Emma H. Allensworth diary, 1893 [manuscript].

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Emma H. Allensworth diary, 1893 [manuscript].

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Detailed record, July 1893, by Emma H. Allensworth, a young woman from Nashville, Tenn., of her visit to the Chicago World's Fair.

1 v. (70 p.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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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...

Allensworth, Emma H., fl. 1893.

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Emma H. Allensworth was, in 1893, a young woman from Nashville, Tenn. From the guide to the Emma H. Allensworth Diary, ., 1893, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...