Chicago00: A flight on the 1893 Ferris Wheel

The Chicago 00 Project presents a two minute ride up in the 1893 Ferris Wheel, high above Midway Plaisance Park on the south side of Chicago. The 3D model animation, created by Jacob Waas, is super-imposed onto VR video captured via a drone that traces the exact path the wheel traveled more than a century ago. Historical photographs from the Chicago History Museum's archive, captured by passengers in 1893, are laid on top of the present day landscape.

This video is 360 degrees, and 3D. To navigate, view within the Chrome browser, or in the Youtube app on a phone. If you have a pair of VR goggles, in the Youtube app you can take a 3D immersive ride!

This experience is part of Chicago00's VR experience exploring the World's Columbian Exposition. A web portal with 16 VR sites in the White City and along the Midway, and a gallery of over 80 historical photographs can be found here:

http://1893.Chicago00.org
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Conceived by
Geoffrey Alan Rhodes and John Russick

Designed by
Geoffrey Alan Rhodes

Episode Funding
The National Endowment for the Humanities
(views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the NEH)

Additional Support
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago00: 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (2020)

Episode Specific Funding
The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor

Partner Institution
Chicago Public Library

Historical Photographs & Documents
Chicago History Museum
Chicago Public Library, Special Collections
The Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Archives
Brooklyn Museum Archives, Goodyear Archival Collection

Historical Audio
Benjamin Ives Gilman 1893 World's Columbian Exposition collection, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University

Aerial Drone Operations
Aerovista Innovations

Panoramic Photography & Compositing
Geoffrey Alan Rhodes

Web Portal Engineer
Oliver Popadich

Ferris Wheel 3D Model & Animation
Jacob Waas

Render Farm Support & Services
RebusFarm

Web Portal Support
Google For Non-Profits

Archival Research
Kayla McCarthy

Text
Kayla McCarthy
Geoffrey Alan Rhodes
Julius Jones
Trevor Cunnien

Project Evaluation
HG&Co

Advising Scholars
Christopher Reed
Marie Hicks
Adam Mack
Kyle Roberts

Special Thanks to:
Megan Clark
Angela Hoover
Timothy Paton
Jake Silby
Brigid Kennedy
Rosemary Adams
Kevin Ryan



Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this video/web resource, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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