World's Columbian Exposition

Revivalism and Eclecticism Architecture has undergone many changes and developments throw different eras as a result of major movements that influenced architecture and fine art as well, example (Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical), and that paved the way for the appearance of various styles ancient and modern ones , Egyptian Architecture ,Sumerian Architecture , Early Irish Architecture , Minoan Architecture , Greek Architecture , Roman Architecture , Byzantine Architecture , Gothic…

Amusing the Million Question Amusing the Million by John F. Kasson gives the vibrant history of one of America’s most prized and famous amusement parks, Coney Island; Kasson also describes the society and culture during this time of great change. Society in the 1890s and early 1900s experienced many changes, from the use modern technology being incorporated in daily life, to the modernization of cities, and to the merging of different economic classes through social gathering places. After…

Nikola Tesla The inventor Nikola Tesla lived from July 10, 1856 to January 7, 1943, he was a well-known engineer who designed the alternating-current (AC) electric system. He was born in what is now Croatia; he came to the United States in 1884 and worked for Thomas Edison for a while before they both went their separate ways. Tesla sold several patent rights to George Westinghouse; one of those was his AC machinery. During Tesla’s career he discovered, designed and developed ideas for a number…

The ninetieth century, or the machine age, became a time period in America in which the demands for goods were heightened due to the fast pace producibility the machine was capable of. No longer bound by human limitation, the machines allowed for a hyper manufacturing of products in a quicker and inexpensive manner. However, not all backed for the machine age and argued that the machine had taken away the quality of product. Philosopher John Ruskin wrote in The Seven Lamps of Architecture, about…

fireworks and other diversions (Baughman, Bondi, Layman, McConnell, and Tompkins, 2001). In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the United States began hosting the world’s fair, and competition for prestige, press attention, and visitors spread across the county (Baughman et al., 2001). One of the most popular attractions at the Columbian Exposition was a midway consisting of restaurants, shops, belly dancers, theaters, and a giant wheel designed by George W. Ferris (Baughman et al., 2001). The…

Today, we consider the violin to be an elegant, sophisticated instrument. However, in 1878, George Dubourg published an account entitled, “The Violin”, in which he makes the bold statement, “instead of a bow-arm, must ladies be allowed only the arm of a beau? Why should not a lady play on the violin?” . Even once playing the instrument was considered acceptable, being a professional musician as a woman was rare until the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries . Even in today’s modern society,…

Her and many other leaders protested about the rights of African Americans in the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition that happened in Chicago. In 1896, she helped created and introduced the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). She hoped that these organizations would give black women and African Americans a chance to use their votes to help…

In 1893, a historian from Wisconsin, named Frederick Douglass Turner read his essay entitled, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History,” at the world Columbian exposition in Chicago. This essay redefined history not just as a political narrative, but as the growth of the Western frontier. Turner makes the argument that, “American history is the history of the colonization of the Great West.” (Hollitz, 176). I, like Turner, believe that the expansion of the frontier helped mold…

Inciting Event In 1893 the whole of United States celebrates the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the America's and the World's Columbian Exposition opens to waiting public. In the nearby Chicago community of Englewood resides a businessman, a doctor, and the United States first documented serial killer, Dr. H.H. Holmes. First Plot Point As the trains which shall overwhelm Chicago with tourist and people seeking new opportunities so is it occupied by predators…

merge with Thomas-Houston to form the General Electric company. Wall Street had chosen to strike Edison’s name from the company, and pushed him towards a small role on the Board of Directors. In that same year, Chicago would hold the “Columbian Exposition,” a “World’s Fair” celebrating Christopher Columbus, which demanded electric light at the fair. General Electric offered to electrify the fair for $554,000 but they were immediately undercut by Westinghouse Electric whose bid only cost…