02792cem a2200457za 4500 5571353 20250607184517.0 ay|canzn cr|||| 980311s1893 xx a 0 eng 5571353 7 cbc origcop u ncip 19 y-geogmaps ga31 LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-779 98687181 a (DLC) 98687181 DLC DLC DLC G4104.C6:2W95 1893 .R2 TIL 4104 C6:2W95 Rand McNally and Company. Bird's eye view of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Scale not given. [S.l.], 1893. 1 view : col. ; 64 x 95 cm. cartographic image cri rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia sheet nb rdacarrier "The Chicago world's fair, or the World's Columbian Exposition as it was officially called, was held in 1893 to mark the 400th anniversary, the previous year, of Columbus's arrival in the Americas. The fair marked Chicago's coming of age as a national and world city, a mere 60 years after the city's founding and just 22 years after the great Chicago fire of 1871. This map, produced by the Chicago-based Rand McNally and Company, shows the design of the exposition, which was mainly the work of architect and urban designer Daniel Burnham (1846-1912) and landscape designer Frederick Law Olmstead (1822-1903). The map shows the location of the fair's main attractions, which included pavilions sponsored by 46 countries, the first national pavilions at a world's fair. U.S. states also sponsored pavilions, as did, jointly, the territories of Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. One of the main attractions was the 264-foot (80.4-meter) Ferris Wheel (also referred to as the Chicago Wheel), which was designed and constructed for the fair by Pittsburgh bridge builder George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. The wheel can be seen near the horizon at the top of the map." World Digital Library. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "American Expositions and World Fairs Exhibit, January-March 1976." DLC Exhibitions. View. United States Illinois Chicago. United States Illinois World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago) Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu g4104c pm001522 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4104c.pm001522 c GMD/CITYMAP ammem GMD/PMMAP ammem wdl c-G&M G4104.C6:2W95 1893 .R2 TIL Copy 1 MAPS