World's Columbian Exposition Elevated Electric Railroad Tower, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation
Medium
Graphite on tracing paper
Dimensions
53 × 41.3 cm (20 7/8 × 16 1/4 in.)
Classification
architectural drawing
Department
Architecture and Design
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
104408
Art Historical Context
Step into the visionary world of the 1893 World's Columb Exposition in Chicago with this precise architectural drawing by Peter Joseph Weber. Titled *World's Columbian Exposition Electric Railroad Tower, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation*, created in 1892, it depicts an elevation view of a groundbreaking elevated electric railroad tower. The fair, a grand celebration of American innovation marking the 400th anniversary Columbus's voyage, drew 27 million visitors to its "White City" of neoclassical wonders. This tower was part of the exposition's cutting-edge transit system—one of the first electric...