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As a teenager from a prominent family in Irvington, Indiana, Errett spent three weeks at the Chicago World's Fair in the summer of 1893. His journal provides a detailed account of his experiences, from exploring the Moorish Palace with its Enchanted Maze of mirrors, to viewing a mammoth 22,000 lb cheese from Canada, to witnessing the catastrophic fire in the Cold Storage Building that killed more than a dozen civilians and firefighters.

Manuscript excerpts from: Errett McLeod Graham World's Columbian Exposition diary, 1893. Newberry Library | Map: Bird's eye view of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Library of Congress

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\"We got here about 9 o'clock last night. It is a pretty place and the lake is only a square distant with no building between us and it. Papa and we boys went to the Fair today. Mama and Mary staid at home to rest up for next week. All we tried to do was to get a general idea of the grounds and the buildings...

\"The Iowa building was decorated the finest of any we saw. The roof on the inside was entirely covered with corn in various designs.\"

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\"The Ferris Wheel takes my eye, its immense. There are native sedan carriers, carrying people about in there chairs. They are all strong-shouldered fellows and move in a kind of trot or pace.

\"They generally have some kind of electric illuminations at night on Saturday, but we didn't stay to see them.\"

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\"We went into the street of Cairo. It only costs 10 cts and is one of the most interesting exhibits in the Plaisance. The street is narrow winding and uneven. Turks are behind counters selling trinkets every few feet. Camels and donkeys are passing up and down with people on their backs. Mary rode the camel. They kneel down and rise up as if they were machines.\"

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\"This afternoon all but mamma went to see 'Buffalo Bill.' I believe I liked that better than anything else I have seen. There was a grand parade of 'Bill's' whole troupe first. Then came Miss Annie Oakley, the famous shot. She is a young lady and she is a hustler with a gun. She broke glass balls throwed into the air, 1, 2, 4 at a time. She turned her back to the ball and hit it holding a looking-glass so she could reflect in it.\"

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\"We went into the Children's building. There was a nice little gym on the first floor. They had 3 parallel bars and 2 horses, a lot of ropes, poles, and ladders. Nurses were taking care of a pile of little babies in a room off to one side.\"

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The Fairgoer: Errett Graham