| 1869/00/00 |
Olmsted, Vaux and Company |
Landscape Architects |
Olmsted, Vaux and Co develop the initial plans for Chicagos South Park System, which includes Washington, Jackson and the Midway Plaisance. Their plan to create a chain of lakes from Washington Park to Jackson Park on Lake Michigan never materialized. |
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| 1893/06/00 |
Carl Heinrich Hagenbeck |
Exhibitor |
The Hagenbeck Wild Animal Show! operates on the western limit, near S Cottage Groove Ave, of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. |
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World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
| 1893/06/00 |
Julian Hawthorne |
Visitor |
Workmen remove the falsework that supports his wheel. "It is impossible for the non-mechanical mind to understand how such a Brobdingnag continues to keep itself erect." - Julian Hawthorne |
Chicago, grande roue (film) |
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World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
| 1893/06/00 |
Edgar Rice Burroughs |
Life |
During the Summer of 1893, Edgar Burroughs visits the Hagenbeck Wild Animal Show! on the western limit (near S Cottage Groove Ave) of the World's Fair. |
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World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
| 1893/06/21 |
Bertha M Palmer |
Dignitary |
Mayor Harrison, Bertha Palmer and the entire Chicago city council, join George Ferris on the speaker's platform for the opening of the Ferris Wheel. |
Chicago, grande roue (film) |
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World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
| 1893/06/21 |
George W Ferris |
Engineer |
The Ferris' Wheel opens to the public on the Midway Plaisance at the Columbian Expo. The ride makes two revolutions in 20 minutes, the first to allow passenger egress and a second nine-minute non-stop rotation. The ticket price is 50 cents ($15 in 2021). |
Chicago, grande roue (film) |
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World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
