visibility Similar

code Related

Official birdseye view. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

description

Summary

X44011 U.S. Copyright Office.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

Associated name on shelflist card: Winters Art Litho. Co.

The World's Columbian Exposition, was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The iconic centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.

label_outline

Tags

official birdseye view official birdseye view world columbian exposition columbian exposition chicago illinois 19th century popular graphic arts winters art lithographing company print world columbian exposition ultra high resolution high resolution birds eye view aerial view library of congress
date_range

Date

01/01/1892
collections

in collections

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
place

Location

Jackson Park ,  41.78185, -87.57995
create

Source

Library of Congress
link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on publication.

label_outline Explore Birdseye, Columbian, Columbian Exposition

Topics

official birdseye view official birdseye view world columbian exposition columbian exposition chicago illinois 19th century popular graphic arts winters art lithographing company print world columbian exposition ultra high resolution high resolution birds eye view aerial view library of congress