Dates: | 1892-1894 |
Size: | 3 photograph albums |
Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605 |
Collection Number: | WCE/EAPA |
Provenance: | The albums formed part of the James W. Ellsworth Collection that was transferred to the Chicago Public Library from Western Reserve Academy in 1946. |
Access: | To protect the 100 year old originals from further deterioration, copyprints and a detailed inventory of the photographs are available to researchers in the Special Collections Reading Room. We can provide reproductions of these photographs for a fee, please consult the reference librarian on duty for further information. |
Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Ellsworth-Arnold Photograph Album Collection, [Album #, Image #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library |
Historical Note
The Ellsworth-Arnold Albums were photographed by official Fair photographer C.D. Arnold for James W. Ellsworth, a member of the Exposition's Board of Directors.
Scope and Content
The three-volume Ellsworth-Arnold Photograph Album Collection (WCE/EAPA) consists of over 800 photographs of the sights and scenes at the World’s Columbian Exposition. Like the larger C. D. Arnold Collection, the images included in the Ellsworth-Arnold Albums document the progression of Jackson Park from a mossy landfill into one of the most beautiful and fleeting architectural gems of the 19th century.
Volume I documents the construction of the fairgrounds, with views of most of the Exposition structures under construction, close-ups of “staff” (the temporary building materials), as well as details of the statuary and bas reliefs on and/or near the buildings.
Volume II continues with construction photographs, but also includes photographs of the completed buildings and grounds.
Volume III includes completed sculptural and building details, and also provides a striking visual record of the buildings and grounds after the close of the Exposition. Much deterioration can be seen in these photographs. Volume III also includes photographs of the Cold Storage Building fire, as well as the building remains from the fires that swept the fairgrounds in 1894.
A detailed subject index of the Albums follows. Please consult the copyprint binders for a photograph inventory.
Subject Index
Administration Building
Volume I | Image numbers: 36, 43, 49, 103, 112, 115, 118, 140, 143, 162-171, 177, 181, 201, 241, 242, 290, 301, 309 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 11, 18, 21, 67, 70-72, 80, 108, 111, 128, 180, 182, 242-246 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 33-36, 127, 129, 130 |
Agricultural Building
Volume I | Image numbers: 63, 67, 114, 158-161, 173, 202, 228, 244, 249, 251, 283, 291, 296, 297, 307 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 2, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 16, 27, 62, 63, 65, 84, 129-131, 253, 255, 256 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 5-7, 143, 144 |
Allis Engine
Volume II | Image numbers: 175 |
Art Palace
Volume I | Image numbers: 83, 86, 129, 200, 207, 311, 313 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 50, 79, 109, 116, 177, 152-155, 167 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 18-21, 131 |
Art Palace Exhibits
Volume II | Image numbers: 156-159 |
Bandstand
Volume II | Image numbers: 172 |
Basin
Volume I | Image numbers: 33, 202 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 38, 52, 56, 58-60, 147, 208 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 121,123, 128 |
Boarding Houses
Volume I | Image numbers: 21, 46, 50 |
Boone & Crockett Club
Volume II | Image numbers: 184, 185 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 74 |
Brazilian Cafe
Volume III | Image numbers: 55 |
Bridges
Volume I | Image numbers: 75 |
Volume II | Image numbers:165 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 52 |
Cafe de la Marine
Volume II | Image numbers: 187 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 159 |
Cannon from Santo Domingo
Volume I | Image numbers: 72 |
Casino
Volume II | Image numbers: 217 |
Childs, G.W.
