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Sri Lanka: The Ceylon Tea House at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893

Sri Lanka: The Ceylon Tea House at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893

The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as The Chicago World's Fair) was a World's Fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Chicago bested New York City; Washington, D.C.; and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The fair had a profound effect on architecture, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.

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