Collection on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition 1893

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Collection on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition 1893

1893

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was among several institutions represented in an exhibit on higher education at the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. Two volumes that were part of the MIT exhibit comprise this collection.

0.6 cubic feet; consisting of 2 volumes in 2 flat boxes

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries

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

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...