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Participants in the "Parliament of World Religions", an interfaith dialogue during the World's Fair, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1893
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Participants in the "Parliament of World Religions", an interfaith dialogue during the World's Fair, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1893
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A world’s fair is a global exhibition event with the purpose of showcasing the achievements of the nations taking part. They generally last three to six months and are held at specific locations. 10 facts about world's fairs.
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/04/30-april-worlds-fairs.html
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A world’s fair is a global exhibition event with the purpose of showcasing the achievements of the nations taking part. They generally last three to six months and are held at specific locations. 10 facts about world's fairs.
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/04/30-april-worlds-fairs.html
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:stargif: 𝑯. 𝑯. 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒔: 𝒆𝒍 “𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒐” 𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 :stargif:
La historia de H. H. Holmes, nacido como Herman Webster Mudgett, refleja cómo la avaricia puede entrelazarse con el engaño hasta borrar los límites de lo humano.
H. H. Holmes nació en 1861 en Gilmanton, New Hampshire, en una familia de clase media que valoraba la educación.
Desde joven mostró interés por la medicina y la química, pero también un lado calculador y manipulador.
Su infancia estuvo marcada por curiosidad científica y cierta frialdad hacia los demás, rasgos que se volverían esenciales en su futuro criminal.A finales del siglo XIX, Holmes llegó a Chicago en plena expectativa por la World's Columbian Exposition de 1893.
Allí construyó un edificio que aparentaba ser un hotel común, pero cuya estructura escondía una compleja red de habitaciones selladas, pasillos irregulares y mecanismos diseñados para el control absoluto del espacio.
Ese lugar, conocido posteriormente como “el Castillo”, se convirtió en el centro de su actividad criminal.Antes de que los crímenes salieran a la luz, Holmes ya había desarrollado una trayectoria marcada por fraudes: estafas con seguros de vida, identidades falsas y engaños a socios comerciales.
El dinero no era solo un objetivo: era el eje de todas sus decisiones.
En ese contexto, varias personas de su entorno —empleadas, visitantes o asociados— comenzaron a desaparecer sin dejar rastro claro.El arresto de Holmes no se produjo por los asesinatos, sino por irregularidades financieras.
En 1894, fue detenido por fraude, y a medida que las autoridades profundizaban, surgieron evidencias que conectaban desapariciones, engaños y hallazgos de restos humanos dentro de su propiedad.
El juicio se centró en el asesinato de su socio Benjamin Pitezel, un caso que logró sostenerse con pruebas concretas.
En 1896, Holmes fue ejecutado en Philadelphia.
Sin embargo, la magnitud total de sus crímenes nunca pudo establecerse con certeza.Más allá de las cifras, su historia dejó una marca duradera: mostró cómo la ambición sin límites puede convertir a las personas en instrumentos, y cómo una fachada respetable puede ocultar un entramado de engaños sistemático.
En su caso, la avaricia no solo distorsionó la ética, sino que redefinió el valor de la vida humana.Holmes no era un asesino impulsivo, sino un depravado administrativo. Operaba su “Castillo” con la eficiencia de una fábrica, tratando los cuerpos como subproductos de un negocio de seguros.
Algunos detalles que suelen omitirse y que muestran su sangre fría:▪️El negocio de los esqueletos: Como antiguo estudiante de medicina, Holmes vendía los esqueletos de sus víctimas a escuelas de medicina.
Limpiaba los huesos en los sótanos del Castillo y los entregaba como “especímenes científicos” legalmente obtenidos.▪️Arquitectura del engaño: Para que nadie conociera el plano real del edificio, despedía a los constructores cada pocas semanas alegando que su trabajo era deficiente.
Solo él sabía que los pasillos no llevaban a ninguna parte o que ciertas habitaciones tenían tuberías de gas conectadas a su oficina.▪️Confesión final: Antes de ser colgado, vendió su historia a los periódicos de William Randolph Hearst por 7.500 dólares.
