Like London's Crystal Palace Exposition of 1851, the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago displayed the latest wonders of American technology not to mention the less high-minded but more alluring attractions of the midway). But the fair was also the backdrop for the final battle in the current war between Edison and the Westinghouse-Tesla team. The clips are from Grand Illusions: Chicago’s World’s Fair of 1893; History Channel: “The Real West”.
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