America hosted the World's Fair of ... George B. Post (New York Times building), Henry Van Brunt, Louis Sullivan, and William LeBaron Jenney (Home Insurance Building of Chicago, among the ...

Email us. It took eight ballots, but Chicago was finally awarded on Feb. 24, 1890 the opportunity to host a World’s Fair. “From the start the combination of New York, St. Louis, and Washington ...

In 1892, Douglass arrived in Chicago to serve as the World’s Fair commissioner for Haiti’s exhibition, having previously served as a diplomat there. While he was in town to tour the ...

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