1893 D Appleton & Co Photogravure: Canal Gondolas White City Chicago Worlds Fair

As shown. See all photos. Found among my late mother’s things. A little scuffed up (it is over a century old) but otherwise a neat piece of Chicago and American history, perfect for framing and hanging.

16.5” x 12.5”

“View along the canal from a point near the Obelisk, with the Agricultural and Liberal Arts Buildings on the right, the Machinery and Electricity Buildings on the left, and the Illinois State Building in the extreme distance.”

“The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the voyage that Columbus took to the New World.”

“The exposition covered 690 acres (2.8 km2), featuring nearly 200 new but temporary buildings of predominantly neoclassical architecture, canals and lagoons.”