Volume I | Image numbers: 312 |
Choral Hall
Volume II | Image numbers: 192, 193 |
Cliff Dwellers Exhibit
Volume II | Image numbers: 173 |
Codman, Henry Sargent
Volume II | Image numbers: 89 |
Cold Storage Building Burning
Volume III | Image numbers: 41-46 |
Colonnade
Volume III | Image numbers: 134, 141, 156 |
Columbian Guard
Volume III | Image numbers: 96-98 |
Columbian Half Dollar
Volume III | Image numbers: 95 |
Commissary and Restaurant
Volume I | Image numbers: 66 |
Court of Honor
Volume III | Image numbers: 122, 124 |
Dairy
Volume I | Image numbers: 174, 219 |
Dedicatory Ceremonies - October 22, 1892
Volume II | Image numbers: 135-139 |
Department of Works - Architects and designers of the Fair
Volume II | Image numbers: 5, 114 |
Department of Works - Personnel
Volume I | Image numbers: 24, 70 |
Edge Moor Bridge Works
Volume I | Image numbers: 243, 275 |
Electric Launch
Volume II | Image numbers: 29, 53, 57, 101 |
Electric Subway
Volume I | Image numbers: 198, 263 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 77-80 |
Electricity Building
Volume I | Image numbers: 12, 14, 25, 29, 48, 54, 78, 87, 91, 99, 100, 107, 116, 130, 133, 149, 190, 194, 226, 300 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 12, 15, 76, 97, 183 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 22-25, 145-147 |
Engle Garbage Crematory
Volume III | Image numbers: 70 |
Ferris Wheel
Volume III | Image numbers: 172 |
Fire Engine House, Fire Equipment
Volume I | Image numbers: 51, 95, 287 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 90, 94 |
Fisheries Building
Volume I | Image numbers: 92, 111, 121, 151-153, 155, 187, 191, 204, 205, 214, 232-236, 239 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 19, 36, 40, 69, 186, 188, 189 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 100, 153, 154 |
Fitzsimons & Connell Construction
Volume I | Image numbers: 8 |
Foreign Buildings
Volume II | Image numbers: 269-281 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 107, 167-170 |
Forestry Building
Volume I | Image numbers: 134, 221 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 209 |
Fountains - Columbian (MacMonnies)
Volume II | Image numbers: 202, 203 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 125, 139 |
Fountains - General
Volume I | Image numbers: 269 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 202, 203 |
Gate #1
Volume II | Image numbers: 48 |
General Views
Volume I | Image numbers: 292, 293 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 32, 34, 35, 39, 123, 145, 146 |
Volume III | Image numbers:158, 161, 162 |
German Village
Volume II | Image numbers: 234-237 |
Grand Canal
Volume I | Image numbers: 22, 23 |
Great Fire of July 6, 1894
Volume III | Image numbers: 174-179 |
Ho-o-den
Volume II | Image numbers: 199-201 |
Horticulture Building
Volume I | Image numbers: 56, 97, 106, 110, 117, 128, 145, 147, 156, 179, 185, 210, 215, 253, 254, 288, 295 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 7, 68, 75, 89, 91-93, 103, 119, 124, 160-163, 166, 168, 194 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 1-3, 108-111, 155 |
Hospital
Volume I | Image numbers: 18, 154, 176 |
Illinois State Building
Volume I | Image numbers: 281 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 118 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 101, 102 |
Indian Village
Volume III | Image numbers: 67 |
Infanta Eulalia of Spain - Procession on the Midway Plaisance
Volume II | Image numbers: 222, 224 |
Irish Village
Volume II | Image numbers: 238 |
Japanese Tea Garden
Volume III | Image numbers: 176 |
Kemeys, Mr. & Mrs.
Volume III | Image numbers: 73 |
Krupps Building
Volume II | Image numbers: 210,212 |
La Rabida
Volume II | Image numbers: 206, 207 |
Lagoon
Volume I | Image numbers: 4, 27, 28, 39, 64, 77, 85 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 51,55, 176 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 121 |
Lake, Lakeshore
Volume I | Image numbers: 34, 35, 40, 45, 47, 53, 59, 61 |
Libby Glass Factory
Volume II | Image numbers: 240 |
Live Stock Pavilion
Volume III | Image numbers: 59, 60 |
Machinery Building (Palace of Mechanic Arts)
Volume I | Image numbers: 175, 180, 182-184, 186, 206, 255, 257, 274, 315 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 42, 44, 86, 132-134, 169, 171, 252 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 8-10, 113-116, 140, 142 |
Manufactures & Liberal Arts Building
Volume I | Image numbers: 62, 68, 69, 223-227, 231, 243, 245, 247, 248, 252, 261, 264, 271, 272, 276-280, 282, 284, 285, 299, 302, 306, 310 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 10, 17, 20, 23, 26, 28, 31, 41, 64, 66, 85, 95, 96, 100, 115, 149, 195, 196 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 28, 81, 84, 135-138 |
