| 1891/00/00 |
Elias Disney |
Carpenter |
Ellis Disney earns $1.00 per day as carpenter constructing Columbian Exposition buildings. |
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World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
| 1892/00/00 |
Francis Davis Millet |
Decorations Director |
Francis Millet becomes Director of Decoration of the Columbian Exposition. Millet will develop spray paint to paint the buildings quickly. |
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World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
| 1892/10/12 |
Henry Sargent Codman |
Landscape Architect |
World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago is dedicated, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Columbus arriving in the New World. Due to construction delays, the Chicago World's Fair will not not open until May, 1893. |
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World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
| 1892/10/12 |
Frederick Law Olmsted Sr |
Landscape Architect |
World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago is dedicated, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Columbus arriving in the New World. Due to construction delays, the Chicago World's Fair will not not open until May, 1893. |
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World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
| 1893/00/00 |
Westinghouse Electric Company |
Electrical Engineer |
George Westinghouse wins the contract to power the World's Fair, beating out General Electric's bid by one million dollars. They will illuminate the White City with a quarter million lights and demonstrate alternating current generation and distribution. |
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World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
| 1893/04/00 |
Warren Henry Manning |
Horticulturalist |
Warren H Manning supervises the final planting scheme and installation of the horticultural displays at the Chicago Columbian Exposition. |
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World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
| 1895/00/00 |
Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot |
Landscape Architect |
Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot redesign Jackson Park. |
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In honor of the 120th anniversary of the Columbian Expo and the friendship with Japan, Chicago Park District begins planting 150 cherry blossoms near the Columbian Basin, east side of Cornell Ave, behind the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park. |
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