En ella llegó a decir: “Nací con el diablo en mí”, aunque gran parte era mentira para aumentar su leyenda y el valor de su “exclusiva”.La Exposición Universal de 1893 fue el escenario perfecto para un depredador como Holmes.
Chicago, la “Ciudad Blanca”, estaba llena de luces eléctricas y maravillas tecnológicas, atrayendo a 27 millones de visitantes.
Holmes convirtió ese evento en su herramienta de caza:▪️La migración de mujeres jóvenes: Miles de mujeres viajaban solas a la ciudad buscando independencia y empleo.
Sin familiares cerca, eran el blanco ideal. Holmes ponía anuncios de empleo para secretarias o taquígrafas en su “Castillo”, exigiendo retirar todos sus ahorros como “garantía”.El hotel que no lo era: Su edificio, publicitado como “World’s Fair Hotel”, estaba cerca del recinto ferial. Los turistas llegaban en busca de alojamiento y, una vez registrados, Holmes tenía control absoluto sobre sus movimientos gracias al laberinto de gas y trampillas.
▪️El anonimato de la multitud: En una ciudad que recibía cientos de miles de extraños cada día, la desaparición de una joven pasaba desapercibida.
Se asumía que se había mudado a otra ciudad o simplemente decidido no escribir a casa.▪️La distracción del progreso: Mientras el mundo admiraba la noria gigante de Ferris o los pabellones neoclásicos, Holmes utilizaba su incinerador industrial y pozos de cal viva.
La modernidad de la feria ocultaba la barbarie de su sótano.Es irónico y macabro: el mismo evento que celebraba el ingenio humano y el futuro, sirvió de cobertura para uno de los capítulos más oscuros del pasado estadounidense.
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#historia #criminales #hhholmes #castillo #chicago1893 #worldsfair #crimenhistórico #curiosidadeshistoricas #asesinosenserie #sigloxix #historiadelmundo
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Exploring the iconic Atomium, a true masterpiece that beautifully blurs the lines between sculpture and architecture! 🌟 Constructed for the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair, this stunning structure represents an iron unit cell magnified 165 billion times! Isn’t it incredible how a single design can embody the spirit of a city and a country? 🏛️❤️
📍Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
#TravelPhotography
#Architecture
#WorldsFair
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Exploring the iconic Atomium, a true masterpiece that beautifully blurs the lines between sculpture and architecture! 🌟 Constructed for the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair, this stunning structure represents an iron unit cell magnified 165 billion times! Isn’t it incredible how a single design can embody the spirit of a city and a country? 🏛️❤️
📍Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
#TravelPhotography
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Monorail. Seattle, WA. @mia_pinhole_cameras 6x6 20mm. Kentmere 100. Rodinal 1+25.
#photography #pinhole #pinholephotography #pinholestreetphotography #mediumformat #film #filmphotography #bnw #bnw_experimentalism #bnwphotography #publictransport #worldsfair #ishootfilm #filmisalive -
Monorail. Seattle, WA. @mia_pinhole_cameras 6x6 20mm. Kentmere 100. Rodinal 1+25.
#photography #pinhole #pinholephotography #pinholestreetphotography #mediumformat #film #filmphotography #bnw #bnw_experimentalism #bnwphotography #publictransport #worldsfair #ishootfilm #filmisalive -
I finally got round to sorting through all my photos from my Japan trip in April. It's fair to say that I got a bit snap-happy while I was out there. I've not added captions (because, honestly, who has time to write over a thousand photo captions?) but, if anything needs an explanation, leave me a comment.
