Tesla's Egg At the Columbia Exposition Postcard

On May1 1893 President Grover Celveland threw a switch that lit up 100,000 light bulbs to kick off the 1893 Columian. Exposition. It marked the triumph of the Tesla invented AC power over Edison's DC. Which is why this World's Fair was known as the White City. Tesla was invited by Western Electric to install some of his devices in there exhibition. One of them was this one here The Egg Of Columbus where an egg was made to stand on it's end by using magnetic fields. This is part of our ChiTownViews series of postcards featuring people, places and events from Chicago’s history. On our ChiTownView YouTube station we have a video slideshow of the fair as well as links to maps of the exposition. http://youtu.be/tJROOVf85Fc We also have a playlist of videos from other Worlds Fairs and amusement parks. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFD89134CF4EC41CF And we have a whole YouTube station featuring Chicago you can find here. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfrsg0cJDii3iFZKaA-bpsg