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[World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. Southwest(?) view over Manufacturer's(?) Building in left foreground, Administration Building in center background, and Transportation Building in right background] – Historic Photograph Print

[World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. Southwest(?) view over Manufacturer's(?) Building in left foreground, Administration Building in center background, and Transportation Building in right background], [1893] — historic photograph
[World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. Southwest(?) view over Manufacturer's(?) Building in left foreground, Administration Building in center background, and Transportation Building in right background], [1893]. Historic photograph from the Chicago 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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This historic photograph of [World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. Southwest(?) view over Manufacturer's(?) Building in left foreground, Administration Building in center background, and Transportation Building in right background] brings a moment of history to your wall. 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. Southwest(?) view over Manufacturer's(?) Building in left foreground, Administration Building in center background, and Transportation Building in right background]

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From above, this 1893 view places the Manufactures Building in the left foreground, the Administration Building at the center, and the Transportation Building beyond it on the right. The World's Columbian Exposition opened that year in Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the Americas, and its white neoclassical buildings earned the site the nickname White City. The Manufactures Building was among the largest enclosed spaces of its era, while the Transportation Building is remembered for its ornate Golden Doorway by Louis Sullivan. The record places the print in an album, where it shows how the grounds were laid out.

Created / published[1893]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreAerial views 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900.
NotesIn album, p. 7.
SubjectsWorld's Columbian Exposition--(1893 :--Chicago, Ill.)--Buildings. Exhibition buildings--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,311 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-186020

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