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[Ill. - Chicago - World's Columbian Exp. (Woman's Bldg.): interior of library] – Vintage Print

[Ill. - Chicago - World's Columbian Exp. (Woman's Bldg.): interior of library], c1893. — historic photograph
[Ill. - Chicago - World's Columbian Exp. (Woman's Bldg.): interior of library], c1893.. Historic photograph from the Chicago collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The library shown here stood inside the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, a hall devoted to the work and achievements of women. The building was designed by Sophia Hayden, a young architect who had recently become one of the first women to earn an architecture degree from MIT, and its library held books by women authors. The photograph is credited to C.D. Arnold, but its catalog information comes from an old caption card and has not been verified, so the exact date and arrangement of the room are best treated as approximate.

Created / publishedc1893.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto copyrighted by C.D. Arnold. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,165 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-123543

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