People ask me to what era of Chicago's history I'd like to travel, and my answer is often the late 1800s. The city was still rebuilding after the fire, and the World's Fair of 1893 must have been mind-blowing. Here are a few things that get you about as close as you can get to actually going back to one of Chicago's World's Fairs.
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Books:
1893 Chicago's Columbian Exposition: Arts & Culture from the Doorstep of the 20th Century by Michael Finney
https://amzn.to/3AZZJEj (Paperback)
https://amzn.to/3seTBEr (Audible Audiobook)
https://amzn.to/3J1DFMj (FREE with Kindle Unlimited)
Art in the Gallery of the 1893 World's Fair: Enlarged Illustrated Special Edition by Charles Kurtz
https://amzn.to/34juuIp (Paperback)
https://amzn.to/3HtIwFF (Kindle Edition)
White City of Color: 1893 World's Fair, The by Mark Bussler
https://amzn.to/3HrxUr7 (Hardcover)
https://amzn.to/3HtyOTM (Paperback)
https://amzn.to/35DncQ4 (Kindle)
1933 Chicago World's Fair, A: A Century of Progress by Cheryl R. Ganz
https://amzn.to/3ypENWp
Chicago 1933 World's Fair: A Century of Progress in Photographs by Mark Bussler
https://amzn.to/3PfZ9Iq
Documentary:
1893: Chicago's Columbian Exposition - directed by Michael Finney
https://amzn.to/3seU9tZ (Amazon Prime Streaming)
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