Photos from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/10/photos-1893-chicago-worlds-fair/680358/

Interesting photos from The Atlantic - one thing about that 1893 Chicago World's Fair was that they prohibited people from taking their own pictures, even though Eastman had invented his Kodak Camera and made picture taking relatively easy.  This was mentioned in this interesting documentary narrated by Gene Wilder:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6HuBYiQEeM

I had known about the Ferris Wheel but had never seen pictures of the rail loop they had

I remember my Dad had collected commemerative half dollars as a kid in the 1930s/40s.  One of them was the 1893 Columbian Exposition half dollar.  I remember going with him when he sold a bunch of these commemerative halves - the coin dealer wasn't really interested in the 1893 Columbian coin - apparently they were minted in mass quantities to help finance the fair.

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