| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | World's Columbian Exposition |
| Title: | World's Columbian Exposition Views and Photographs |
| Dates: | 1893 |
| Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | The World's Columbian Exposition was a world's fair that took place in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World in 1492. The exposition covered more than 600 acres and consisted of over 200 buildings. Over 27 million people attended the exposition. The collection consists of one album and five published sets of views. |
| PG Number | PG 009 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The World's Columbian Exposition Views and Photographs, 1893, consist of one album and five published sets of views of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Ill. It includes the World's Fair Extra of the American Architect; the Columbian portfolio of photographs of the World's Fair.; and Jackson's famous pictures of the World's Fair.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 9 World's Columbian Exposition Views and Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gifts of Mrs. Fred R. White and Miss Ruth E. Fiscus.
World's Columbian Exposition Views and Photographs 1893 |
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| Box | Volume | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | World's Fair Extra of the American Architect, a set of five 18" x 27" and fifteen 9" x 13.5" views of the World's Columbian Exposition 1893 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Columbian Portfolio of Photographs of the World's Fair, published by Jones Brothers publishing Company; a set of twenty-four 9" x 12" sepia tone views of the World's Columbian Exposition 1893 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Jackson's Famous Pictures of the World's Fair, published by the White City Art Company, Chicago, Illinois; a set of twelve 14" x 18" views of the World's Columbian Exposition 1893 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | A set of twelve 6" x 8" mounted photographs of the World's Columbian Exposition published by C. D. Arnold 1893 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | A set of nine 7" x 8.5" and two 4.75" x 6.5" photographs of the World's Columbian Exposition, possibly published by C. D. Arnold 1893 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | One black album, 8.5" x 10", containing fifty 4" x 5.5" photographs of the World's Columbian Exposition, published by Mayo and Weed Photographers, 332 63rd Street, Chicago, Illinois 1893 | |||||||||