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Caravels and La Ribida [i.e., Rabida], [Sanitarium for Children], Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill. – Historic Reproduction

Caravels and La Ribida [i.e., Rabida], [Sanitarium for Children], Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill., [1905?] — historic photograph
Caravels and La Ribida [i.e., Rabida], [Sanitarium for Children], Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill., [1905?]. 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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Caravels and La Ribida [i.e., Rabida], [Sanitarium for Children], Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill.

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This view from Jackson Park shows what appear to be replica caravels, the small sailing ships associated with Columbus's voyage, moored near the water. The ships were part of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, which was held on this lakefront park and celebrated the 400th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the Americas. The building in the center background is La Rábida, a replica of the Franciscan friary in Spain where Columbus reportedly sought help before his voyage. After the fair, La Rábida was used as a children's sanitarium, which is why the photographer's record lists the building by that name.

Created / published[1905?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesPossibly replica caravels of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria, that participated in the World's Columbian Exposition. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Sanitorium in center background. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018840. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsShips. Parks. Waterfronts. Sanatoriums.United States--Illinois--Chicago.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62317

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