Let me know your favourites!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/orqaT6pR4eMjWuSQA
#Travel #Japan #WorldsFair #WorldExpo #Expo2025 #Osaka #Kyoto #Nara
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Treasure Island, August 1940
GGIE (Golden Gate International Exposition) had transportation called the Elephant Train, this fellow on a real elephant tried to get you to ride it. (no the Elephant train wasn't pulled by a real elephant, yes, the Elephant trains later went to the SF Zoo where people today still remember them) #sfhistory #sfmemory #elephant #worldsfair https://sfmemory.org/Display/sfm008-00380 -
Treasure Island, August 1940
GGIE (Golden Gate International Exposition) had transportation called the Elephant Train, this fellow on a real elephant tried to get you to ride it. (no the Elephant train wasn't pulled by a real elephant, yes, the Elephant trains later went to the SF Zoo where people today still remember them) #sfhistory #sfmemory #elephant #worldsfair https://sfmemory.org/Display/sfm008-00380 -
Tickets for “A Century of Progress: International Exposition Chicago”, 1933.
For those who could afford it, the Chicago World’s Fair offered an optimistic escape from the Great Depression. Even the tickets were printed in cheery colors.
In 2023 the Richard Sheaff Ephemera Collection found a home at the Archive: https://letterformarchive.org/news/richard-sheaff-vintage-ephemera/?utm_source=Mastodon. Processing continues of over 26,000 trade cards, labels, tickets, and other ephemera.
#RichardSheaffCollection #Ephemera #Tickets #WorldsFair #1930s #Chicago
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Tickets for “A Century of Progress: International Exposition Chicago”, 1933.
For those who could afford it, the Chicago World’s Fair offered an optimistic escape from the Great Depression. Even the tickets were printed in cheery colors.
In 2023 the Richard Sheaff Ephemera Collection found a home at the Archive: https://letterformarchive.org/news/richard-sheaff-vintage-ephemera/?utm_source=Mastodon. Processing continues of over 26,000 trade cards, labels, tickets, and other ephemera.
#RichardSheaffCollection #Ephemera #Tickets #WorldsFair #1930s #Chicago
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1904 World's Fair Swedish Pavilion in Lindsborg, Kansas
A preserved relic of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and a center of Swedish American Culture.#worldsfair #holidays #buildings #architecture #sweden #section-Atlas
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1904 World's Fair Swedish Pavilion in Lindsborg, Kansas
A preserved relic of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and a center of Swedish American Culture.#worldsfair #holidays #buildings #architecture #sweden #section-Atlas
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Donald Deskey (design), the Official Souvenir Book for the New York World’s Fair 1939, Exposition Publications, Inc., New York, 1939.
#LetterformArchive #DonaldDeskey #WorldsFair #GraphicDesign #MidcenturyDesign
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Donald Deskey (design), the Official Souvenir Book for the New York World’s Fair 1939, Exposition Publications, Inc., New York, 1939.
#LetterformArchive #DonaldDeskey #WorldsFair #GraphicDesign #MidcenturyDesign
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Late night vibes...
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Gayway Seattle World's Fair Postcard
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@GayOldTime #seattle #postcards #Retro #Vintage #WorldsFair #gay #nighttime -
Late night vibes...
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Gayway Seattle World's Fair Postcard
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@GayOldTime #seattle #postcards #Retro #Vintage #WorldsFair #gay #nighttime -
An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder by Dianne Freeman
@difreeman001 @diannefreemanwrites @KensingtonBooks @Austenprose @sophiarose1816 #4Hearts #Artists #VictorianEra #WorldsFair #BlogTour #BookReview
#anartloversguidetoparisandmurder #countessofharleighseries #diannefreeman #historicalmystery #cozymystery #victorianmystery #newbooks #bookx #bookstag...
https://booksofmyheart.net/2024/07/07/an-art-lovers-guide-to-paris-and-murder-by-dianne-freeman/?feed_id=2336&_unique_id=668a67c35ff6d -
Rock-Ola's Jigsaw from 1933 is one of the most iconic #pinball machines ever.
two articles... the first is the story of my own machine
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/03/1933-worlds-fair-jigsaw-by-rock-ola.html
and then a comparison of the early-run and main-run versions
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Rock-Ola's Jigsaw from 1933 is one of the most iconic #pinball machines ever.
