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[World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, under construction: Men working on stone ornaments] – Antique Print

[World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, under construction: Men working on stone ornaments], [ca. 1891] — historic photograph
[World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, under construction: Men working on stone ornaments], [ca. 1891]. Historic photograph from the World's Fairs 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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Workers gather around the decorative sculptural work in this view of the World's Columbian Exposition during its construction in Chicago, around 1891. The record credits the photoprint to C.D. Arnold, a Chicago photographer who documented the fairgrounds as they rose in Jackson Park. The exposition was planned to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the Americas and opened in 1893. Its classical buildings, many with elaborate sculpture, gave the fair its nickname, the White City. Scenes like this one show the labor behind that effect.

Created / published[ca. 1891]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by C.D. Arnold. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Exhibitions; Sculpture; Construction.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,686 × 1,411 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157590

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