World's Columbian Exposition

their death. After killing his victims Holmes would usually either burn the bodies or use them to make false insurance claims. It was not until 1893, during the Columbian Exposition, that Holmes vamped up his murderous activity. Dr. Holmes opened up his “hotel” for people, mostly single, immigrant women, that came to Chicago for the World’s Fair. Ill-fatedly many of his guests did not live to check out of his murder…

improvement of exchanging current (AC) electrical frameworks. He likewise made uncommon commitments in the fields of electromagnetism and remote radio correspondences.This is the place everything started, and what at last drummed up such a buzz at the 1893 World's Expo in Chicago. A war was leveled ever-after between the vision of Edison and the vision of Tesla for how power would be delivered and circulated. The division can be outlined as one of cost and wellbeing: The DC current that Edison…

Alan Trachtenberg’s The Incorporation of America examined the various changes experienced by America in the mid to late 1800s. The book started off by setting the stage for the rise of the cities and industries. This was accomplished by the westward expansion of America in the post Civil War era. In addition to integrating America, the expansion of railroads led to the extermination of the Indian population through bloody massacres and assimilationist policies. With America fully connected,…

Edison and Tesla: Leading to the Modern World Who does not know Thomas Alva Edison? We can presumably infer that every single person in this world know who he is — the light bulb inventor. While we know him well, who knows Nicola Tesla? People tend not to realize that Tesla’s electricities, the Alternative Current model, are implemented worldwide nowadays. Hence, Tesla’s contributions are also as beneficial as Edison’s. Both of them were renown inventors who pioneered many of modern leading…

Pui Tak Center: 2216 S. Wentworth Pui Tak Center was once the On Leong Merchants Association Building where the On leong group used to be. The society also once resided in Mott Street in New York's Chinatown. The Chinese started coming to Chicago in smaller numbers after 1870, After the 20th century less than 1,200. Until the 1940s when federal laws only allowed men to enter with only a few exceptions, chinatowns over america were populated with chinese men. Groups called Tongs were formed…

Chicago Chicago, nicknamed the “Windy City” and “Second City”, is one of the most loved cities in the United States of America and now home to hundreds of thousands of people, making it the 3rd most populated city in the U.S.(“Wikipedia”). Chicago is called the “Windy City” because of the cold gusts of wind that blow from Lake Michigan, it’s called the “Second City” because that’s what it was often called during the battle with New York. Chicago is an adored location because it is a major city…

In Erik Larson’s The Devil in The White City, the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, also known as the World’s Columbian Exposition had a groundbreaking effect on people all over the world. During the Chicago World’s Fair there was a notorious and psychotic murderer that exploited the fair by reeling in young women and killing them. Aside from the murderer, the reader saw that the fair turned out to be one of the most beautiful and extraordinary events for the people that had the opportunity to attend.…

Coney Island was one of the first definitions of “new mass culture” in my mind. Central Park and the Chicago World’s Fair were preludes to it but it wasn’t until Coney Island captured the formula of was America was looking for that the millions came. Before this time many people’s escapes from reality centered on birthday parties and holiday celebrations. During…

Unfortunately for Edison, the lighting supply at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition was the AC system, in which Tesla demonstrated his system there. After the creation of the AC electrical system, in 1895, Tesla designed, along with General Electric, the first AC hydroelectric power plants in Niagara Falls, New York. The next year, it was used to power the city of Buffalo, which was the turning point in which AC powered units became the world’s central form of power. His last significant…

The Gilded Age, an evolutionary time in the late 19th century, which altered the common farmer’s life, from living in the rural into an industrial worker living in the city. The Gilded Age created the transcontinental railroad, racial tension, end of freely roaming Native Americans, tedious labor, unemployment, substantial immigration, an extreme government and fraudulent politics. With all these crucial events occurring from the early 1870s to the early 1900s, I believe the most crucial years…