World's Columbian Exposition ticket collection, circa 1864-circa 1875, 1893.

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World's Columbian Exposition ticket collection, circa 1864-circa 1875, 1893.

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This collection contains ten tickets from the World's Columbian Exposition Chicago. Most of the tickets admit the bearer for the entire time of the fair May 1, 1893 through October 30, 1893, though there is a date of sale ticket, a Chicago Day only ticket, and a Manhattan Day only ticket. The collection also contains two pieces of United States fractional currency. One is for $.25 and the other for $.10. The final item in this collection is an envelope from the Caxton Co. This envelope may have held these tickets. The tickets are all date 1893. The currency has been dated based on the span of dates for the issue number of that particular currency and falls between 1864 and 1875.

0.25 Linear feet (1 slim document box).

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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...