1. Erik Larson

2. Exposition Universelle (1889)

11. HermanWebsterMudgettaka Dr. H. H. Holmes

12. H.H. Holmes’ Apartment Building “Murder Castle”

13. H.H. Holmes’ Building Schematics

14. A newspaper illustration of Holmes in his cell -- awaiting his execution

16. DanielHudsonBurnham September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912

18. Masonic Temple Building Burnham & Root (First Skyscraper) 22 Floors Constructed: 1891-1892 Destroyed: 1939

19. Reliance Building Burnham & Root

20. John Wellborn Root Jan 10, 1850 – Jan 15, 1891

21. Frank Millet

22. Frederick Law Olmsted Referring to Olmsted in March, 1893, Burnham said, "An artist, he paints with lakes and wooded slopes; with lawns and banks and forest covered hills; with mountain sides and ocean views." (quoted from Larson's The Devil in the White City)

23. Nikola Tesla

26. Mayor Carter Harrison

27. Ben Pietzel A Newspaper illustration of Minnie Williams Pinkerton detective Frank Geyer Alice and Howard Pietzel

28. LouisPasteur

29. RobertKoch

30. Richard Morris Hunt Pedestal of Statue of Liberty

31. Administration Building

32. View from the Administration Building

33. Charles Follen McKim

34. Interior Agricultural Building

35. George B. Post

36. Manufacturers and Liberal Arts building

37. View from the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts building

38. Grand Central Station (Chicago) Solon Spencer Beman

39. Mines and Mining building

40. (Also designed by Frank Maynard Howe) Henry Van Brunt

41. Electricity building

43. Interior of Electricity Building

44. Interior Electricity building

45. Designed by Robert Swain Peabody

46. Louis Sullivan Transportation Building

47. Transportation building

48. Sophia Hayden Bennett Berthe Potter Palmer

49. The Women’s Building

55. The Great Basin

58. Midway at World’s Fair

59. One-third scale replica of Daniel Chester French's Republic, which stood in the great basin at the exposition, Chicago. Daniel Chester French

60. White City fire

61. First-ever Ferris wheel at World's Colombian Exposition 80 meters

62. George Ferris

65. View from the top of the Ferris Wheel

67. A Fair of Firsts…

68. Picture postcards from the US Postal Service

69. Stamps Sold

70. Milton Hershey bought a European exhibitor's chocolate manufacturing equipment and added chocolate products to his caramel manufacturing business.

72. Elongated Pennies