and customers were sad to see them go — since most of the exhibits and buildings were brought into museums, people all over can now see what the fair was like — Smallpox was a very horrible disease that left many people in chicago sick — everyone was very surprised to hear about the assassination, while it was a very sad day the memorial was very nice and respectful. “The eminent architects and artists to whom all this is due laid under tribute the traditions and models of historic art, and all the ripe