1893 World's Faire and the Guilded Age

During the Gilded Age, industry was at its peak. During the World's Fair in 1893, over half a billion dollars was spent to build a magnificent white city that covered six hundred eighty six acres.

During the Gilded Age industry skyrocketed. "Between 1872 and1880, for example, the Singer Sewing Machine Company increased production from 220,000 to 500,000 units annually." (Book Source). The transportation in this age improved do to the increase of the production of iron and steel.

The World's Fair took place in Chicago in 1893, and was called the White City. The buildings of this fair was amazing. The World's Fair was a very grand example of the Gilded Age because the Gilded Age was a time of industrial greatness, and the World's Fair was a time of great architecture.


The World's Fair in Chicago was called the White City because of the buildings' color, not by the purity of the people in it. There is some irony to the White City, because of all the crime that took place during its time. (Book source). I think this idea of rabid crime within this city is important for people to see so that they may grasp the idea that when people inhabit cities in large numbers it is more likely for people to get killed because it's so easy to hide in a big city.


The World fair is such a grand example of the Gilded Age, which was a time of great industry, because of the amazing buildings that were built and the architecture of that time. However, there was a massive amount of crime during the World Fair, and in the White City, which is somewhat ironic. (Book source).