Ferris Wheel at the World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893
The first Ferris wheel was erected at the Chicago World Fair (1893). It would become the symbol and main attraction of the World’s Columbian Exposition.
World’s Columbian Exposition: Ferris Wheel, Chicago, United States, 1893; [view through support wires from one gondola to gondolas opposite on], black-and-white photograph, 3.25 × 4 in., unknown photographer, 1893; source: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/archives/image/55094.