World's Fair dedication / J.W. Taylor, Chicago.
Summary
"Military parade on Michigan Boulevard," Chicago.
36698 U.S. Copyright Office.
Dedication Day of World's Columbian Exposition was Oct. 21, 1892. Source: Bolotin, N. The World's Columbian Exposition, c1992, p. 25-26.
No. 15301.
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.
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Date
01/01/1892
Contributors
Taylor, J. W., photographer
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain