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Ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 – Historic Reproduction

Ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, c1893. — historic photograph
Ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, c1893.. Historic photograph from the Chicago collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

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Built as an answer to the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Exposition of 1889, the Ferris wheel was the marquee attraction of the World's Columbian Exposition, which drew millions of visitors to Chicago in 1893. Engineer George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. designed the steel wheel, which stood about 264 feet tall and carried riders in enclosed cars on the Midway Plaisance, the fair's entertainment strip. Because the caption card for this photograph is unverified, its exact view and date are best treated as approximate, but the image still captures the wheel's novelty as a new kind of urban spectacle.

Created / publishedc1893.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan956 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-160819

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