Diary of my trip to Niagara Falls and the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 Sept. 16-29.

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Diary of my trip to Niagara Falls and the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 Sept. 16-29.

Includes detailed descriptions of the falls, the exhibition, and the train journey from New York to Niagara to Chicago and back. Laid in are a souvenir photograph of the Japanese exhibition, a pamphlet from the Niagara Falls Railway, and a card announcing the 1894 closing exercises of Grammar School #87.

1 v. (159 p.) ; 17 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6686682

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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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...

Fleming, John F. (John Francis), 1910-

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Sundheimer, Malcolm, b. 1876?

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Sundheimer lived on West 76th St. in New York City and in 1893 began his senior year at Grammar School #87. From the description of Diary of my trip to Niagara Falls and the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 Sept. 16-29. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122347813 ...