A Ticket to the World's Fair Excavating the hidden traces of Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition By Jarrett A. Lobell T 44 he 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, more commonly known as the Chicago World's Fair, was one of the signature events of the nineteenth century. Planned as a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage to the New World-although it opened a year late-it was the last of the century's grand international expositions. The first was A vintage photograph shows the artificial South Canal of the World's Columbian Exposition, or World's Fair, held in Chicago in 1893. The neoclassical buildings that surround the canal were all constructed of plaster, concrete, and jute fiber to look like marble, giving the fair the name the " White City. " A night view (below left) shows the fair's Agricultural Building with the General Electric searchlight shining from the top. ARCHAEOLOGY * July/August 2022