In the second installment of this particular chapter in their ongoing series, Noe & Shelly Valladolid continue their exploration of the Columbian Exposition of 1893, with a specific emphasis on how the White City directly influenced Disneyland.

Over the course of this episode, listeners will learn about:

• What it was like to stroll down the Exposition’s Midway Plaisance

• Why the White City’s planned Bazaar of Nations turned into an entertainment free-for-all

• How the Exposition’s “Streets of Cairo” area became associated with a certain tune

• What Elias Disney did at the Fair (And how that then went on to influence Elias’s son Walt)

• How exhibits at the Exposition like the Kilauea volcano cyclorama worked