Photograph
View through Ferris Wheel - Anaglyph
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. |
Image ID: | 79339 |
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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 |
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. |
Cities and towns |
Land use, Urban |
Fairs |
Outdoor photography |
Amusement rides |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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