Midway Plaisance
Return to previous result Request from Special CollectionsFair: | World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) |
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Description: | Stereographs: black and white, 1 image |
Format: | Stereographs |
Caption: | This stereograph provides a view of the Midway Plaisance at the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. Visible at the end of the midway is the Ferris Wheel, the crowning engineering achievement of this fair. Named after its engineer, George Ferris, the wheel measured 264 feet high and weighed 1,800 tons. |
Content: | Buildings |
Content: | Stereographs |
Content: | Photographs |
Fair Building: | Midway Plaisance. World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) |
Topics: | Crowds |
Topics: | Ferris Wheel |
Builder/Engineer: | Ferris, George Washington Gale, 1859-1896 |
Paging Number: | 1893-chi-20-0012 |
Location: | Box A |
http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/120