US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Petition Signed by Thomas A. Edison
What a surprise to read about the several controversies engendered by the request that the Columbian Exposition be open on Sundays. This lesson plan examines the background of the main controversy and its relation to the First Amendment....
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Progress Made Visible: American World's Fairs: Progress Made Visible
Find information on the four major expositions of the last half of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century in the United States. Primary sources tout the progress in America over the century and celebrate the American spirit.
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The Internet 1996 World Expositions Pavilion
Check out this archived guide to the Internet 1996 World Exposition- Columbian Exposition and Philadelphia's Centennial Exposition.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Treasures: World's Columbian Exposition
Description and link to a map of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.