[Japanese carpenters and stone masons in distinctive native attire starting to construct Japanese Pavilion at World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893: posed on site of construction] – Antique Wall Art
![[Japanese carpenters and stone masons in distinctive native attire starting to construct Japanese Pavilion at World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893: posed on site of construction], c1892 Dec. 5. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/78/783b9f3f1704-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Japanese carpenters and stone masons in distinctive native attire starting to construct Japanese Pavilion at World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893: posed on site of construction]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Japanese carpenters and stone masons in distinctive native attire starting to construct Japanese Pavilion at World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893: posed on site of construction]
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Workers in traditional Japanese dress stand at the start of construction on the Japanese Pavilion at the World's Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park, Chicago. The fair marked the 400th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the Americas and opened in 1893, so this view shows the site before the grounds were finished. The pavilion, known as the Ho-o-den, was a replica of the Phoenix Hall at Byodo-in temple near Kyoto, and Japanese craftsmen were brought over to build it. The caption's mention of pile drivers points to the foundation work that came first.
| Created / published | c1892 Dec. 5. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Sepia photo copyrighted by C.D. Arnold. No. 1. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Construction; Pile drivers; Exhibitions--1893; Japanese in U.S.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,287 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-133030 |
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