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World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill.: trained animals lined up, with trainers, clowns and others – Vintage Print

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill.: trained animals lined up, with trainers, clowns and others, [1892-93] — historic photograph
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill.: trained animals lined up, with trainers, clowns and others, [1892-93]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill.: trained animals lined up, with trainers, clowns and others in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Rows of trained animals stand lined up beside their trainers, with clowns and other performers mixed in, in this view from the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The fair opened in 1893 to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the Americas, and its white neoclassical buildings and amusements along the Midway Plaisance drew large crowds. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a Washington photographer, documented the fair, though the date given here, 1892-93, is an estimate from the original caption card.

Created / published[1892-93]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Exhibitions--Illinois; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,686 × 1,386 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128140

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