View through Ferris Wheel - Anaglyph | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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View through Ferris Wheel - Anaglyph

View through Ferris Wheel - Anaglyph | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
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.
DESCRIPTION
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.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:79339
Creation Date: 1893
Creator Name:Bennett, H. H. (Henry Hamilton), 1843-1908
City:Chicago
County:
State:Illinois
Collection Name:Anaglyph Collection
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:PH 6062A AS 417.17
Original Dimensions:unknown
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The wheel was re-erected in St. Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Expo of 1904. It was finally destroyed by a monster charge of dynamite.

See original stereograph: Image ID: 68576.

The use of red/blue glasses is required to simulate a three dimensional effect.

SUBJECTS
Cities and towns
Land use, Urban
Fairs
Outdoor photography
Amusement rides

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