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[Woman's Building, World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. View from across water] – Vintage Photo Print

[Woman's Building, World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. View from across water], c1893. — historic photograph
[Woman's Building, World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. View from across water], 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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A window into the past: [Woman's Building, World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. View from across water], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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From across the water, the Woman's Building rises among the white neoclassical palaces of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park, Chicago. Architect Sophia Hayden, then in her early twenties, designed the building, which housed exhibits on women's work, education, and art, including a mural by Mary Cassatt. Its presence at the fair gave women a showcase within a celebration of American progress that was otherwise largely run by men. The caption card is brief, so the photographer and exact date of the view are not confirmed.

Created / publishedc1893.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto copyrighted by Souvenir Photo Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Exhibitions; Women--Misc.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,238 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147318

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