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| Chicago museum displays important Columbian Exposition memento |
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| Written by Associated Press and Auction Central News International |
| Monday, 13 July 2009 13:16 |
 CHICAGO (AP & ACNI) - After a year-long search, the Art Institute of Chicago is displaying an artifact that played a key role in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (also known as The Chicago World's Fair). The Daniel Burnham Loving Cup is a large silver chalice featuring three arms that represent architecture, painting and sculpture. The manufacturer gave it to Daniel Burnham, the exhibition's architect, during a New York ceremony commemorating the event. Dignitaries drank wine from the cup in a symbolic gesture. The World's Columbian Exposition celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World. Chicago beat out New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis, Mo., for the honor of hosting the fair. The exposition covered more than 600 acres and included nearly 200 new buildings in an atmospheric setting dotted by canals and lagoons. Forty-six nations participated in the fair, including Haiti, which selected Frederick Douglass to be its delegate. More than 27 million people (equivalent to about half the U.S. population in 1893) attended the exposition during its six-month run. Countless new inventions and food products were introduced at the World's Columbian Exposition, among them: the Ferris wheel, Cracker Jack, Aunt Jemima pancake mix, Juicy Fruit Gum, Quaker Oats, the first U.S. Mint commemorative coins, and phosphorescent lighting - the precursor to fluorescent lights. The Art Institute of Chicago spent a year trying to find the World's Columbian Exposition Daniel Burnham Loving Cup and eventually found in the Chicago History Museum. The Loving Cup is currently on display as part of the Art Institute's "A Case For Wine: From King Tut to Today" exhibit, which opened on Saturday, July 11. ___ Information from: the Chicago Sun-Times, www.suntimes.com Catherine Saunders-Watson, Auction Central News International, contributed to this report. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. AP-CS-07-12-09 1337EDT |
| Last Updated on Monday, 13 July 2009 13:26 |
