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View through Ferris Wheel
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Stereograph through a Ferris wheel at the Chicago World's Fair. The sensation of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the Ferris wheel, the creation of George Washington Gale Ferris, a bridge builder from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The wheel stood 26 stories high and was intended to rival the Eiffel Tower, the centerpiece of the 1889 Paris Expo. For fifty cents, a passenger got two revolutions—first a stop-and-go circuit as people were loaded and unloaded, then a majestic, non-stop revolution.
1893
Bennett, H. H. (Henry Hamilton), 1843-1908
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View through Ferris Wheel - Anaglyph
1893
Stereograph through a Ferris wheel at the Chicago World's Fair. The sensation of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the Ferris wheel, the creation of George Washington Gale Ferris...
Ferris Wheel at the Chicago World's Fair
1893
Stereograph over rooftops of the Ferris wheel at the Chicago World's Fair.
Ferris Wheel at Columbian Exposition
1893
Elevated view of the Ferris wheel and midway at the Columbian Exposition, viewed from Hotel Epworth.
Midway Pleasance, Columbian Exposition
1893
Midway Pleasance viewed from Illinois Central Viaduct; large Ferris wheel in background; large crowd, mostly walking in the direction of the Ferris wheel.
Columbian Exposition
1893
Elevated view of the Columbian Exposition; from the midway looking east from the Ferris wheel.
Columbian Exposition
1893
Elevated view of the Columbian Exposition, looking through the Ferris wheel.
