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1893 Chicago World's Fair

Program Type:

Lectures & Performances

Age Group:

Teens, Adults, All Ages
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About This Event

Filling in for Jim Gibbons, historian and daughter of Jim, Michelle Gibbons, details the events of the Chicago World’s Fair, a spectacle of arts, culture, and architecture. She also incorporates the story of a darker side of the fair: America’s first well-known serial killer, the infamous H.H. Holmes. Sign up begins 3/8.