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The Great World Columbian Exposition Drive
A detailed 1890 overview of Chicago securing the World’s Fair. Citizens organized, raised funds, and lobbied Congress with leaders like Depew, Davis, Bryan, Palmer, and Gage guiding the Chicago effort. The act of April 25 created the World’s Columbian Exposition Corporation and the National Commission, with tours abroad to drum up support and designs for sites and buildings in Jackson Park and Midway Plaisance.
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Harrison
Chicago
Northwest
Congress
Washington
New York
St. Louis
Chauncey M. Depew
Thomas B. Bryan
Lyman J. Gage
F. W. Peck
Mayor Cregier
E. T. Jeffery
Edwin Walker
George R. Davis
Adlair E. Stevenson
James A. McKenzie
Kentucky
Illinois
Cage
Thomas W. Palmer
Spain
John T. Dickinson
T. M. Waller
Connecticut
M. H. de Young
California
David B. Penn
Louisiana
Gorton W. Allen
Alexander B. Andrews
North Carolina
National Commission
Palmer
Gage
Board of Lady Managers
Board
England
Germany
France
William Lindsay
United States
A. C. Bullock
W. Peck
Benjamin Butterworth
Major Handy
Europe
Herr Wermuth
German Empire
Sir Henry Wood
James Dredge
Great Britain
Higinbotham
Ryan
Jackson Park
Union
District of Columbia
Potter Palmer
A. F. Seeberger
Butterworth
W. T. Baker
H. N. Higinbotham
Baker
London
R. A. Waller
H. O. Edmonds
A. I. Seeberger
W. K. Ackerman
W. I. Carlisle
Chi
Phoebe Cousins
Ralph Trautman
Russell B. Harrison
Miss Cousins
Susan Gale Cooke
Tennessee
George E. Davis
JD. H. Burnham
J. W. Root
Gotlieb
Japan
Brazil
Mexico
New South Wales
Midway Plaisance
Washington Park