After we finished I had to look up what the cars looked like, since I couldn’t imagine how big they were. Once the fair was over it was even taken down and put up at other locations! Wow! I was amazed at how fun it was to learn about history from this delightful picture book. I would have been so scared! I loved learning about how the invention came together was surprised to hear about the large glass cars. The story really makes you feel the anticipation when Ferris and his wife take the first ride. There was intense pressure for everyone working on the project and they also had to deal with frozen ground and Chicago weather. The fair was only a handful of months away when the committee decided to give the go ahead to Ferris. When George Ferris, an engineer, brought his proposal to the board they weren’t sure because they thought it was too big and that it wouldn’t work.
None of the ideas were new and exciting enough for the committee.
The World’s Fair was coming to Chicago in 1893, so the search was on for the design that would top the Eiffel Tower, the standout of the last fair. How many of us have ridden a Ferris Wheel at some point in our lives? I have to say I was intrigued by her pick and curious to learn how the first one came to be.
World’s Fair newspaper advertisement: “Topics in Chronicling America – Chicago World’s Fair (The World’s Columbian Exposition), 1893 collection,” on the Library of Congress website.This is the inspiring picture book biography of George Ferris and how he came to build a structure that defied gravity and became a staple at fairs, carnivals, and amusement parks.
For more information for the “Topics in Chronicling America – Chicago World’s Fair (The World’s Columbian Exposition), 1893 collection,” visit the Library of Congress website. Over 123 years ago, readers of this newspaper saw the advertisement for the big event in Chicago. The image advertising the Chicago World’s Fair was first published in the San Saba County newspaper on May 12, 1893. Written by Kathryn Gibbs Davis, Illustrated by Gilbert FordĬapturing an engineer’s creative vision and mind for detail, this fully illustrated picture book biography sheds light on how the American inventor George Ferris defied gravity and seemingly impossible odds to invent the world’s most iconic amusement park attraction, the Ferris Wheel.
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