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World's Columbian Exposition photographs

Collection — manuscript box: 51 - folder 1

Identifier: 2631m

Scope and content

Photographs of exhibits and buildings at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The photographs are glossy prints made from glass plates that were subsequently destroyed. Each photograph has a brief caption on the back. Scenes depicted include the rose garden, Japanese garden, Massachusetts building, fruit show, orange grove, Falconnier greenhouse, California building, weathered greenhouse, fence-row exhibit, and New York building.