Daniel Burnham

Daniel Burnham

male, deceased (1912)
buried at Graceland Cemetery, American urban planner, Urban planner, flatiron building, American, from Chicago…World's ColumbianExposition
Daniel Hudson Burnham (September 4, 1846 - June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban planner. He was the Director of Works for the World's...
Frederick Law Olmsted

Frederick Law Olmsted

male, deceased (1903)
American urban planner, Cornell University, architect, united states capitol, landscape architect, central park…World's ColumbianExposition
Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 - August 28, 1903) was a American landscape architect, famous for designing many well-known urban parks,...
Erik Larson

Erik Larson

male, 55 years old
University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, The Wall Street Journal, Lethal Passage The Story of a Gun, The Bucks County Courier Times, World's ColumbianExposition
Erik Larson (born January 1, 1954) is an American author. He has written "Isaac's Storm" (1999), about the experiences of Isaac Cline during the...
Henry Ford

Henry Ford

male, deceased (1894)
1871 Great Chicago Fire, Great Fire, Chicago World's Fair, mission, Spanish missions in California, World's ColumbianExposition
Henry Chapman Ford (1828-1894) was an American illustrator born in Livonia, New York. He studied art in Paris and Florence late in the 1850s....
Little Egypt

Little Egypt

female
Succès de scandale, dancer, Ashea Wabe, Farida Mazar Spyropoulos, World's ColumbianExposition, fatima
Little Egypt was the stage name for two popular exotic dancers. They had so many imitators, the name became synonymous with exotic dancers...
John G. Shedd

John G. Shedd

male, deceased (1926)
philanthropist, Marshall Field & Company, The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts, World's ColumbianExposition, Field Museum, Business Person
John Graves Shedd (July 20, 1850 - October 22, 1926) was the second president and chairman of the board of Marshall Field & Company. Born on a New...
John Wellborn Root

John Wellborn Root

male, deceased (1891)
buried at Graceland Cemetery, World's ColumbianExposition, architect, chicago school, grand central station, American
John Wellborn Root was a significant American architect who worked out of Chicago with Daniel Burnham. He was one of the founders of the Chicago...
Sol Bloom

Sol Bloom

male, deceased (1949)
from New York, Polish-American, Jewish American, polish, Jewish person, politician…Exposition Universelle, World's ColumbianExposition
Sol Bloom was an entertainment and popular music entrepreneur who billed himself as "Sol Bloom, the Music Man" and served for many years in the...
George B. Post

George B. Post

male, deceased (1913)
George Browne Post, Beaux-Arts architecture, new york stock exchange, American, bowling green, World's ColumbianExposition
George Browne Post (December 15, 1837 - November 28, 1913) was an American architect trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition. Post was a student of...
Bertha Palmer

Bertha Palmer

female, deceased (1918)
buried at Graceland Cemetery, American, from Chicago, Art collector, World's ColumbianExposition, Bertha Honoré
Bertha Palmer was an American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist. Born Bertha Honoré in Louisville, Kentucky, her father was businessman H...