The World's Fair Based on the story, which statement would Muybridge MOST LIKELY agree with? It was 1893, and the future was all around, confidently displayed at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. George had waited longingly to visit this fair- not just a small country fair, but THE World's fair, full of wonders. We can solve the problems of the future by looking at the past We can learn more by looking closely at familiar things. It was hard to believe that just the day before George had woken up in his own bed on the quiet farm outside Chicago. A breeze had stirred the grass, and from his window he could see across to the paddock, where a few horses drifted lazily across the grass. ​