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Large ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition [Chicago, Ill.] – Antique Print

Large ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition [Chicago, Ill.] — historic photograph
Large ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition [Chicago, Ill.]. 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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Step back in time with Large ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition [Chicago, Ill.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Large ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition [Chicago, Ill.]

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Few structures at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition drew more attention than the giant wheel built on the fairgrounds in Chicago. Engineer George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. designed it as an American answer to the Eiffel Tower, and it rose about 264 feet, with passenger cars that carried riders high above the Midway. The record attributes the photograph to Weber, though that attribution comes from an unverified caption card. The image captures the scale that made the wheel a symbol of the fair's ambitions and of the era's enthusiasm for engineering.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[1892-3]
SubjectsPhoto by Weber. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ferris wheels; Exhibitions--Illinois; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,271 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128136

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