Chicago Exposition, Illinois, 1893 – Historic Map Reproduction
(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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Chicago Exposition, Illinois, 1893 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
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Chicago Exposition, Illinois, 1893
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Chicago in 1893 was hosting the World's Columbian Exposition, a fair built on the lakefront in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus's landing in the Americas. The city had rebuilt after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and had grown into one of the country's largest rail and meatpacking centers, with its stockyards and grain elevators shipping goods across the Midwest. Designers led by Daniel Burnham and the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted created a "White City" of neoclassical palaces around a long reflecting basin, drawing millions of visitors over the summer and fall. The fair also showcased the electric lighting and new machinery of the age, and its opening was soon overshadowed by the financial Panic of 1893 that gripped the nation.
| Created / published | 1893 |
|---|---|
| Creator | rand mcnally and company |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 11,649 × 8,880 px · prints to 39 × 30 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 |
| Reference | IL-ChicagoExposition-1893 |
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