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1893 World's Columbian Exposition World's Columbian Exposition World's Columbian Exposition: Midway Plaisance World's Columbian Exposition: U.S. Government Building World's Columbian Exposition: Ferris wheel The Red Man's Greeting, Potawatomi Indian Simon Pokagon's birchbark booklet that he sold at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. It describes the refusal of the fair organizers to recognize the area's original inhabitants. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago A balloon rising over the Midway Plaisance, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Cover of sheet music for Chicago Day Waltz, composed by Giuseppe Valisi to celebrate Chicago Day (the 22nd anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire) on October 9, 1893, at the World's Columbian Exposition.
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Date 1893
Location Chicago • Illinois • United States

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1893 World's Columbian Exposition
World's Columbian Exposition
World's Columbian Exposition: Midway Plaisance
World's Columbian Exposition: U.S. Government Building
World's Columbian Exposition: Ferris wheel
The Red Man's Greeting, Potawatomi Indian Simon Pokagon's birchbark booklet that he sold at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. It describes the refusal of the fair organizers to recognize the area's original inhabitants.
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago
A balloon rising over the Midway Plaisance, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.
Cover of sheet music for Chicago Day Waltz, composed by Giuseppe Valisi to celebrate Chicago Day (the 22nd anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire) on October 9, 1893, at the World's Columbian Exposition.
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