Part of a set of official photographs taken by Kaufman & Farby Co. for the Century of Progress World's Fair in 1933. This image shows a man walking toward the Travel and Transport Pavilion in the background, featuring Art Deco architecture.
Daniel H. Burnham was the founder of Burnham and Root, one of Chicago's most prominent architectural firms, and the Director of Works on the World's Columbian Exposition. He also designed many of the city's most impressive buildings, including the…
Field Museum of Natural History and its collections originated from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and is now one of the largest such museums in the world. The Field Museum is also an example of classical revival.
An account of Daniel Burnham (the primary architect of the World's Fair) and H. H. Holmes (a serial killer based out of a nearby hotel) and how their lives intertwined, written in an accessible, novelistic style. It has 11 awards from various…
The traditional brownie recipe used at the Palmer House and advertised at the Columbian Exposition World Fair in 1893. The hotel claims to have invented the the dessert.