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Official birdseye view. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 – Vintage Wall Art

Official birdseye view. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, c1892 Oct. 29. — historic print
Official birdseye view. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, c1892 Oct. 29.. Historic print 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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Official birdseye view. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

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Few views of the 1893 fair show its whole plan at once, and this official birdseye print looks down on the grounds Chicago built for the World's Columbian Exposition. The fair marked the 400th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the Americas and filled Jackson Park on the South Side with white neoclassical palaces grouped around a long lagoon, a plan directed by Daniel Burnham. The record associates the print with Winters Art Litho. Co. and dates its copyright entry to October 1892, months before the gates opened.

Created / publishedc1892 Oct. 29.
Medium1 print.
NotesX44011 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Winters Art Litho. Co.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,069 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-121560

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