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Esquimaux woman #1 / Coover, 70 State Street, Chicago.
Summary
Photograph shows portrait of an Eskimo woman at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago.
431 U.S. Copyright Office.
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.
Tags
Date
01/01/1893
Contributors
Coover, D. R., photographer
Location
Chicago (Ill.), 41.85000, -87.65000
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
