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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America: Architects & Artists of the World's Fair

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Daniel Hudson Burnham, Director of Works

Charles B. Atwood, Designer in Chief

John W. Root, Burnham's Business Partner

Francis David Millet, Decorations Director

Daniel Chester French, Sculptor of Statue of the Republic

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Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect

Sophia G. Hayden, Architect of the Women's Building

Louis Sullivan, Architect of the Transportation Building

Richard Morris Hunt, Architect of Administration Building​

Dankmar Adler, Architect of the Transportation Building

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George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., Engineer of Ferris Wheel

Charles Follen McKim, Architect of Agricultural Building

George Post, Architect of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building

Sol Bloom, Developer of Midway Plaisance

Robert Swain Peabody, Architect of Machinery Hall