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History’s Miriam Levin speaks about products at 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition

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OZYMiriam Levin, the Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History, spoke about the development of the consumer products market in Chicago around the time of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, which featured a number of food and drink competitions.