Certificate, 1893.

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Certificate, 1893.

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Certificate of award granted by the World's Columbian Commission to Eliza T. Wilson of Wisconsin for a prize wheat crop harvested July 14, 1893, and exhibited at the Columbian Exhibition in Chicago.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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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...

Wilson, Eliza T.

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