The 1893 Chicago World’s Fair in 9 stunning color photos

Not much is left of the massive buildings built for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Despite a rocky start, the event became ...

In 1893, Milton Hershey’s encounter with a chocolate-making machine at the Chicago World’s Fair established the foundation for his chocolate empire

Milton Hershey's 1893 visit to the Chicago World's Fair proved transformative. Witnessing a chocolate manufacturing machine, ...
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Exhibiting Mormonism : the Latter-day Saints and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair / Reid L. Neilson

The 1893 Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, presented the Latter-day Saints with their first opportunity to exhibit the best of Mormonism for a national and an international ...

What Milton Hershey saw at the 1893 World’s Fair that led to Hershey Chocolate

The 1893 Chicago World's Fair inspired Milton Hershey. He saw machines that could make chocolate on a large scale. This gave him a new perspective on industrial production. Hershey realized candy ...
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Celebrate the 130th Birthday of the 1893 World’s Fair With These Lavish Cocktails

Naomi Waxman is the former reporter for Eater Chicago and an award-winning journalist who covers restaurants, bars, pop-ups. Dust off that copy of The Devil in the White City, Chicago: Logan Square ...