[World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. Transportation Building in background and gondola on lagoon in foreground] – Historic Photograph Print
![[World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. Transportation Building in background and gondola on lagoon in foreground], [1893] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bf/bf3422decbe3-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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Step back in time with [World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. Transportation Building in background and gondola on lagoon in foreground], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. Transportation Building in background and gondola on lagoon in foreground]
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The Transportation Building stands at the edge of the lagoon in this view, with a gondola drifting in the foreground, a detail that marks it as a scene from the Court of Honor's watery edges rather than the grand exhibit halls. The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the Americas, drew millions of visitors to its white neoclassical buildings and man-made canals. Louis Sullivan's Transportation Building, with its famous Golden Door entrance, was one of the more ornate structures among them. The gondolas, rowed by Venetian-style gondoliers, were a popular way to glide past the fair's monumental architecture.
| Created / published | [1893] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | In album, p. 25. |
| Subjects | World's Columbian Exposition--(1893 :--Chicago, Ill.)--Buildings. Exhibition buildings--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900. Lakes & ponds--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900. Gondolas--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,287 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-186021 |
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