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Chicago World's Fair--View looking southeast from the roof of the Woman's Building--The Japanese Buildings, Wooded Island, Liberal Arts, Agricultural, Electrical, Administration, Mining and Horticultural Buildings appear in the order named from left to right

West Point from Army Plane - Public domain portrait photograph

[Detroit, Mich., Belle Isle ferry dock]

[Panorama of Crystal Beach], Panoramic Photograph

Statue of Louis Joliet, Louisiana Purchase Monument and Festival Hall at night, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, U. S. A.

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[Fountain at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill.]

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[Entrance to Street of Cairo section of the Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois]

[Interior view of exhibit hall at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill.]

[Street scene at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois]

[Transportation exhibit building with canal boat and ducks on canal(?) in foreground at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois]

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Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

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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.

Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) was an American photographer who is best known for her pioneering work in the field of architectural and landscape photography. She was born in Grafton, West Virginia, and after studying art and photography in Paris, she returned to the United States and established herself as a successful photographer. Johnston's work focused primarily on architecture, and she photographed many of the most significant buildings and structures of her time. She also photographed landscapes, gardens, and people, and her work often appeared in magazines such as House Beautiful, Ladies' Home Journal, and Country Life. One of Johnston's most notable projects was her documentation of historic architecture in the American South. In 1933, she was commissioned by the Carnegie Corporation to photograph historic homes and buildings in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina. This work resulted in a series of photographs that are now housed in the Library of Congress. Throughout her career, Johnston was also an advocate for women in photography, and she worked to promote the work of other women photographers. She was a founding member of the Women's Professional Photographers' Association and the Photo-Secession, a group of photographers who sought to elevate photography as an art form.

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01/01/1893
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World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

Frances Benjamin Johnston 1864-1952

American photographer who is best known for her pioneering work in the field of architectural and landscape photography.
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World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill.: a pavilion

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Campus view of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. The Albert Hall science building is in the foreground

[West front of the United States Capitol with cows in the foreground]

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Resettlement Administration traveling exhibit at the Dallas exposition, Texas Centennial

Education Building and Grand Basin, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo.

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