1893 World's Colombian Exposition
Photos from the Colombian Room
Museum of Science and Industry
Gateway Building
Palace of Mechanic Arts
The Electricity Building, designed by Henry Van Brunt and Frank Maynard Howe
Horticulture Building
Mining Building
Louis Sullivan's polychrome
proto-Modern Transportation Building was an outstanding exception to the
prevailing style,
as he tried to develop an organic American form.
He believed that the classical style of the White City had set back modern
American architecture by forty years.
The Ferris Wheel at the 1893 Expositionon
Memorabilia from the World's Columbian Exposition
1893
Posters and Publications
stereo view cards of the Ferris wheel
Columbian Medallion
Columbian Jug
the large scissors used to cut the ribbon on opening day
surviving statue
The Rookery
Rookery Building
Offices of Burnham during the
planning for
World's Colombian Exposition
Rookery entrance
