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Flat Iron Laundry
The flat iron piece in Monopoly comes from Chicago, a token originally created to establish loyalty among the Flat Iron Laundry's customers' children.
April 3 at 4:41 PM 3.0 4
The Columbian Museum of Chicago in 1893
The Field Museum was founded in 1893 as the Columbian Museum of Chicago, intended to house the relics collected from the World Fair that year.
March 13 at 6:34 PM 3.0 4
The Ferris Wheel's Revenue
The Columbian Exposition's Ferris Wheel earned $726,805.50. A single ride cost $0.50.
February 7 at 12:13 AM 3.0 4
The Moving Walkway at the World Fair
The World Columbian Exposition in 1893 featured a movable walkway which, during the fair, it carried 997,785 people, up to 6,000 at a time, for 6 cents per seat.
December 19 at 4:25 PM 4.0 4
Columbian Exposition's Fire
The World Columbian Exposition of 1893, largely intended to show the world Chicago's rebirth after the fire two years prior, suffered from several fires, and within nine months following its close, most of the "White City" had been destroyed by fire.
December 17 at 6:14 PM 3.2 4