Manufactures & Liberal Arts Exhibits
Volume II | Image numbers: 148, 150, 151 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 82, 83, 85-94, 119 |
Merchant Tailors Building
Volume II | Image numbers: 190 |
Michigan Logging Camp
Volume II | Image numbers: 215 |
Midway Plaisance
Volume I | Image numbers: 262 |
Volume II | Image numbers:4, 223, 225-229 |
Volume III | Image numbers:57, 58, 173 |
Millet, Francis
Volume II | Image numbers: 99 |
Mines & Mining Building
Volume I | Image numbers: 16, 37, 44, 60, 65, 71, 88, 93, 98, 109, 113, 119, 124, 131, 135, 138, 144, 146, 148, 211, 308 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 24, 25, 177, 179 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 26, 27, 148, 149 |
Mines & Mining Exhibits
Volume II | Image numbers: 178 |
Moveable Sidewalk
Volume III | Image numbers: 64 |
Music Hall
Volume II | Image numbers: 197, 216 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 157 |
Naval Exhibit
Volume I | Image numbers: 31, 32, 38, 84, 102, 108, 122, 192 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 81, 83, 105 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 165 |
Old Vienna
Volume II | Image numbers: 230-233 |
Opening Ceremonies - May 1, 1893
Volume II | Image numbers: 140-143 |
Palace of Mechanic Arts - See Machinery Building
Pennsylvania State Building
Volume II | Image numbers: 112, 113, 120, 122 |
Penobscot Indian Wigwams
Volume II | Image numbers: 174 |
Peristyle
Volume II | Image numbers: 125-127, 144 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 37, 38, 126 |
Power Houses
Volume I | Image numbers: 42, 57, 259 |
Railroads - General
Volume I | Image numbers: 26, 76 |
Railroads - Intramural Railway
Volume III | Image numbers: 29, 61, 106, 120 |
Railroads - Locomotives
Volume III | Image numbers: 47, 48, 52 |
Road Roller
Volume II | Image numbers: 45, 87 |
Ships
Volume II | Image numbers: 219 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 163 |
Ships - Columbus Caravels
Volume II | Image numbers: 218, 220 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 104 |
Shoe & Leather Building
Volume III | Image numbers: 75 |
Sixty-Second Street Turnstile
Volume II | Image numbers: 43 |
Sixty-Third Street
Volume III | Image numbers: 53 |
Sprague Motor
Volume I | Image numbers: 139 |
Staff Construction
Volume I | Image numbers: 172, 209, 272, 218, 223-227 |
State Buildings
Volume II | Image numbers: 77, 282-317 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 99, 171 |
Statuary - Columbus
Volume II | Image numbers: 181 |
Statuary - General
Volume II | Image numbers: 241-251 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 71-72 |
Statuary - Philip Martiny Models
Volume I | Image numbers: 158-160 |
Statuary - Statue of the Republic
Volume I | Image numbers: 195, 246, 289, 303-305 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 198, 204, 205 |
Statuary - The Still Hunt
Volume II | Image numbers: 98 |
Street in Cairo
Volume III | Image numbers: 56 |
Terminal Station
Volume III | Image numbers: 39, 40, 54 |
Transportation Building
Volume I | Image numbers: 55, 74, 80, 96, 123, 137, 141, 157, 196, 197, 199, 208, 213, 216, 229, 230, 238, 240, 250, 256, 260, 286, 294 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 22, 30, 73, 102, 104, 107, 110, 191 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 11-17, 103, 104, 150-152 |
Tunisian Cafe
Volume II | Image numbers: 241 |
U.S. Government Building
Volume I | Image numbers: 17, 19, 58, 104, 150, 236 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 33 |
Volume III | Image numbers:66 |
U.S. Weather Building
Volume II | Image numbers: 214 |
Van Buren Street Pier
Volume III | Image numbers: 49-51 |
Vedder, Elihu
Volume II | Image numbers: 106 |
Wah-Mee Exposition Company
Volume II | Image numbers: 239 |
Warehouses, Office Buildings
Volume I | Image numbers: 176, 178, 314 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 211 |
White Star Line Pavilion
Volume III | Image numbers: 65 |
Windmill Exhibit
Volume II | Image numbers: 170 |
Women's Building
Volume I | Image numbers: 20, 41, 52, 73, 79, 101, 105, 120, 125-127, 131, 142, 189, 193, 217, 220 |
Volume II | Image numbers:1, 3, 74, 121 |
Volume III | Image numbers:30-32, 132, 133 |
Wooded Island
Volume I | Image numbers: 30, 81, 82, 89 |
Volume II | Image numbers: 37, 46 |
Volume III | Image numbers: 1, 160 |
Worthington Pump House
Volume III | Image numbers: 69, 112, 117, 118 |