two articles... the first is the story of my own machine
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2024/03/1933-worlds-fair-jigsaw-by-rock-ola.html
and then a comparison of the early-run and main-run versions
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Garden of the Phoenix in Chicago, Illinois
Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.#sistercities #flora #plants #worldsfair #gardens #section-Atlas
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Garden of the Phoenix in Chicago, Illinois
Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.#sistercities #flora #plants #worldsfair #gardens #section-Atlas
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Sophia Hayden (1868–1953), born in Santiago Chile, was an American architect and the first female graduate in architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 1891, the Construction Department of the World’s Columbian Exposition announced a competition for the design of the Woman’s Building, one of the exhibition halls to be constructed for the 1893 international exposition in Chicago. Only designs submitted by women were eligible.
At 21, Hayden's design was chosen out of 13 designs entered, all by women under 25 years of age. She received only the $1,000 prize for the design, while many male architects earned $10,000 for similar buildings.
Sadly Hayden's experiences during the construction of her design were difficult ones. She battled with socialite Bertha Palmer who had been chosen to head the Board of Lady Manager's, and eventually she was fired from the project although she did attend the Inaugural Celebration.
After the frustrating experience of the Chicago Fair, Hayben did not work in Architecture again. She married artist William Bennett in 1990.
#sophiahayden #architecture #architect #sophiahaydenbennett #chicagoworldsfair #womansbuilding #building #womenbuilders #worldscolombianexposition #worldsfair #chicago #pioneeringwomeninarchitecture #pioneeringwomen #rememberlegends #architects
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The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida
An Orlando museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of work by Louis Comfort Tiffany.#stained-glasswindows #worldsfair #artnouveau #artmuseum #museums #section-Atlas
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The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida
An Orlando museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of work by Louis Comfort Tiffany.#stained-glasswindows #worldsfair #artnouveau #artmuseum #museums #section-Atlas
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That's me in the plaid windbreaker walking with my brother Rob.
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My Childhood Mecca--The 1964 New York City World's Fair in Flushing Meadows. #worldsfair #newyorkworldsfair #1960s #NewYork
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The Hottest Drink of the 1893 World’s Fair Was an Artificial Orange ‘Cider’
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The Hottest Drink of the 1893 World’s Fair Was an Artificial Orange ‘Cider’
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@TheConversationUS Here's a little more foreshadowing, featuring "Elektro the Robot" at the 1939 #WorldsFair in #NewYork, which was labeled the "World of Tomorrow":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxEhy8hU3LI
Like with today's "#AI", the key was to plausibly appear intelligent, not to actually be intelligent, and like today, reproducing stereotypes and prejudice (wait for the "joke" on "numbers") are considered a feature, not a bug.
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CW: Bare breasts
#YvetteDare #burlesque #dancer #maccaw #WorldsFair
An astonishing Press Photo from May of ‘39. It features a bare-breasted Yvette Dare, losing part of her dress; on the fairgrounds of the 'New York World’s Fair’.. Her press agent contrived the publicity stunt to promote her upcoming burlesque show. -
I went to a community #BoardGame night on Friday and got to play #WorldsFair and #AroundTheWorldIn80Days with some good friends. I was having a hard week and it really picked me up.
I have to remember that almost every time that I feel spent and don't think that I want to hang out around the game table with friends, that I am probably wrong and should just try it.
Rarely am I disappointed. I came away in better shape than when I arrived.
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I went to a community #BoardGame night on Friday and got to play #WorldsFair and #AroundTheWorldIn80Days with some good friends. I was having a hard week and it really picked me up.
I have to remember that almost every time that I feel spent and don't think that I want to hang out around the game table with friends, that I am probably wrong and should just try it.
Rarely am I disappointed. I came away in better shape than when I arrived.
