1960

More than any world’s fair before or since, the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893 had a lasting effect on its visitors, the taste of the times, and the lusty community that brought it forth

An entry from the Small Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. IX,columns 240-41, before June 22, 1941

An entry from the same volume, same toaee, after June 22, 1941

Comment by Abraham Brumberg, executive editor , Problems of Communism, published by the United States Information Agency:

Comment by Henry Nash Smith, professor of English at the University of California and literary editor of the Mark Twain Estate:

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Comment by John A. Garraty, professor of history at Columbia University and biographer of many late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century figures:

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Comment by Allan Nevins, De Witt Clinton professor emeritus at Columbia University, chairman of the Advisory Board of AMERICAN HERITAGE, and author of many books, including John D. Rockefeller:

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