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[Chicago - Columbian Exposition - The Ship, Columbian Fountain] – Antique Wall Art

[Chicago - Columbian Exposition - The Ship, Columbian Fountain] — historic photograph
[Chicago - Columbian Exposition - The Ship, Columbian Fountain]. 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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A fountain shaped around a ship, the Columbian Fountain, is the subject here, and the vessel suits the Exposition's theme. The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition marked the 400th anniversary of Columbus's 1492 voyage, and its planners filled Jackson Park with monuments to the explorer's journey and the wider age of discovery. The caption card dates this print to about 1893, though that date and the title come from unverified notes, so the image is best read as a view of the fair's grounds in its opening year.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesc1893.
SubjectsFormerly filed as Oversize Miscellaneous, B size. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Exhibitions--Illinois.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,686 × 1,398 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125086

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