Podcast Review of “Expo – Magic of the White City” Video Documentary

This video documentary narrated by Gene Wilder still only scratches the surface of the over 100 miles of streets, paths, and aisles leading to the dizzying array of agriculture, art, music, consumer goods and modern inventions that made up Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893.

It’s well worth watching if you want a glimpse of a period in time when Chicago was literally the center of the world full of goodwill with prospects of building a lasting peace through industry and trade.

The fair was also referred to as the “White City” because all of the buildings were covered in plaster made to look like marble. It took place on the southside in the area now known as Jackson Park near the Museum of Science and Industry and the University of Chicago.

I watched this documentary on my TV via Roku using the free Tubi app and you can watch it here  on your computer (how cool is that!) but I am sure you can find it available through other digital or online sources as well or by ordering the DVD. Just search “EXPO – Magic of the White City.”

This podcast review features Julie Lovison of the Lake Shore Music Studio playing “The Song of the Ferris Wheel” published in 1893 by The Chicago Music Company.

You can find the sheet music with lyrics here at the Library of Congress website.