Book of the Fair

Dates: 1893
Size: 2 linear feet in 1 box
Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605
Collection Number: spe.wce.bof
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Materials found in collection; no documentation concerning the provenance of these materials exists.
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Preferred Citation: When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Book of the Fair, [Image #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library
Finding Aid Author: Original author and process date unknown. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Johanna Russ, 2021.

Abstract

A portfolio of facsimile illustrations by well-known artists of World’s Columbian Exposition buildings, fairgrounds and exhibits.

Biographical/Historical

In 1893, Chicago hosted the World’s Columbian Exposition, a World’s Fair celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas. The Fair took place in Jackson Park, on Chicago’s South Side, and ran from May through October of 1893. During those six months, more than 27 million people from around the world visited the Fair. Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, and architect and planner Daniel Burnham, collaborated with many other luminaries to bring the Fair into existence.

Scope and Contents

A Portfolio of 46 Illustrations from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.

Arrangement

Illustrations are arranged alphabetically by artist’s last name.

Subjects

  • World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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Collection Inventory

Box 1 Image 1 “The Agricultural Building.” Photogravure 1893
Box 1 Image 2 “The Columbian Arch.” Photogravure 1893
Box 1 Image 3 “The Dore Vase.” Photogravure 1893
Box 1 Image 4 “The MacMonnies Fountain.” Photogravure 1893
Box 1 Image 5 “Main Hall, Brazil Building.” Photogravure 1893
Box 1 Image 6 “‘The Escaped Slave,’ from a Statue in Bronze by Beklimischeff.” Photogravure 1893
Box 1 Image 7 “‘The Card Trick,’ from the Painting by J.G. Brown.” Photogravure 1893
Box 1 Image 8 “The East Lagoon,” by C.H. Eaton. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 9 “The Windmills,” by C.H. Eaton. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 10 “‘Dickens and Little Nell,’ from the Statue in Bronze by F. Edwin Elwell.” Photogravure 1893
Box 1 Image 11 “The Court, French Building,” by Joseph Fagan. Original Etching 1893
Box 1 Image 12 “The Doorway of the German Cast1e, Midway Plaisance,” by James Fagan. Original Etching 1893
Box 1 Image 13 “On the Beach,” by James Fagan. Original Etching 1893
Box 1 Image 14 “The Wooded Island,” by James Fagan. Original Etching 1893
Box 1 Image 15 “The California Building,” by W.C. Fitler. Facsimile Water Co1or 1893
Box 1 Image 16 “The Administration Plaza,” by Jules Guerin. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 17 “The MacMonnies Fountain by Night,” by JulesGuerin. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 18 “The Main Entrance, Horticultural Building,” by Joseph Lauber. Original Etching 1893
Box 1 Image 19 “The Moose Bridge,” by Joseph Lauber. Original Etching 1893
Box 1 Image 20 “The Tiffany Chapel,” by Joseph Lauber. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 21 “‘The Pilots,’ from a Painting by Gari Melchers.” Photogravure 1893
Box 1 Image 22 “The Aquarium, Fisheries Building,” by Charles Mente. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 23 “In the Grand Court, Woman’s Building,” by Charles Mente. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 24 “Interior of the Japanese Section, Manufactures Building,” by Charles Mente. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 25 “Arrival from Mecca, Cairo Street,” by Louis Meyne1le. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 26 “The New England Cabin,” by Louis Meynelle. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 27 “The Street in Cairo, Midway Plaisance,” by Louis Meynelle. Facsimile Water color 1893
Box 1 Image 28 “The Wedding Procession, Street in Cairo,” by Louis Meynelle. Facsimile Water Co1or 1893
Box 1 Image 29 “The Algerian Quarter, Midway Plaisance,” by C.F.W. Mielatz. Original Etching 1893
Box 1 Image 30 “The Golden Door, Transportation Building,” by C.F.W. Mielatz. Original Etching 1893
Box 1 Image 31 “Looking Down the West Lagoon,” by C. F. W. Mielatz. Etching 1893
Box 1 Image 32 “The West Entrance, Manufactures Building,” by C.F.W. Mielatz. Original Etching 1893
Box 1 Image 33 “‘The Arts of Industry,’ a Panel in the Manufactures Building,” by F.D. Millet. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 33a “Court of Honor,” by H.D. Nichols. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 34 “Gondola Landing, North Lagoon,” by H.D. Nichols. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 35 “The Hooden Palace, Wooded Island,” by H. D. Nichols. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 36 “The Midway Plaisance,” by H.D. Nichols. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 37 “Sunset on the Dream City,” by H.D. Nichols. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 38 “The German Building,” by Rene de Quelin. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 39 “Coquetry,” from the Painting by Henrietta Ronner. Photogravure 1893
Box 1 Image 40 “The Art Pa1ace,” by F. Hopkinson Smith. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 41 “The Interior of the Chinese Theatre, Midway Plaisance,” by T. de Thulstrup. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 42 “Javanese Dancing Girls,” by T. de Thulstrup. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 43 “The Ship of the Desert, Cairo Street,” by T. de Thulstrup. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 44 “Old Vienna, Midway Plaisance,” by W.J. Whittemore. Facsimile Water Color 1893
Box 1 Image 45 “The Colonade, Fisheries Building,” by Peter Woltze. Facsimile Water Color 1893
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