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[Allegorical mural paintings on dome of Manufacturer's Building, Chicago World's Fair, 1893: Ceramics Metalwork Textiles" (by Cox) ]" – Vintage Wall Art

[Allegorical mural paintings on dome of Manufacturer's Building, Chicago World's Fair, 1893: Ceramics Metalwork Textiles" (by Cox) ]", c1893. — historic photograph
[Allegorical mural paintings on dome of Manufacturer's Building, Chicago World's Fair, 1893: Ceramics Metalwork Textiles" (by Cox) ]", c1893.. 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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The dome of the Manufactures Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition carried allegorical murals, and this view focuses on the panels devoted to ceramics, metalwork and textiles, painted by an artist identified only as Cox. The fair in Jackson Park marked the 400th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the Americas and displayed the era's industrial output in a classical setting that became known as the White City. Most of its buildings were temporary and were torn down after the exhibition closed, so photographs like this one are among the main surviving records of their decoration.

Created / publishedc1893.
Medium2003678069
Genre1 photographic print.
SourceLibrary of Congress
Original scan1,536 × 1,182 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-139290

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