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1000 Islands Tower in Lansdowne, Ontario
This observation tower is a longstanding, 1960s landmark in the Thousand Islands region of Canada.#names #rivers #islands #worldsfair #towers #section-Atlas
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1000 Islands Tower in Lansdowne, Ontario
This observation tower is a longstanding, 1960s landmark in the Thousand Islands region of Canada.#names #rivers #islands #worldsfair #towers #section-Atlas
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Back to some space history neepery, hmm? I've previously spoken of the 1964 World's Fair in New York City as a last gasp of 20th century techno-optimism, and this is a little bit more from it. It's art of the Hall of Science's "movie hall", showing a Martin Marietta station and spaceship. It was printed in the Souvenir Book of the fair.
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Dallara Stradale #photography #autoworldbrussels #belgie #belgien #belgium #brussels #museum #auto #bruxelles #brüssel #car #cars #highlight #vintage #classic #carmuseum #worldsfair #1car #2automotive #3manufacturer #4italian #5dallara #6stradale #7sportscar #8roadcar #9chassis #10development #11construction #12racecar #13barchetta #14berlinetta #15roadster #16targatop #17body #18style #19part #20interchangeable (Flickr 2022-12-20 12:11:43) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/52576618158
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Dallara Stradale #photography #autoworldbrussels #belgie #belgien #belgium #brussels #museum #auto #bruxelles #brüssel #car #cars #highlight #vintage #classic #carmuseum #worldsfair #1car #2automotive #3manufacturer #4italian #5dallara #6stradale #7sportscar #8roadcar #9chassis #10development #11construction #12racecar #13barchetta #14berlinetta #15roadster #16targatop #17body #18style #19part #20interchangeable (Flickr 2022-12-20 12:11:43) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/52576618158
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Dallara Stradale #photography #autoworldbrussels #belgie #belgien #belgium #brussels #museum #auto #bruxelles #brüssel #car #cars #highlight #vintage #classic #carmuseum #worldsfair #1car #2automotive #3manufacturer #4italian #5dallara #6stradale #7sportscar #8roadcar #9chassis #10development #11construction #12racecar #13barchetta #14berlinetta #15roadster #16targatop #17body #18style #19part #20interchangeable (Flickr 2022-12-20 12:11:43) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/52576618158
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Dallara Stradale #photography #autoworldbrussels #belgie #belgien #belgium #brussels #museum #auto #bruxelles #brüssel #car #cars #highlight #vintage #classic #carmuseum #worldsfair #1car #2automotive #3manufacturer #4italian #5dallara #6stradale #7sportscar #8roadcar #9chassis #10development #11construction #12racecar #13barchetta #14berlinetta #15roadster #16targatop #17body #18style #19part #20interchangeable (Flickr 2022-12-20 12:11:43) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/52576618158
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Dallara Stradale #photography #autoworldbrussels #belgie #belgien #belgium #brussels #museum #auto #bruxelles #brüssel #car #cars #highlight #vintage #classic #carmuseum #worldsfair #1car #2automotive #3manufacturer #4italian #5dallara #6stradale #7sportscar #8roadcar #9chassis #10development #11construction #12racecar #13barchetta #14berlinetta #15roadster #16targatop #17body #18style #19part #20interchangeable (Flickr 2022-12-20 12:11:43) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/52576618158
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The Trylon and Perisphere were collectively (and are even now) the symbol of the New York World's Fair in 1939, the last gasp of interwar optimism about the future. Less well-known is that inside the sphere was a diorama of "Democracity" a prospective city in said future.
The latter picture here was printed in Vogue, May 1939, while the entire brochure for the diorama can be read here (10 MB PDF): https://www.1939nyworldsfair.com/ftp/democracity_booklet/3-democracity_booklet_12x18.pdf
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This is very cool documentary about efforts to conserve the #NYState #Pavillion from the #1964 #WorldsFair #architecture #urban #history #NYC
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